Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year! We celebrated first at our church Trunk-or-Treat last Wednesday. In this ward, it's always the youth that put it on, and they start out with carnival games in the gym for 30 minutes or so, followed by the trunk-or-treat. It was fun!

Then on Thursday, we carved our pumpkins! The pumpkins we had were pretty soft and super easy to carve, which was really nice. The kids drew their faces on their pumpkins and then we cut them out. I'm thinking next year Eli should be able to cut his own out...we'll see. I did a bat for Grace, but then realized I totally did the wings the wrong way - upside down. I'm sure Jeremy noticed but didn't say anything! Haha.

 Eli, Connor, Anna, Grace

We also started a tradition last year of making doughnuts in the fall (last year was after we went apple picking), and I wasn't going to let a little gluten-free diet keep us from doing it this year! I tried a new recipe, obviously, and it was delicious!!! I liked them even better than last year. So after we carved our pumpkins we enjoyed some tasty doughnuts and some apple cider.

 I rolled them out a little too thin, but they were still delish. Next year I'm investing in a doughnut cutter, so they look better!

Then Monday was Halloween! The boys got to dress up at school and enjoyed that. Eli doesn't usually like to participate in dress-up days at school, but he was glad he did this time. Eli was Harry Potter, Connor was a pirate (just like last year), Anna said for weeks she wanted to be Batgirl, but then changed her mind to a princess, and Grace of course was a pumpkin!

It's so fun to see all my cute babies together like this! Grace doesn't hold still much, so it was hard to snap a picture of her, and that tongue is always hanging out!

We have a great neighborhood for trick-or-treating. I never really liked it until we moved here. Everyone comes out onto their driveways in their lawn/camping chairs, many with their firepits going, and it's a great neighborhood activity. Most people just go on this one main street, so those of us on little cul-de-sacs usually just bring stuff to pass around. I brought some glow sticks and I'm pretty sure Jeremy had the most fun with those...he was wearing 4 bracelets by the end of the night and ready to go to a rave. It was a fun Halloween!