Halloween

Halloween was a full day with church in the morning, pizza and harvest party afterward, and then friends and trick or treating that afternoon and evening. Joel stayed home that morning, still recovering from his wisdom teeth removal, but got in on some Halloween fun that night and went over to Hayden's to hang out with friends. The girls both had friends over. The older girls handed out candy, did some piano playing and singing, and watched a movie. The younger girls went out trick or treating for a short while and came back and decorated cookies in between helping answering the door, too. Grant, Russell, Ellery, and Miles went out in the neighborhood together with Brian, Emily, Greg, and Eric. Leah stayed here with me and the girl crew. I had been in the kitchen all afternoon, making soup, melting caramel for apples, and baking cookies, so we had a bit of a kitchen mess when everyone got here, but it was a fun night!  The kids had a blast, and it was great to have the crew here. I love having our kids' friends here. 

We had Fauna (the fairy godmother in green), a recovering wisdom tooth Blazer fan, Katniss Everdeen (love this one!), and a Jedi knight, whose broken fancy lightsaber somehow magically started working Sunday morning. We decided it was a Halloween miracle. Greg had spent several hours trying to fix it and had given up on it, but when he put it all back together for Grant to use as a prop with his costume, it lit up!