Halloween Chaos

Our Halloween this year was a little different than most. We had a Halloween party at our church a few nights prior to Halloween which was a blast. They had dancing, a haunted house, games and tons of food. Micah had a lot of fun.

Then there was Saturday, Halloween day. Which was Chaos. We were in the process of moving out of our home and we didn'nt finish as early as we would have liked. We were supposed to be pretty much done Fri. But all the little things here and there took longer to move than expected. Then there was the FINAL cleaning. Luckily I have great neighbors and family that came over and helped. I have to admit I took a little pleasure in watching a bunch of women run around with vacuums and rags all working together to clean my house. It helped a ton.

So by the afternoon we were pretty much done except the garage. The whole day I kept thinking, I wish Halloween was on a different day so I could relax and enjoy it more instead of rushing out of my home. So it was later in the afternoon and Carlos had been working so hard moving things that I sent him to our new home with the kids to take a breather while I finished the garage. It seemed like 5 minutes past and next thing I know I have cute little trick-or-treaters coming to my door. Mind you my house was completley empty and we were supposed to go to Stansbury Park to trick-or-treat with cousins. I didn't even think that I would still be home. Everything was taking forever to get done. I remembered where I had a bowl of misc candy in a box. I ran in the house and grabbed it and put it on the porch. I felt like such a party pooper. I just continued cleaning and boxing as kids came up to the house, I just told them to grab some candy out of the bowl on the porch. I know I am a lamo.

Then I thought to myself, Oh great, now (after moving and cleaning literally ALL day) I get to walk around the neighborhood forever to take my own kids trick-or-treating. Once again my neighbors saved the day. My friend Jaime's husband Aaron took Micah with his 4 boys. Micah had a blast and I got to sit down for a few minutes. He was a live saver!

So there you go, I almost forgot to celebrate Halloween. P.s. We did not sell our home. We rented it out to someone for a year. The economy has been too unsteady for too long and we are just trying to take a step back and get our feet back under ourselves. We are staying in the neighborhood and are lucky to not have to make too many changes. We are grateful for what we have been given and the experiences that we can learn from in life. I am so very grateful for amazing people that have been put into my life to help me through the rough times.