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 All the standard festivities surrounding this busy busy holiday.  An awesome no-tears carving session. Win!! Pics before our awesome Ward Trunk-or-Teat. The girls racked up lots of candy and had a great time with all the games and food. Chris and I got in the spirit this year as Guns and Roses. Axel and Slash. We love that the Churches and Olivia and Audrey have joined us at the ward trunk or treat the last few years.  On Halloween, Meg and I popped over to Chris' work for their office Trick-or-Treating lunch. Meg was so so shy, but came away with loads of treats and attention. She is the cutest kitty cat! And while we were at Chris' office, Brynn soaked up the 5th grade costume and Halloween party! It's a big bash with all the classes and they only do it in the 5th grade. Such a fun milestone for her! And our traditional fun around the neighborhood on Halloween night. The kids in their various friend packs and working their way back to the house to trade food, watch mov...

Halloween 2018:  Paige as a Beanie Boo Deer Brynn as Moana Finley as a Vampire Meg as Belle and Superwoman (wardrobe switch on the night of Halloween) I take our Halloween photos on the night of Trunk-or-Treat. We usually aren't scrambling too much this day vs Halloween and often it's the better weather day (as it was this year).  The evening ended up being more crazy than I had envisioned. I had been at the church setting up most of the day and had come home with two hours to shower and get myself and the girls all ready. Meg ended up having an accident (one of three this week that almost killed me) and peed from the downstairs, all the way up the stairs and into my bedroom and bathroom. Did I mention I had just carpet cleaned the stairs the prior week?! I ended up carpet cleaning for a solid 30 minutes and then had to walk away and get everyone ready. We ended up having enough time thanks to Chris' new work schedule that allowed him to be home around five s...