Happy Halloween

I was going to wait until tomorrow to post, but Nate, who is sitting right next to me, keeps checking our blog, waiting for me to update our blog. So I guess here goes...

Here's our jack-o-lanterns, carved for FHE last Monday (a tradition).


Here's the front porch all decked out for the trick or treaters. I got lots of compliments, which is always nice. But I can't take all the credit, most of the ideas came from Martha Stewart (who does a great Halloween). It's kind of a bad picture, but there are bats hanging from the ceiling and one battery operated one flying in circles, the white balls are spider egg sacks and there are lots of spiders in the webs on the wals. Then the black lights around the door and the jack-o-lanterns. There was also music playing and some of those paper luminarias lining the side walk in front. Maybe I'll take a better picture tomorrow in the daylight.

Hazel and Isaac trick or treated in our neighborhood.
Here's a video of Hazel practicing her door approach. (forgive the sideways angle...I always forget that I can't turn the camera sideways when I shoot video with it:)





Aspen dressed up as Red Riding Hood. (I love making capes - they are the ultimate dress up item! and easy to sew.) She trick or treated with her friend, and scored a ton of candy.

Hazel was Snow White. Originally she wanted to be a yellow princess, but I didn't finish her costume before the ward party last week. So I bought her this one. I finished the Belle costume today and she wants nothing to do with it. Snow White's dress had enough yellow for her. She also really got into the trick or treating. Also liked handing out candy. As long as the kids stood there with open bags she would put candy in them.


Toby went to the ward party as a lawn. Green hair with bugs in it. I forgot to buy Aquanet so it didn't stand up too long. But it was fun anyway.

Tonight Toby was some kind of combination of things. But he put it all together, I just did his hair. And he went trick or treating with his friend. came home with way too much candy.

Isaac was an archer. Or a ninja archer (reason for wearing all black). He was a good sport to trick or treat just on our little street with Hazel. He was going to go out with Aspen later, but she came home too late and everyone had turned out their lights.

All in all, it was a fun evening.