Monday, October 13, 2008

ShepAlders in Disguise

Perhaps it is the frustrated actor in me, but I love dressing up for Halloween. This is one of the things that attracted me to Josh, because he loves to dress up too! As he and I have been putting together our costumes for this year, it has made me nostalgic for Halloween Costumes of the Past, so I thought I would share these pictures.

2007
Mario and Princess Peach
All the little kids loved Josh-- everyone thought I was Sleeping Beauty

2006
Josh as Earl from "My Name is Earl"

(I just want to mention that my moustache
there is 100% real... and awesome! -- Josh)

Rainbow Brite
My mom had to lengthen the skirt to make this costume more modest.
My cousin-in-law was going through my costumes the other day and swore up and down that there was no way I ever fit into this one. Sadness.

We were a couple months away from getting engaged,
so we hadn't yet started coordinating costumes

2005
Donald Trump says, "You're fired!" for wearing this costume

I didn't take a picture this year (I was on a second date),
but this was my costume (minus the beer stein!)


2004
Strong Bad
Josh says that he should win an award for this costume.
Our ward didn't allow masks, so this is all face paint.

Cinderella
Unfortunately, the dress was very ill-fitting, but my friend
was Sleeping Beauty and we made a nice pair.

If Cinderella were a vampire...
My BF at the time said this picture creeped him out, so of course I had to include it.

2003
Elvis Costello
No one in the ward knew who Josh was supposed to be.
He says it's because they all had bad taste in music.

Bunny (my BF at the time was a carrot farmer--cuteness!)
I couldn't find the full-length picture, but I was in a leotard. I got to wear this outfit all day at the planetarium, where I was working at the time.

And a special bonus costume...
1986
Honeybee
I don't look too thrilled, but this is my favorite costume and I plan to make all my kids dress up like bees (when I have them).

5 comments:

Carissa said...

I loved dressing up as a princess with you. Plus you let me wear your awesome pink shoes!! Did you know that the night that we went to the ward party and John "had to work" he was actually taking my parents out to dinner to ask them if he could marry me. HA HA, funny tid-bit for you.

Hesses Madhouse said...

Just sitting here enjoying your playlist. Great tune-age! Love the costumes through time.

Aedan was looking over my shoulder as I was reading. He was excited to see his teacher on the computer.

Motion DeSmiths said...

I'm impressed. The beer girl stock photo model looked just like you!

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Tag.

Josh Alder said...

You can send it to my email address: bobomejor@gmail.com