Asher is an old ladies' man...

I spent Halloween in Arizona with my grandparents. My brother Rick came with his two oldest boys. Rick's brilliant idea was that we all dress up as loggers for the Halloween party at the Elks Club. It wasn't such a bad idea really, except that it was 95 degrees and we were all wearing flannel and wool. But it was fun. My great uncle, grandparents, and great aunt even let me put fake beards on them. They were good sports. I crocheted all the hats and they turned out to be pretty ridiculous. But it was fun.

Halloween at the Elks Club was different for Asher (9) and Mason (7). Mason was a little shy, but Asher turned out to be quite the ladies man. After the costume contest (NOTE: anyone older than 55 should not wear a "wet t-shirt contest winner" costume) some of the older folks were dancing. I was looking forward to dancing with my grandpa. It's something we always did when we visit them, but his health didn't allow it. Anyway, Asher wanted to dance so he got out there on the dance floor by himself and started dancing. I think he was doing the moves from that Happy Feet movie. He ended up dancing with at least half a dozen old ladies! When he finally got home he sat down in Grandpa's recliner and said "Boy, all those women sure wore me out!"

The main purpose of our trip was to scan all the photos from my grandparents' photo albums. Rick and I developed a good system. I got up at 6 or so and started working on scanning. Then during the day we'd work together to label all the photos. Then I'd go to bed and he'd work until around 2am putting them all into a book. He found a good program at blurb.com where you can make your own photo books. Anyway, we got them all scanned--I think it was something like 4 or 5,000 pictures--and the book is just about ready to order. It was a huge project but well worth it. Or at least I think so, I guess I should wait until I see the book to decide!

Jerel held the fort down at home. Before we got married he kept the lights off on Halloween. I refused to be a halloween grinch so I kept the lights on and did all the candy. In fact last year Jerel freaked out because I'd gone to use the bathroom and the doorbell rang and he actually had to hand out candy to some kids...it's amazing he survived! Anyway, I figured since I was out of town the lights would be off this year, but no! He bought lots of candy and passed it out all night. I'm not sure what got into him! Two of the girls from my primary class came by trick-or-treating and I was sad I missed them, but I'm glad Brother Atkinson was there to tell them how cute they were!

UPDATE: At church yesterday one of my Primary kids asked if my dad had told me she came by trick-or-treating...Jerel used to come to class with me for a few months when the kids were really out of control and I've told them a million times that he's my HUSBAND not my DAD but they don't seem to get it.