New this year for the Adams Clan is dressing up and getting to do all the Halloween stuff. Halloween has never been our favorite holiday, for obvious reasons, but here at Emmanuel we had the opportunity to take the parts that we do like and fellowship with other members. We even got to carve pumpkins together as a family for the first time. The girls made a carriage, Daniel made a USA, Jacob made a cross and Nathan made a Jack -O - Lantern face.
Each year Emmanuel hosts Trunk and Treat on or near Halloween. It is a great night for kids and adults alike. It begins with a kid friendly potluck. No mystery dishes allowed. We had McDonald's chicken nuggets, pizza, mac and cheese, jello, cupcakes, cookies, and lots of other great stuff. Then we were each asked to bring a carved pumpkin and when we were done with dinner and a craft we took our pumpkins out to the front of the church, lined them up, lit them, sang "This Little Gospel Light of Mine" and pastor led a prayer.
From there the adults went and got the trunks ready and then the kids all came out and went trick or treating at our trunks in the parking lot instead of all over town. We had tons of fun!! There were lots of great costumes and trunks too.
Doug really got into it a few days before prepping the "boy trunk" ~ command central. My "girl trunk" ~ Pixie Hollow turned out pretty well too. As for costumes, this year we used what we had and the boys were all army guys and the girls were all fairies.
