Old Hallow's Eve . . .
This weekend really got me into the
spirit of Halloween.
Why?
1.
Our daughter, Papaya, dressed as a witch for one of her parties. (And nothing says Halloween more than a kiddo dressed as a witch.)
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2.
We went to an awesome neighborhood Halloween Carnival--where they had a cake walk, "fishing for toys," donut on a string competition, potato sack races, face-painting . . . chili and cornbread. I felt like I was on the set of Happy Days, it was so cool. (Thanks Bluerock crew.)
3.
Dave-man took the kids to his work for the annual Halloween Haunt. He works for an awesome company (Adobe/PDF peeps) and they go all-out for Halloween. The different departments compete against one another . . . for 5K in gift certificates/prizes.
Isn't that awesome?
4.
I made my acorn squash recipe.
(Bacon, brown sugar, and acorn squash. This sidedish makes me feel like a pilgrim. Though I doubt they had brown sugar or sliced bacon. Bummer.)
5.
I looked through old photos and found this one . . . taken last year at Halloween. I'm posting it because it's not often I find a pix of Dave and I together--we're usually the ones holding the camera and snapping pix of the kids. PS: Is that the case for most parents?
6.
We had not ONE, but TWO, jack-o-lantern pizzas from Papa Murphy's Pizza.
(Sidenote: Although Papa Murphy doesn't know me, but Deanne at the Riverton location does.
And we heart her. We have been getting our pizzas there every Friday night for years. And while I was away in Samoa, Deanne made sure the order was ready for Dave . . . so our family tradition of Friday Night Pizza and a Movie continued for the kids. Thanks, Deanne. You. Are. So. Kind.)
7.
Our oldest son, Jay, worked at a Haunted House.
(PS: Had to slip this pix in because we didn't get a photo of him dressed up. )
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8.
It was this little fella's FIRST birthday--so we celebrated.
(How cool is it to have a bday on Halloween weekend? Pretty cool.)
9.
The kids were able to go swimming--at the local indoor pool.
This reminds me of Halloween because we start swimming indoors once the weather turns CRISP. And boy did it turn CRISP this weekend in Utah.
9b.
More swimming.
Sidenote: I think every one of our family members has a lot more courage since I played Survivor this summer. It's given us this kind of BONZAI approach to life.
9c.
This is our son Jr. pretending to be Ozzy from Survivor.
(See what I mean, BONZAI?)
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PS:
A quick note about Survivor this week.
It looks like the new promo for episode 8 is being aired--and it answers the question on all of our minds:
Is the merge coming this week?
Watch the promo and see:
PPS:
Here are two of the latest Surivor Photochops.
(Thanks to the people that create and send these. They're dang funny.)
