PRE-HALLOWEEN ESCAPADES

Our family enjoys celebrating!  We love any excuse to play!  We believe that to have a fulfilled life, we should work hard and play hard....  So Halloween is a great excuse to participate in "wholesome, recreational activities!"

So on Saturday, we attended the ward Trunk or Treat.  And, of course, we came in costumes!  This year we decided to dress-up as board game characters!  (We love board games too!)  It was creative and was a great conversation starter.

A Jeweler from Splendor

A Monk from the Middle Ages - Biblios

Katia nailed the scientist from Pandemic!

Of course, my "adopted/kidnapped" kids were at the party as well... And I can't help but take pictures of them:

Can you tell I love my girl?!

Marmalade made her own costume: a fox!

Apple Pie is the perfect Ant Man!

Jelly Bean is a transformer!

And Raisin with long blond hair is Rapunzel...

Then on Sunday, we decided to watch an episode of X-Files since it's "kinda" scary.  Loved this shot of Raisin with my husband and daughter:

And these two cuties were pretending to be wolves and headed to get in the car... This is what I saw:

Jelly Bean and Apple Pie

Last night, for Family Home Evening, Katia, Scott and I went to the Jack-o-lantern Spectacular. 

Ready....

Hard to take a selfie in the dark....

This was just one tiny spot on the long walk of jack-o-lanterns!

And it WAS spectacular!  Over 5000 carved pumpkins... some of them were extremely extravagant.  I wanted to take pictures of EVERYTHING....  But I narrowed it down to layouts of my favorites:

I loved the sentiment: Changing the World One Pumpkin at a Time!

Les Miserables and Dumbledore!  Amazing!

Edgar Allen Poe and Disney!

Dinosaurs and wolves...

We ended our outing with hot chocolate!  YUMMMMM!

I love our little family!  We missed Kiara and Cody....  But thank goodness for face time!

And look at these beautiful flowers in bloom: