costume parade

the kids had a few opportunities to dress up in october. first, the primary had a costume party where the kids got to come dressed as their favorite scripture character. fun! can you guess who these two are? (they came up with it all by themselves, by the way.)
they're daniel and the lion.
adorable!!!

the ward had trunk-or-treating a little earlier this year, so we were able to do that and do a little trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. the kiddos loved going from house to house! (this is the first year we've done that. you know, it only took three years. slow and steady, right?)

kalei was a librarian (thankfully, i talked her out of being a vampirebrarian!), koa was a red power ranger (he's never actually seen the show, but he's all about super-heroes right now), and kawelo was a chicken. sooooooo cute! there was a moment of panic (on my part) when he wouldn't wear the pants or the hood up on the jacket, but it all turned out great, as you can see. i think poor kawelo is going to get to do/wear a lot of potentially embarrassing things that i really want a child of mine to do/wear, that the other two wouldn't do/wear.
ah, the perks of being the youngest!
we had a fabulous halloween, and the kids scored some really great candy, so we all benefited. we were especially glad to have becky & alyssa visiting us - come back any time! (that goes for all of you - we love visitors!)