Everyone Hail to the Pumpkin Song

I was asked if the "Momos" down here go hardcore for Halloween. Unfortunately, I have to answer no, not really. But it was still a lot of fun getting in the holiday spirit!

We watched far too many Halloween movies and television shows including The Nightmare Before Christmas, Hocus Pocus, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and a fantastic vampire-themed episode of Psych.
Wednesday brought my first ever trip to Deseret Industries to pick out a Halloween costume. Glad to say it was a success. And nice to be back in the familiarity of a second-hand store.
The BYU-Idaho Symphony Orchestra put on an Indiana Jones-themed Halloween concert to which I went on Friday night. Obviously, the music was great, but they also had semi-comedic scenes interspersed throughout that added up to a cheesy, heart-warming plot, complete with poor acting and even poorer jokes, which made it all the more entertaining.
In fact, it was so good, I went on Saturday, too.
Halloween treats were exchanged with visiting teachers and teachees (I know, I'm a visiting teacher. It's really cool).
I loved seeing the few people on campus dressed up (of which I was not one). There weren't many, but I appreciate the enthusiasm.
Our ward had a Halloween party on Monday night. 'Twas a lot of fun making haunted gingerbread houses, though ours was far from structurally sound. But hey, candy is candy, and we had a ton of chocolate icing left over that I was more than willing to clean up. (Best part: There was a lot of left over spaghetti from the dinner which hey tried to force upon others, so I have food for a week!)

Only picture I have of Halloween (wish it was better). I was dressed up as Boo from
Monsters Inc. My roommates Jessica and Brianne were dressed as cowgirls.

Some of our FHE brother came over directly after the ward party to trick or treat. I was happy that I still had candy left to give them. Unfortunately, that meant that I was entirely out when a group of little kids came by. I felt like a failure. But really, what parents bring their kids to college housing expecting them to have candy? (especially when it's against city law for us to go trick-or-treating to their homes.)

Too much fun.

And now that it's all over. I get to start watching all the Christmas specials on tv! So excited.