Halloween was a pretty laid back experience for us this year. Kanyon was Dracula, Noah was a Zombie, Emma was a Witch, Kate was a Princess and Eli was Dracula, just like his oldest bro. With Kanyon's hair painted black and face painted white no one recognized him. It was really quite funny. He would walk up to people and they would wonder who he was until he spoke and then once they heard his voice they would all say, "Holy cow, I didn't recognize you!" He thought it was hysterical.
Noah made a great zombie. He cut up his own shirt and had some gruesome teeth and a head wound. Gross! Emma was the most beautiful green person, it isn't PC to call someone a Witch, I've ever seen and Kate was the most beautiful princess we saw all night. Eli, with his little cape and outfit, was a darling, not so scary, Dracula. He thought Halloween was awesome. We started the night off by going to Lana's aunt and uncle's barn where the Young Adult Ward had decorated the barn to look like the worlds of different disney characters. They had Alice and the Madd Hatter, Ariel and other characters from the little mermaid, stuff from Finding Nemo, Aladdin and other Disney movies. The characters were well dressed and interacted really well with all the kids. Each character handed out candy, so the kids all got the equivalent of 30 houses worth of sugary goodness. After that we went to Noah's teachers house, Mrs. Gross, who had marshmallows for the kids to roast so they could make Smore's. They live in a cold-a-sack and the neighbors all gather out in the middle of the road around a fire and roast marshmallows and chat. We let the kids do a few houses of trick or treating and then we drove up to John and Cathy Dunkley's house for the annual hot dog night. They smoke and boil hundreds of hot dogs and feed you 'til you want to throw up. They also have hot chocolate, hot apple cider and cold apple juice mixed with sprite and dry ice. It is quite the little shin dig they put on. By the time we left the Dunkley house it was after 8; I took Eli home to bed and Lana and the kids walked back to our house and trick or treated along the way. They got home a little before 9 and we called Gma and Gpa Spencer to say hi and show them the kids in their costume. The weather was a balmy 58 even at 11 so it was very pleasant to just let the kids run around and have a great night.
