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Halloween ‘21

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By Sarah

 One week before Halloween you could find girls carving pumpkins and making final costume plans and see our maple tree in all its autumn glory.



Cyclops and Camp Half Blood jack-o-lanterns made by Michelle, inspired by Rick Riordan books.  Vomiting jack-o-lantern by Natalie and A.  

Danny got to use his annual pass to Elitch Gardens again, this time with T. and her grandma.  Sounds like they got to ride lots of rides and have a wonderful time!

For school on Friday half of my children were Hufflepuffs while the rest of us didn’t wear costumes.  Michelle opted for her Hufflepuff sweatshirt instead of her robe after the photo and was kind enough to lend her tie to her little sister. It was pretty fun to send Hogwarts students off to school. I highly enjoyed seeing many different great costumes at work and volunteered as a mom at the concession stand for the middle school’s fall social from 4-5:30. After changing into our costumes and Kate taking our picture we Harry Potter characters we skipped dinner and headed to our ward’s Trunk or Treat. I was thrilled that Hubby was willing to shave to be more like Arthur Weasley even though he isn’t a fan. He loves us which to go with our HP theme with Tonks, a Hufflepuff and me being Molly Weasley. (I suggested Kate be Bellatrix and Danny be a dementor but they obviously didn’t go for it.) The photo area R.M. set up was amazing and I think many of us really appreciated it!

Trick or treating was a blast!  Michelle made a whole new costume to match what the friends she was going with were going to wear. (Michael’s craft store for the win!) Danny journeyed around with M.C. and they even let me take a picture the first time we crossed paths.  (Danny also got to go to M’s family party the day before while Hubby took Kate and Presley to Terror of the Corn and I watched The Bureau of Magical Things with Michelle and Natalie.) On Halloween night I got to take Natalie and A.B. around the neighborhood until they got cold, then got to hang out with Hubby passing out candy next to the fire pit and listening (and sometimes dancing) to music playing from his truck.  With our Jellyfish lights and pirate inflatable and fire and full size candy for the kids we knew it was super fun. 


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