Halloween Fun and November Snow

What a fun Halloween we had with the cute Barretts! Here are Mom and Dad (aka Grandma and Grandpa) with Camden Lou Who and Wednesday Addams getting ready for our butternut squash soup and pumpkin bread bowl Halloween feast.

And here is the whole crew ready to do some serious trick-or-treating! Camden Lou Who and Wednesday Addams were joined by Clawdeen Wolf, Frankenstein (aka FrankenBen), Duck Dynasty, and their cute Barrett cousins. FrankenBen was a little suspicious of Darth Vader.

Clawdeen took the post-trick-or-treating candy inventory process very seriously.

FrankenBen was very happy with the results of his trick-or-treating adventure. "Cheese!!!"

 

 

FrankenBen especially enjoyed dancing to "Monster Mash." Sorry that my camera didn't pick up the song in the background, but at least we caught his sweet dance moves. What a fun Halloween we had!

Halloween was such a warm, beautiful day, and even the first week of November was unusually warm and nice . . . but then this last Friday the snow came! I had to drive to work that day because we had a program at the museum that evening, so the commute was rather harrowing, but the snow certainly was beautiful! I had a meeting over at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, and this was the amazing view of Temple Square.

Before the program I walked over to the Lion House for a delicious dinner, and when I was walking back to the museum it was SO beautiful outside!!!! It was snowing, and Temple Square was very quiet and peaceful. I did have to be careful when walking past the Tabernacle though, because I had learned earlier in the day that large sheets of snow randomly slip off of the Tabernacle's domed roof! Luckily the large pile of snow from the roof landed right in front of me, instead of on top of me!

 

Mom, Dad, and I have been busy getting the new house ready for Greg and me to move into later this month. It turns out that it has required more cleaning than we originally anticipated. The other day Dad found 29 Crayons in one of the heat vents, and he discovered more in the fireplace vent on Saturday :) I also found a DVD in the fireplace vent. And we have discovered that Mr. Clean Magic Erasers really are magical--especially when dealing with Crayon artwork on the kitchen cabinets. I don't know a lot about our house's previous occupants, but I do know that their kids loved Crayons. Greg's parents came to town the other day, and we had a wonderful dinner with them! So it's been a great last couple of weeks, and I am looking forward to some fun and exciting weeks ahead--this week I will get to be involved with my first exhibit opening at the museum!