Halloween

The whole month of October this year has been a lot of fun. We have been celebrating Halloween since October 1st. We started by decorating our little apartment with Halloween decor, inside and out. We visited Cornbelly's with Damaris and did the corn maze. We've watched several scary movies with the Stevenson's. Blaine and I don't really love scary movies so we rarely watch them. But it was fun watching them with the Halloween spirit in mind!

On the 21st, we went to the temple with our friends, the Slaugh's and the Bennett's. Afterwards, we carved some pumpkins together. This was my first time ever carving a pumpkin. I know, it's pretty ridiculous. But I was a brat growing up and thought that pumpkins were nasty :) After experimenting with some recipes for pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and pancakes, now I think that pumpkins are yummy. Anyway, it was still pretty hard for me to clean the inside. Blaine ended up doing most of it. I did the fun part of carving the outside. Overall, it was a lot of fun and I'll get over it as I do it more :)

The next day we went to SLC with the Stevenson's. We ate Chipotle and went to the U to watch "Thriller", a Halloween-themed dance show. Nina and I saw it about 2 years ago, but we wanted to take the guys with us this time. It was such a good show. Before it started, they had "zombies" walking around scaring people. I'm a huge scaredy cat, but I managed to not scream when one sneaked up behind me (I jumped in my seat). I was even brave enough to take a picture with this creepy chic.

The show was great. It was funny at times, scary at others, and above all, very creative. I didn't think that the dancing was top notch, but it was good. They had numbers on Jason, the Salem witch trials, Chuckie, Frankenstein and his bride, children of the corn, and other traditional Halloween stories. Of course, they opened and closed with Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Michele came over on Wednesday and did my nails. She could've done something more extravagant but I just  wanted a small ghost. I love ghosts! (Fake ones, of course).

So, I was really wasn't sure if we should dress up this year. We didn't have much going on the weekend of Halloween and our apartment isn't big enough to throw a party. We were pretty discouraged. But of course, the day comes and you want to dress up. Blaine and I went to the D.I., (as did all of Provo) to find our last-minute costumes. I found a white dress and Blaine found an old suit. In less than an hour, I quickly transformed us into a zombie bride and groom. I thought it was a fun idea to do this year since it's our first Halloween as a married couple. I've never dressed up as anything scary or gory before, but it was a lot of fun! I was so surprised at how cooperative Blaine was. When we first started dating, he wasn't crazy about dressing up for Halloween. I feel that my enthusiasm has rubbed off over the years :)

Nina's friend threw a small party Friday night. Afterwards, we went out to eat at IHOP with our costumes. Nina and Matt were nerds. Steph was Lady Gaga and Zach was an Indian guru. We went to a dance party after, but felt that it wasn't the place for married couples to be at. We ended up playing Monopoly Deal over at the Simmons' place (yes, we've gotten them addicted too). It was a fun night!

Saturday night, Blaine and I stayed home and watched Hocus Pocus together. It had been forever since I've watched it. As ridiculous as the acting and effects are, it reminds me of my childhood and will forever be a Halloween classic. For lunch on Halloween day, I made ghostly pancakes with bloody scrambled eggs (bloody as in "ketchup") haha. We also had a jack-o-lantern pizza for dinner and watched Casper together!

And of course, the whole month has been one of eating a ridiculously unhealthy amount of candy. I really missed trick-or-treating or having kids come over and handing candy to them. I'm looking forward to the Halloweens when we have kids to go trick-or-treating with! Hope you all have had a happy and safe Halloween!