Halloween Festivities

We purchased several pumpkins at the Farmers' Market. We were so busy around that time that we actually didn't even have time to carve them all. The big hit this year was the white pumpkins. We got a cool affect by carving into the pumpkin, rather than cutting all the way through. The best part of the white pumpkins is that the entire pumpkin glows when they are lit.

Margo and I hosted a Halloween Party at Noah's in Lindon Utah. It's a great event center with all sorts of rooms, from theaters, to racket ball courts, to ice skating. We rented a smaller room with a big screen TV and pool table and invited several friends. Margo loved thinking up all kinds of crazy food to make.


The food showpiece was the brain carved from a small watermelon. Margo carved it up in about 15 minutes as if she'd had plenty of practice doing such things. Other food hits were the  deviled eggs with spiders, finger carrot sticks, and the main dish: blood and guts (spaghetti) with finger breadsticks.

Margo made an excellent flapper girl, complete with a costume which she made herself. I had the honor of being the flapper girl's husband. Also in attendance were Fred and Wilma Flintstone (Matt and Rachel), Barney and Betty Rubble with Bamm-Bamm (Casey and McKelle and Brigden) , some hippies (Mark and Amanda), “swine flu” and his nurse (Jeff and Holly), and some martial artists (Jason and Shandra).

After food and pool we played a game I made up called unwrap the mummy! Unfortunately the mummy turned out looking a lot more like a dirty diaper. People were a little suspicious at first, but they caught on soon. Inside the wrapping were questions that had to be answered in order to continue on unwrapping. We completed the evening by watching Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock with Jimmy Stewart. It's a classic. It's also fun to watch an older "scary" movie to see how far movies have come.