It's that magical time of year again when you get to dress up in a costume and be something, or someone, completely different for a few hours (or in our case, a few nights). There is just something so fun about Halloween to me. I don't like any of the scary stuff, but it is so fun to think up costumes and get everyone ready -- somehow it's just cool to wear stuff that you wouldn't normally wear. For one night of the year this rule follower gets to do things, or at least wear things, that she normally wouldn't be caught dead in -- and it seems fun instead of embarrassing.
We started off the celebrating with a party on Friday night with my family. Everyone who still lives in Utah came (except Rob -- he had some kind of study group or something). I of course included a million pictures because I'm sure everyone wanted to be involved in every detail of our parties.
We started off the celebrating with a party on Friday night with my family. Everyone who still lives in Utah came (except Rob -- he had some kind of study group or something). I of course included a million pictures because I'm sure everyone wanted to be involved in every detail of our parties.
These are the costumes that we wore. Jon was Wolverine, and of course I was Storm. Rachel was a sorceress, Kale a cowboy, and Hallie was the most adorable Dorothy ever! And sweet little Sky was a lamb (thanks Mom for the great costume idea).
The guests -- obviously all the Snarr's came (like Alyssa & Peter) and also Mom, but I didn't have any pictures of those guys, so this is what you get. Pretty awesome costumes! The big headed man is obviously Ryan.
The kids (with some help from Jamie and Jon) mummified Grandma & Grandpa. They absolutely loved it (thanks for the great idea Heidi)!
On Saturday night we went to the Hansen's church for some serious trunk-or-treating. There is a serious lack of pictures because I wasn't in charge of the camera, but know that the Hansen's were in costume and they looked totally awesome. Almost every classroom around the whole building had someone passing out candy. The kids had so much fun. Kale was definitely into it. As soon as he saw the next candy post he would start running, yelling as he went "Candy, candy, candy! Over there, over there! More candy!" That kid definitely loves candy -- luckily (at least for Kale) candy is something that flows like water at Marmee's house. After trunk-or-treating ended we went to the Hansen's just to be with everyone. Ruth and Matt and Nick & Heidi (and of course all the kids) came over to be together. And of course, any time you're at the Hansen's you can expect to be fed royally, and yesterday was no exception. There were sloppy joes, wassail (is that spelled right -- you know that drink?), donuts, caramel apples, and candy galore. For a girl who's been trying to not eat treats (what?! I had to wear spandex for my costume) it was like a dream come true!
Now Halloween is at an end, but the magic is only just beginning. Halloween is just the starting point for family holiday time festivities, and I can hardly wait for the fun to continue!
