Halloween 2007

Halloween has come and gone rather quickly. Last Saturday before Halloween, we had the annual Halloween party at Trinity where all the kids dressed up in costumes and we headed out to Oakland Park, Valley Home, and Thief River Care Center to visit the nursing home residents and sing some songs. They struggled a little on the first visit, so I volunteered to play the piano at the last two of three stops on our journey, though I only tapped out the melody on the keys. We came back to the church around 5:00 and had a pizza party followed by musical chairs, coloring, and other games.

Halloween itself was fun, as we set up a TV tray out front of our house with a chair that Aaron manned and he handed out candy to the kids that came by. This year was fun, as more people we recognized came by including one of my own Sunday school students. Then came the Drevlow bus... Joe and Jodi borrowed my sewing machine this year, as Jodi's mom's machine is on its last legs and Jodi sewed ALL of their costumes. They all went as pirates this year. Joe wore a long black wig that made him look like an 80's hair band lead singer and the kids were all decked out in swashbuckling finery all the way down to baby Bryn. We trick-or-treated around our block and then hopped in the car and drove over to the Alice Drive area near Franklin and did most of the trick-or-treating there before heading out to Don and Shirley's house. Then we headed out to the house of the hospital's CEO, Chris, and apparently we were the only ones to show up, as she handed us their entire bag of candy... See below for the visuals on this year's Halloween's festivities...