A happy, scary Halloween!

We had a great Halloween!  I let Emma choose her own costume this year and she chose a lady bug costume.  I decided to get a bumble bee costume for Matthew so they could both be bugs.  I didn't have any costumes for Daniel or I, but while I was at the rental center that morning, I was talking to Ryan (our cousin-in-law who works with us) and he suggested that I be a bug catcher.  I thought that sounded cute, so I threw together a "bug catcher" costume for me.

Emma dressed up in her lady bug costume.

We usually visit my grandmother who lives in a care center on Fridays.  Since Halloween fell on a Friday this year, we decided to take the kids in their costumes and let them trick-or-treat there.  Stace and her kids also came, as well as Jan and Jenn.  The residents seemed to really enjoy seeing the children.

The bumble bee, lady bug and bug catcher with Grandma Spendlove!

There was this cute little girl who came walking by and saw all of the kids and decided to sit down and play.  She and Matthew were both dressed like bumble bees, so we got a picture of them next to each other.

Emma giving grandma a hug just before we left.

We went trick-or-treating later that night with Dave and Melis and their kids.  Annika and Emma had a fun time together and were so cute!

Our little family all ready to go trick-or-treating!

Mieka is a monkey with Dave and Melis as bananas.  Annika is a fairy.

Emma and Annika trick-or-treating together.  They were having so much fun!

This house had a little "spook alley" type of tunnel with smoke and "scary" things leading up to the door.  Emma wasn't scared at all.  I guess she was to excited about getting candy to be scared.

Here's one of them up at one of the houses.  They had put a bunch of those "snaps" fireworks on the sidewalk leading to the door so there were a bunch of popping sounds when the girls were walking up.  I thought that was a cute idea.

That was all of the happy part of Halloween.  The scary part came after we were done trick-or-treating.  We were on our way home and Janice was holding Emma.  They were a ways behind Daniel and I, so they decided to run to catch up with us.  They were about 15 ft. away from us when I heard a thud and then Emma crying.  I ran back and discovered that Jan had tripped and fell with Emma whose head hit the pavement.  I was rather worried.  I picked up Emma and quickly walked the rest of the way home.

When we got home Emma didn't look too good.  She was sluggish and tired.  We couldn't tell if it was from hitting her head or because she had a long day.  Jan was worried of course because she is a nurse and knows how bad a head injury can be.  We decided to give her a blessing and then make the decision whether or not to take her in to be checked.  Dave came over and helped Daniel give the blessing.  She was blessed that she would be okay.  It was a wonderful blessing, and Emma perked up shortly afterward.  

Needless to say, we did not go over to my parents house that night as we had planned.  Instead we kept an eye on Emma for a while and then put her to bed.  We are so glad she was okay.

I am so grateful for the power of the priesthood in my home.  I am also grateful that Daniel honors his priesthood and is able to give blessings to our children.  Emma has been fine ever since the blessing and I am so grateful for that as well.   And Jan, I hope you're no longer feeling bad about it, especially since she is just fine!