Halloween and Birthday smiles

I hope that all of you had a Happy Halloween that left smiles on your faces like it did mine. Some people don’t like Halloween but I’ve always enjoyed it. As a little girl we were poor and never had much candy in the house. Getting a whole bag full of candy at Halloween made it a special holiday to me.

When I was a young mother my Mindy was born near Halloween so I always decorated the house up cute and had Halloween themed birthday parties.  When Mindy grew up she added to the fun by having both EJ  and Claire born the end of October.

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We worked on our regular temple shift Thursday night but we still got to enjoy Halloween fun at our Church’s annual “Trunk-n- Treat” party last Sat.

The whole recreation hall was decorated so cute. They must have spent hours decorating.

There was all sorts of good “Halloween” food at the potluck dinner that

that was enjoyed by all of us.

Fun cupcakes and desserts were a big hit too.

There were ugly and pretty pirates…..

There were BYU cheerleaders and the game ball…

There were all sorts of darling princesses… and…

Despicable and Incredible people… all having a good time together.

Of course I was partial to our pirate Claire, ball player EJ, farmer John and young Austin Anakin.

After dinner we made our way outside to “Trunk-n-Treat”in the church parking lot. The kids went from car to car collecting their candy.

My heart was touched by the efforts people went to for the children to have a good time.

I’d say that the whole bunch had a bewitchingly good time.

Some were even jumping up and down.

John and I had so much fun watching all of the kids, young and old, enjoying the evening together.

Of course celebrating EJ’s and

and Claire’s birthdays made our week really special.

I hope that you’ve had a fun week that was full of smiles too.

I am sending you lots of hugs, Grammy Lura