So Halloween this year was pretty good. We started our festivities early in the week with some pumpkin carving. We had five huge pumpkins but a lack of time so only three of them ended up getting carved. Holly decided that it would be fun to do Shrek and I unleashed my inner geek (what’s new?) and did Mario of Super Mario Bros. fame. Emma decided to do an original creation which turned out pretty good. Like every other year, there were lots of dads commenting on how cool our pumpkins were as their kids took our candy.
This year will be known in my mind as the year of the recycled costume idea. Emma decided that she wanted to be a devil, Alex wanted to be a tiger, and Hannah wanted to be a clown. Whether it is dumb luck or just coincidence, we have each of these costumes in the appropriate sizes in our costume box. Everybody was happy and we saved money. You can’t ask for more than that - especially if said costumes yield free candy.
Tags: Alex, candy, clown, costume idea, costumes, devil, Emma, geek, Halloween, Hannah, Holly, Jeremiah, Kids, Mario, neighborhood, peanut butter, peanut butter cups, pumpkin, shrek, super mario bros, tiger, tootsie rolls, trick or treating
Alex, Emma, Family, Hannah, Holidays, Holly, Jeremiah | Jeremiah, November 2, 2008 7:24 pm | 
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Holly is out with the kids, roaming the neighborhood, asking strangers for candy. I’m on door duty. I’m sick of running up and down the stairs and it’s only 7:00! I anticipate that I’ll have more content to post in a few hours but, in case I don’t get to it tonight, I wanted to wish everybody a happy Halloween.
Remember, if you decided to play a Halloween prank on somebody and try and scare them so bad that they we themselves, be careful. You might get punched in the face.
I know that we’re still a few days from Halloween, but with the presidential election and trick or treating in the air, I thought that it would be fun to post this comic that I stumbled upon. The thing that makes it so funny is the fact that it’s true.
If you’re lucky, Comrade Obama will only take half of your candy. He’ll be sure to get the half that has the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups though.
If you were to walk into any store these days, you would probably think that the next holiday to be celebrated was Christmas. Contrary to retailer belief though, we actually have two holidays, including one pretty major one, between now and Christmas.
In just a few short weeks, we will celebrate the end of the harvest by stuffing our faces. This holiday is know as Hallowe’en or, if you’re not into traditional spellings, Halloween. Ironically, we will not be partaking of the fruits of said harvest but will be gorging ourselves on sugary confections originating in Hershey, Pennsylvania and McLean, Virginia (home of M&M’s).
On Saturday, our ward held their annual trunk or treat. This is a safe environment where neighborhood kids can run around a parking lot and get candy from people sitting in and around their vehicles. Normally, I try to encourage my kids to not take candy from people that are sitting in their car but for this, I made an exception. We have about 4.3 million kids living within our ward boundaries so, as you can probably imagine, there were a lot of kids running around in costumes.
Tags: Alex, candy, candy buckets, Cars, Church, confections, Halloween, Hannah, Hershey Pennsylvania, holiday, McLean Virginia, neighborhood kids, parking lot, tootsie rolls, van, ward boundaries
Alex, Emma, Hannah | Jeremiah, October 20, 2008 8:29 am | Comments (0)
As a kid, whenever anybody would ask me what my favorite holiday was, the answer was obviously Christmas. After all, what kid doesn’t like Christmas? Free toys, lots of candy stuffed into clothing designed for feet, and did I mention free toys?
Now that I’m a bit older, I still love Christmas (I think it’s the free toys thing), but I’ve developed a deep appreciation for other holidays. Thanksgiving is awesome but the Fourth of July holds a special place in my heart. There’s something about seeing an American flag flying as a wing of F-16s fly overhead that makes me extremely grateful to live in this wonderful country. Add to the the fact that we’ve developed some really fun family traditions, and you have a day that we all look forward to each year.
Tags: Alex, candy, Family, family traditions, fourth of july, Friends, Fruit Heights, holiday, Holly, Jeremiah, Kaysville, parades
Alex, Emma, Family, Friends, Hannah, Holidays, Holly, Jeremiah | Jeremiah, July 4, 2008 11:34 pm | Comments (0)
Hi. My name is Jeremiah and I’m an addict.
Let me elaborate… I had somebody give me a Reese’s Miniature today. I immediately downed it. Then another. Then another. I would have kept going but I didn’t want to eat all of her candy. I have come to the conlcusion that Reese’s Miniatures are like to me. I can’t get enough. I normally try to avoid them but, like a junkie, I keep returning to their chocolatey peanut buttery goodness. The proportion of chocolate to peanut butter is just right. Plus, they’re bite size. It doesn’t get any better!
I have always liked chocolate and peanut butter in combined form. It’s probably a good thing that these aren’t free or else I’d literally weigh a ton. (That’s about 160 stone for those of you across the pond.)
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