Halloween

It was quite a perfect Halloween. 
The weather hovered in the low 70s with no wind.
The kids all loved their costumes and looked adorable!    I think they all had great ideas of what they wanted to be and it was one of the easier years to put costumes together for mom.  Great on all accounts!

This year, Enoch visited seven National Parks.  He loves being a Junior Ranger and takes it very seriously.  His idea to be a Park Ranger was ideal for him.  Hmm..maybe we might see this again in adult version in about 15 years.

 Kate's first idea was to be Elsa from Frozen.  I explained that there would be many Elsas this year, but she could still be her if she wanted.  She opted no and went with a wolf, her favorite animal.  What an absolutely adorable wolf!  And, her entire costume can be worn in everyday outfits.  (She came home from school and told me there were nine Elsas in her class!  She was very happy she choose to be a wolf.)

Guard woke up last week and told me he was being an orange reindeer for Halloween.  What?!  It took a lot of convincing that his costume was Toothless, the dragon.  He finally agreed and he looked so cute.  The wings didn't last all through trick-or-treating, but I've already had two moms from the neighbor put dibs on his costume for future years.

I just couldn't bring myself to buy pumpkins when we had about eight gourds sitting on our backyard.  Greg and I weren't sure how to carve them, so we painted them.  All different colors.  (Guard is wearing his 'pumpkin shirt').

 The kids had so much fun!  They loved seeing all the colors.  We also had glitter and glow-in-the-dark spray paint.  Awesome!  The kids agreed that maybe we can alternate years between painting gourds and carving pumpkins.
It was a great year!  We missed Gavin, who was in St. George at state finals for band.  LHS Band took third at state!  Congrats!