Halloween

This year we were not sure if we were going to be able to celebrate halloween with the usual routine. Sam was just getting better from swine flu/h1n1, and Ryan was starting to cough some here and there. Luckily that's all it was for Ryan, just a few coughs. So Thursday night (Oct. 29th, the night before the halloween parties at school) we had to scramble to get the boys costumes decided. We usually have it figured out weeks in advance since its such an exciting day/event for kids. Lucky for us we have our stash of costumes. Friday the boys had their parade at the school and then that night our ward/neighborhood did a trunk-or-treat and chili cook off. I love the trunk or treats, get it all done in 30 minutes tops. Kids are happy, mom/dad are happy, and still lots of fun and less time in the cold. Then Saturday morning the boys had a piano recital in Orem (more to come on that). So off to orem we went. We figured since we were going to be there we'd do the trick or treating at grandma and grandpa Youngs a little earlier. They came to the recital and then we all went to lunch and headed back to their house. The boys put on their costumes and loved being out of the house for the first time in well over 10 days. Glad that they all were healthy again. Happy we got to celebrate and enjoy the fun of halloween. That night our neighbors that live just one street down did a big fire (in fire bowls) and had the street decorated with lights and music playing and games going for all the kids. It was a blast. Yet another great way to celebrate halloween.

Blake was a "bone-ified" chef, Ryan and I were pirates, Sam was an indian, and Ethan went as Swine flu. Ethan carried around germ-ex hand sanitizer with him. You'd be surprised to know how many people really liked that. Happy Halloween.