Halloween Festivities

October was a month full of Halloween festivities, as usual. For example, we took Austin to the city's Halloween Carnival one Friday evening. He dressed as a magician. He loved playing the games there, getting his face painted, and picking up plenty of treats.

We also attended our ward's Halloween Carnival, where Austin also participated in various Halloween activities and games.

The Friday before Halloween we went to our family's annual party where we enjoyed eating dinner, carving jack-o-lanterns, dressing in our costumes, eating doughnuts, listening to Halloween stories, and watching a movie.

This last year we grew white pumpkins in our garden, so we thought we would carve one of them on this occasion. As it turned out, that was easier said than done. I think that the top of the pumpkin was about two inches thick and very difficult to get through. Nate finally got the top off using a drill. We decided to go with a very simple design...

We had fun trick-or-treating with Austin on Halloween night too. Unfortunately, someone decided to steal our treats we left out for trick-or-treaters while we were gone though. Not only did they take all the candy, but they also took our bowl. I am just grateful it wasn't my favorite bowl, but we were still very irritated. We have left candy out like that for years without any issues, but it doesn't look like we will be doing that again.