Halloween Party 2025

Instead of a Trunk or Treat, our ward at church put on a Halloween Party with a potluck, costumes, and games. Since they held it pretty early in the month we didn’t have our official Halloween costumes together yet, so we all chose something else.

The boys wanted to wear the capes from last year and went as Hobbits. L wore her red cape as Red Riding Hood, which she last wore as a tiny little girl. Jer wore his favorite costume I’ve ever made him (a T-Rex hoodie with little arms protruding from the chest that he enjoys animating) which he’s proud to point out that I made in one night. I put on lipstick and wore my blue trench coat, yellow skirt, red headband, white pouffy blouse, and Swedish heels with argyle socks for an outfit resembling Snow White.

I arrived 45 minutes late to find that they had run out of food early on and pizza was on the way. The boys were running around in the field playing with friends. They had saved a dessert plate to come back to later, and apparently were some of the lucky ones to have chili.

L helped with the face painting station, which the little kids all lined up for eagerly. Jer managed the Musical Chairs activity with the help of the young men, and W won the very last round! All participants earned a candy.

I was glad to see many friends and neighbors, and chat for a bit. Everyone asked me about Baby Henry and I did my best to answer questions. The kids danced and played until after dark and didn’t want to leave from having so much fun. Since Jer and I didn’t get to eat, we went out for a dinner date after bringing the kids home. Splitting a sweet pork burrito from Costa Vida hit the spot.