Halloween-a bit early....

Our church Halloween activity and 'Trunk-or-Treat' was held on Oct 20th-a little early, in my opinion, for having costumes ready and getting into a Halloween mood. However, the costumes all came out pretty fabulous, if I do say so myself!
India as pretty fancy witch...
Niall as the Hugh Jackman version of 'Wolverine'-complete with spiffy side burns.

Leith as 'Ron Weasley'-his own idea, featuring red hair and 'Scabbers' the rat. I am congratulating myself heartily on the amazing hair and eyebrow transformation.

More witchy-ness!

Wolverine and our very cool pumpkins. We grew all but the two big ones in our garden. Thankfully, none have been stolen this year, but the season is not over yet.

The cutest 'Ron Weasley'ever!!! Leith won a prize for his costume at the party.

I actually don't see the need for a 'Trunk-or-Treat'(an activity where families gather in a parking lot and trick-or-treat from car to car) in this area. It was great in Michigan where the weather was uncomfortably cold for small children and where not everyone at church lived in a neighborhood that would be good for trick-or-treating. My favorite memory of this activity was when Coral invited her best friend from school, Natalie Johnson, and her family to join us. Several generations of their family live in the Detroit area and are active members of the Church of Christ-great singers and Bible literate. When we arrived at the church for the Halloween party and 'Trunk-or-Treat', our own, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Missionaries came to introduce themselves to our friends. One of the Missionaries had taken the sheets off his bed and made himself a Moses costume. While 'Moses' and his Missionary companion chatted with the Johnsons, a group of adults dressed as Egyptians entered the room. The Missionary/Moses excused himself briefly to greet the Egyptians by raising his hands in the air and shouting, "Let my people go!" I will never forget the look of shock on the face of Natalie's mother, Marsha. It was quite a 'Missionary' moment.