Trunk-or-Treat!

This Saturday was the annual trunk-or-treat/chili cook-off at our church. Although there have been trunk-or-treats in all of our wards for the past several years, this is the first year we have attended. We had lots of fun and are beginning to understand the joy of having children! It is far more fun to dress your one-year-old up like a lion than to get a costume for yourself.

This is Jacob at home before getting to the church. He was happy to be dressed up for the occasion!

When we got to the church, Jacob had a lot of fun playing and running around in the gym with the other kids. I don't think he even noticed that he was wearing his lion hat.

Before the kids were allowed to go to the parking lot to trick-or-treat, they had a parade where they walked around the gym a couple of times. Jacob loved doing this too and I think he was pulling Brad around, rather than Brad having to walk Jacob around the gym. He probably did a few more laps than the rest of the kids who were just walking.

Along with the trunk-or-treat was the chili cook off. Brad decided to make my mom's chili recipe. He thought for sure we'd have no chance at winning because it's different than what most people think of for chili. Most people assume chili will be hot and spicy, but mom's is sweet...just like her daughters! Well, to our surprise and excitement, when the winning chili number was called, it belonged to our crock-pot! Hooray!!! We won a gift certificate to Chili's. Now we can have a date without having to actually pay for the meal!

I think this has been my most fun Halloween...who knew it could be so fun to see your baby dressed in a costume, begging for candy!

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