happy? halloween...

kamryn, siona, hunter, george, ryker, and kendyl

(the only pic i got with all of them together, isn't g cute?)

i guess when you are young and don't have to be the one to worry about costumes, etc, it could be fun or happy or whatever else you could be. anyway, i grew up in arizona and what i remember about halloween was 'trick or treating' around the neighborhoods and getting a ton of candy - i mean like full paper grocery sacks full ! (with 6 kids, that ended up to be a whole grundle of sugar). i don't really remember the costumes, except for one year, i dressed up as a mexican, with a big sombrero hat and a serape (cape) and i had a big mustache painted on my face (not quite like the one my brother 'steve' was sportin' at callie's wedding), but none the less it was a big mexican mustache. other than that, the halloween i remember most, was the year we lived in american fork on halloween. i remember it was dang cold (maybe it wasn't, but to us from the good ol' hot az, it was)! i don't remember what i dressed up as, but i remember that we didn't go 'trick or treating', instead, we went to 'greenwood elementary' school for a halloween fair. the halls and rooms were all decorated. we done our 'trick or treating' at each classroom. they had a cake walk and a fish pond... and i remember a really scary witch that had a big pot of steaming brew.
my kids now, put so much time and effort into the costumes for their kids - princess dresses, frog outfits, chickens, sully (from monsters inc.), etc. it's fun NOW to see the grand kids dressed up and excited that it's halloween.

today, we gathered up all the kids and went to see george at 'the home depot' and then over to the clinic to show off the cutest grand kids in the world, then to papi's, to visit with him (or not!, most of the time he sleeps while we're there) then home to finish the chili. all of the kids came over for chili, soup and stones (as kamryn put it). other than our own grand kids, we had a big ZERO when it came to 'trick or treaters'. but the best thing about any holiday, is that we get to enjoy the whole family!

gramma, ryker, siona, isley, kendyl, kamryn, and hunter

(i totally stole this pic from tiffany's blog - thanks tif! i had to

steal it, because isley was in it, too.)

H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N !