Happy Halloween 2010

"It's late and we are sleepy,
The air is cold and still.
Our jack-o-lantern grins at us
Upon the window sill.
We're stuffed with cake and candy
And we've had a lot of fun,
But now it's time to go to bed
And dream of all we've done.
We'll dream of ghosts and goblins
And of witches that we've seen,
And we'll dream of trick-or-treating
On this happy Halloween."

With Halloween being the Sabbath, we decided not to go Trick-or-Treating but we had plenty of family fun. After Church, we had a yummy dinner and decided to watch, Casper Scare School. Normally, we only watch Church videos or VeggieTale movies on Sunday but we made an exception for the Holiday. Annnnd... it DID have a good message about being kind and friendly. ;) We did make sure we had lots of candy to hand out to Trick-or-Treaters that came by our house though. Unfortunately, we only had like 6 groups of kids which is really low for our neighborhood. Maybe it was the holiday falling on Sunday or maybe most people have transitioned to the Trunk or Treat style of candy collecting.??? (I know PrairieHeights does one in the Parking lot of Kohl's and West Acres Mall has trick-or-Treating at all it's stores) Nonetheless- at least we were prepared!

After our Ward Trunk-or-Treat and our Partay last night, the kids had PLENTY of candy but ya gotta do some kind of treats on Halloween, right? In the morning, Liberty & I tried our hand at toasting Pumpkin seeds. They turned out pretty good if you ask me. I think I ate most of them though. I think we'll have to try some different seasonings so the others will eat them as well. Any ideas? Also, Brett did a Candy Scavenger Hunt in the front room for the kids. They had a lot of fun playing the Hot-Cold game to find it all. Thanks Love! You are such a fun dad!!! Finally, the Potters unexpectedly stopped by with some yummy home-made cinnamon rolls. So good!! Brett stuffed all their pockets with whatever candy we had left. LOL! (Sorry Heidi ;) Thanks for being such thoughtful, fun friends! Sure luv ya!

Hope your Halloween

was as SWEET as ours!