The Coburn's Hallowestival

Hostess Eliza Flug and Jody Foster

It was definitely the most amazing family Halloween party I have ever seen!  The party was hosted by Eliza Flug and Chris Coburn at their home in Broadmoor.  As Jimmy Barrier, Patty Barrier and Ken and I pulled up in front of the Coburn home, we were all astounded with the number of activities, the decorations and the people,

Jimmy & Patty Barrier

First, Shenandoah Drive was closed in front of their home in order to accomodate the bouncy house, the Molly Moon truck and the tent in the street filled with hay bales and children's activities at a dozen different tables such as face painting, balloon animals, etc.  There were also three Shetland ponies for small riders just behind the Molly Moon truck!  There were fog machines adding to the ambiance, orange colored lights, and an arbor with Tootsie Roll pops, spider webs and spiders hanging overhead leading up the stairs to the house and the bigger tent.  It was a feast for the senses!

Michael & Spencer Hatch

Jackson Hatch

Alicia & Andrew Hatch

The main tent near the house with hundreds of big paper lanterns hanging overhead included a dance floor, a stage for the DJ with laser lights and a big corner bar where there was many beverage choices including specialty Halloween cocktails for the adults.

Steve Kutz & Courtney Womack

Heather Sandoval,  Ken Hatch

Everyone was costumed including the dozens of children that were included in the party.  There were lots of fairy princesses among the 3-4 year old girls attending, plus dinasaurs, Transformers, cowboys and super heroes among the young boys.  Eliza was beautiful in a celestial blue Empress costume and Chris was dressed as Darth Vader.  Michael Hatch along with his oldest two sons Jackson and Spencer were dressed as Transformers, while baby Andrew was dressed as a little monkey and was carried around by his mommy Alicia Hatch, who was dressed as a safari leader.  Patty Barrier came as a Barbie Doll in a box and Jimmy was Woody from Toy Story.  Greg Jones was a large pirate with very bad teeth,  Theresa Dowell was a witch, and their daughter, Jeannine was Carmen Miranda. Steve Kutz and Courtney Womack came as French dandies from the 18th century.  Betty Tong was Super Woman, Jody Foster was Toy Story's Jessie, Leigh Canlis was a bumblebee and Paige Green Dunn and Cyndee Halper were witches.  Heather Sandoval was a sexy can-can dancer, Lauren Selig was a scarecrow and Lorna Kneeland was a flapper.  Jay & Pam Green came as themselves and Eliza's mom, Pat Flug was dressed all in black as a raven.

Baby Andrew Hatch with Godmother Betty Tong

A couple of the favorite adult costumes were the beautiful woman dressed as a "Black Russian" and her partner in a short Scottish kilt with ice skates hanging over his shoulder.  It took us awhile to figure it out and he had to help us.  He was a "Scotch on the Rocks".

The food was exactly the kind of food that both children and adults love including tiny cups of chili, cones of curly French fries, miniature toasted cheese sandwiches, little corn dogs, chicken nuggets, sliders, chocolate dipped strawberries next to the ghoulish ice sculpture, and of course Molly Moon ice cream.

Greg Jones, Betty Tong

Ken Hatch, Lauren Selig

Other activities included dancing, an amazing magician who confounded everyone with his tricks and then climbed into a balloon and back out again to the delight of the adults and the children.  There was a photo booth and a very scary looking couple that was perfect for photo ops.

Magician climbs inside balloon

As we left, we stopped by the Molly Moon truck to take ice cream with us to eat on the way home (even though Jimmy had forbidden us bringing it into his brand-new Mercedes).  He was definitely more bark than bite however, so we enjoyed every last creamy bite as we travelled back across the bridge home.  Yum!