Trick or Treat

We were excited to go trick-or-treating last night. The weather was perfect. I really enjoyed walking around with friends and smelling all of the leaves that had fallen from the trees.

First, we got ready at the Deadend Cemetery (our house)...



Pumpkins were on the porch waiting to be lit...





Katelyn dressed up as a clown (which she chose because her sister is afraid of them) and Kira dressed up as Luna Lovegood (from Harry Potter).









I dressed up as a Utah Jazz (basketball team) fan. I admit that I got dressed in the morning and it was chilly, so I put on my Jazz sweatshirt...then I decided to be a Jazz fan for trick-or-treat.



Katelyn went trick-or-treating with her friend, Abby, so first we took her to Abby's house. Kate asked me if she should take some toilet paper with her (to TP houses). I was shocked that my child would think of such a thing. I never did that when I was a kid (fingers crossed behind my back)...



Then Kira and I went over to Tonya's to go trick-or-treating with her and her daughters, Kylie and Ashlyn, and a few other people.



While we were out and about, we ran into Jinsey, Anna, and Ashley...a few more of Kira's friends...



There is a house in the next subdivision over that is always decorated really cool for Halloween...I took this picture from across the street, so it doesn't do it justice. Kira was afraid to even go up to their door to trick-or-treat.



We had a great time and by the time we were done, Kira's bag was so heavy that I had to carry it for her. Hope you all had a great Halloween.

Gory Halloween

I got an email from my sister this morning. For posterity's sake I am putting it on the blog, even though none of you know who "dad" (her dad, my step-dad) is. Someday I will print off my blog and make memory books. I want this in there:

Sis,
We had an interesting day yesterday. Dad got to into Halloween in a big way. Dad had a little seizure and hit his head on the floor. He got a 3 1/2 inch gash in the back of his head, Blood everywhere. So the we had to take him to the emergency room. Dad and I both had blood all over us. We looked like we just stepped out of a horror movie.
Any way, the doctors really helped dad get into Halloween. First he put 5 staples in his head so he looks like Frankenstein and then wrapped him in bandages like a mummy. Dad took it all in stride and is a lot better today. We have been putting up decorations and watching scary movies.

Halloween Festivities

For Young Women's this week I substituted for one of the leaders, so that meant Kira got to go even though she is only 11. A roomful of teenage girls carving pumpkins...it was messy, but fun. I was worried before the night was through that I would be taking someone to the hospital for slicing off a finger or something, but noone got hurt : )







This morning was our last *sniff sniff* Halloween parade at the grade school. Next year I have no more grade school kids : ( Anyway...Kira dressed up as Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter. She walked past too quickly so I didn't get a very good picture, but I will take better ones tomorrow night when we go trick-or-treating.