Happy Halloween Day!

At the annual ILE office trick or treat, Eli found Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker near Zach's office.  And he loved them.  I mean looooooved them.  Like, loved them so much he completely ignored all the candy being given out and kept trying to get close to them and then running away.  It was hilarious. 

 Lucy in Pirate Alley at the office:

 Little Clark Kent (Thanks to Zach's cousin Heidi for the idea.  Not that I asked her for it.  I just saw it on her blog and shamelessly copied it.)

 Rosie the Riveter:  (p.s. Bright red lipstick should be put on in front of a mirror.  Valuable life lesson learned.)

 Lucy Pirate:

 Harry Potter:

 The Tiger Pirate (who was almost the Tiger Pirate Superman, but decided at the last minute to ditch the last part):

 It would be so fun if we were one of those families that dressed up in matching costumes.  But we're not.  So here you have a ghost ("booing it old school"), Harry Potter, a Pirate, Rosie, Clark Kent, a ninja and a tiger pirate:

 Trick or treating around the neighborhood:

 Good times.

Lucy's Birthday

Lucy had the awesome opportunity to go to the Provo Temple on her 12th birthday.  Yet another amazing blessing in living so close to a temple.  Her friend Ashley (who turned 12 last month) came with us. 

 It was a pretty busy day at the temple, and the baptistry was filled with college-aged students.  Lucy (though she didn't notice) got so many, "Oh-my-goodness!  Look-at-that-cute-little-girl!  Are-they-really-letting-kids-that-young-in-here? looks.  It was delightful.  It was a great experience for all involved.

 And when we got home, she was surprised with a kitchen decorated for her birthday (complements of her Aunt Camille), and she was so excited.  She had a low-key party with her church friends that night . . . ice cream sundaes and games.

On Saturday night, she had a party with her school friends.  We had movie-style hot dogs and chips for dinner while we watched The Princess Bride.  Afterwards, we had a trivia game about the movie, and ate Lucy's birthday treat--mini cheesecake tarts.  Um, yummmmm.  They were good.  

 Lucy and her school friends, being all crazy-like:

And my favorite picture from the evening:

Happy 12th, Lucy!