Halloween Marathon Week

When did Halloween become such a huge event?  Holy Cow…this week was crazy in our house.  We had a pumpkin decorating contest at school (pumpkin had to correlate to a book) so CJ decorated a pumpkin for Katness Everdeen in Catching Fire, Preston decorated an alien pumpkin in honor of New Mexico and his alien book, and Aparri used the girl baby pumpkin for Little Critters Baby Sister.  Then, we had the church trunk or treat – Laura and the rest of the primary presidency was in charge of the Haunted House…wow…that was an ordeal, but turned out amazing.  Then Clay’s work trick or treat – which was fun to go and see Clay’s new work space.  An adult Halloween party for Clay and Laura Friday night (where they arrived as Santa and Mrs. Clause - whose crime was they turned a family of elves into toys because they broke the strict rule of "no elving" in the North Pole - which was put in place to keep the hidden secret that Santa and Mrs. Clause Don't like children...hahahaha.), and finally actual Halloween on Saturday night – where we went trick or treating with a group of friends and then ended at the Hickman’s house where we ate hot chocolate, cider, and muffins (Laura made her favorite blueberry pumpkin muffins…oh yum. )  The week was a blast, but EXHAUSTING!  Whew…we definitely needed Sunday, a true day of rest!