Some Halloween Images

Halloween kind of stunk it up this year. First, it was on Sunday. This is very confusing for those of us who live in Utah and actually use a calendar but conform to social norms and Trick or Treat on Saturday to avoid doing so on the Sabbath. Second, it rained...I mean it POURED during the end of the afternoon, and that kind of kept the trick or treaters away. Third, we had very few trick or treaters....and way too much candy. With all that, there were a few highlights!

First, Dean carved a really cool pumpkin in tribute to our SF Giants!

Dom Dressed up as BatGirl. My favorite part is her yellow duct taped belt. It says "Ba-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, Batman!" Did I mention that for some odd reason, she took the yellow duct tape to school and got it taken away by her shop teacher. Nice. Why she took it to school??? I just can't explain these kinds of things.

After a rousing run of trick or treating in the rain, we had 15 kiddos at our house indulging on candy, popcorn, apple juice and laughing their heads off.

They all eventually left. The end. Happy Halloween!

Picking out Pumpkins.....

I don't remember carving pumpkins in my adolescence, but I recall that it meant a great deal to me when I was a little kid. I was in a pumpking picking mood today, so I loaded all the girls up in the van and headed to a roadside (completely fake...just there for Halloween) pumpkin patch.

Dominique toting her pumpkin.

Elle didn't want a big pumpkin; she only wanted a little one for her room.

Great pumpkin, anyone?

Mariah plans on carving her pumpkin with her pumpkin (I'm only funny in my own mind!) She plans on carving the gourd with Garrett.

Yeah, our fake pumpkin patch is just off of 90th South (a super busy road).

All the girls, plus one (Mariah's friend, Zavey)