Fall Festivities

A few days before Halloween we carved a few pumpkins. They had fun but Maya was the only kid willing to help clean them out.

It was a cold, wet, and windy Halloween this year. Josh was sick and had stayed home from school that day but felt good enough to go to a couple of houses.

We recycled Maya's old Dorothy costume this year for baby Cora. She was cute! I was so bummed about the weather because she took to trick or treating super fast. She'd march right up to the door and yell "TRICK TREAT!" and as she walked away she'd say, "Fink you!" for her treats. Sweet girl.

Maya and Nick stayed out the longest and got quite a haul! In and effort to get rid of their candy fast, our neighbors were giving our handfuls at a time. I can't believe how much junk the kids brought home. On top of this candy they also got more from school and our ward Trunk or Treat. Crazy! We saved some of it to use on our gingerbread houses for Christmas. (Yes, it is Christmas Eve and I am blogging about Halloween. Oh well, it could be worse.)

We love our neighborhood...I hope the weather is better next year. The last few years have been terrible and now here we are in December with NO SNOW and it's in the 40's today. Knocking on wood. Finally, this picture sums up our trick or treating in Michigan this year. One of our neighbors didn't even want to venture out to her front porch. :) Smart!

Oh, Cora. So very precious.