The Holiday Season: Part 1 - Halloween
Halloween has come and gone and we are officially plunged into the holiday season. This year Hannah designed her own costume as Pippi Longstocking and the boys were all pirates. I wore the renaissance dress I made months ago and Steven wore a peasant shirt I made for him. The first of the holiday celebration was actually a week before the actual day, when we had our ward trunk-or-treat. We enjoyed the traditional chili and cinnamon rolls, then the kids had fun winning prizes playing games. Peter loved the cake walk especially. I won a chocolate bar as a reward for "best costume" in the adult division. After the games came the trunk-or-treating where the kids gathered a large bag full of candy. Sometime during the evening we lost a red bandana. The next afternoon we went to a Halloween party at my sister Heather's house in Colorado Springs. We had fun playing Frisbee, socializing with family, and eating hamburgers. Hannah got to carve her first pumpkin. Steven enjoyed spre...