Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween!

We had a really fun Halloween! We just made it around our neighborhood and over to the Hodges. We tried Grandma and Grandpa Delgado, but their lights were already out.


Abby (Hannah Montana), Devan (Darth Vader),
and Lizzie (Princess Leah) ready to go!


Halloween is a huge deal in Arizona. People decorate the outside of their houses, sit in lawn chairs in their driveways, and hand out candy.

Spencer made a great Goliath the Lion!

The only thing you have to worry about at Halloween is making sure the kids don't get over heated in their costumes. Spencer had a warm costume this year, so we just had him strip down to his undies before putting on the costume. We never had this problem in Idaho or Utah!

Spencer and Princess Emma prepare
to hit the streets!

One of the fun parts of Halloween was seeing all our friends from church and primary dressed up. Here were some of my favorites!


The 3 Robinson Fairies

Devan wanted to go faster. Halloween is catch up time for everyone. We kept running into people we knew or stopping to visit at neighbors' and friends' homes. Devan just wanted to go!

Julie Mills and her baby girl!

A few of the men from church have been working out really hard lately!

Jason, Emma, and Ivan

The Carranzas were among our favorites!

One of our neighbors had a counter this year to see how many kids came through. When we went by just before 8 p.m., they were already at 287! It's a lot of fun to see so many people from the community out on the streets.


The Fish kids were all adorable!
Here we have Shelley and Ann posing with their pumpkin family!

When we got home, the kids decided to go through their candy and trade each other. It brought back a wave of memories of going through candy with my brothers and sisters on Halloween back in Indiana. There's just something about Halloween.

Dividing all the Halloween Loot!

5 comments:

Emily said...

Looks like your family had a fun time!!

liz j said...

What a great time! Our neighborhood used to have kids crawling all over it. This year, however, I think my folks only had 5 trick or treaters. Good to see that the candy hording is still in full swing elsewhere!

Joseph and Tiffany said...

Hey Steph,

Just wanted to say thanks for helping me out in a pinch on Saturday. I feel like I can always count on you! I enjoyed looking at the Halloween pictures of friends from the ward too.

Tiffany

Christina said...

Cute costumes. I loved that the big kids matched. Looks like tons of fun!!:)

Lynette said...

Great pictures of everyone. Looks like a fun time and way more lively than over on our street.