Canyon Life

Fall Fall Fall Fall. I love the autumn weather. The autumn weather that comes and goes. Today was almost 90 degrees, which is ridiculous. I left the house in a scarf and had stripped down to a tank top by noon. RIDICULOUS. Such is life. I'm sure I'll complain when its really chilly in a few months too. Isn't that we are all about? Complaining about everything. Too hot, too cold, too rainy, too dry, blah blah blah. I really do think I prefer the fall season overall. I love the colors, I love the holidays, I love the wearing of pajamas with feet.... Yes. I love my footie pajamas (and I can't find where I stored them from last year, PANIC!). And hot drinks. I love coffee and tea and cider and hot chocolate, all cozy next to a fire. Yes! Fire in the fireplace. I love that too. Ahhh... go away hot weather!

In the fall we start the run of holiday get togethers. We've been with the same bible study group for a few years now, and we usually do a Thanksgiving or Christmas party type thing, but this year we did a bit of a fall party too. Which was great fun. Food and fellowship and a pumpkin carving contest. Each family worked together to do a jack-o-lantern and then we were judged. Things got heated fairly quickly, I never realized how competitive our group could be. Luckily, no fist fights broke out and the night ended peacefully. Even though we didn't win. Ha! Good times.

The night of Halloween we did things a little differently than we normally do. We usually go to our church's Fall Fest event, but my husband decided he'd like to stay home this year. He did go and help with the set up for the event at church the night before, but then we ended up having a few people over for a little soiree the night of Halloween. Actually, a lot more people than I expected ended up coming over. And it was great. Even the adults came dressed up. We blew up pumpkins with potato cannons (we live in the forest, that's what you do here!), had some games, and lots of yummy food and dessert. Everyone brought candy so the kids walked away with full bags of loot.

Lisa came as a Stepford Wife. Kind of. Katie and her husband dressed in Renaissance. There was a Power Ranger, flapper girl, Clark Kent, knights, dinosaurs, Laura Ingalls, a mermaid, Iron Man, a zombie type thing, and a few other costumes I can't recall. I think the adults outdid the kids.

My oldest son really did a good job with his costume this year. He ran out and got a white morph suit, put a black dress suit over that, and voila! He was Slenderman. If you don't know who that is.... You should google it. Download the game. Turn out the lights. Put your headphones on. Prepare for fear.

Brett and I just wore what we had in the closet. Of course he has cowboy clothes and hats. And I had a suede fringe poncho just hanging around. For reals, I actually did! Been in the closet for a few years from a friend.  Last minute costumes are always the best. Ty and Matt dressed as medieval knights. I love parties that just sort of come together at the last minute, always a bit different than you planned.

 Can you spot Slenderman?