Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I don't know if it's because it's the first of many fun things to celebrate in a big way this time of year or because of the fond memories of so much candy-getting as a kid or what, but I just love it! One of our favorite family traditions over the past couple years has been participating in ward "Trunk-or-Treat" festivities. After our landslide win a couple years ago as "Whos" in "Who-ville" and our squeaker win last year as the Scooby-Doo gang and the Mystery Machine (against some stiff competition, I might add), we were hard-pressed to pull out any good ideas for a sure hit this year. We literally started brainstorming our ideas on the way home from trunk-or-treat last year! With a little help from my parents, we pulled it off as the Flinstones from Bedrock. So we ditched the trunk completely in favor of the golf-cart "Flinstone-mobile." Jason and I were Fred and Wilma, Kacey was Betty Rubble, Jordan was Barney Rubble, Kennadi was Pebbles, and Kami was a girl version of Bam-Bam (we lovingly reffered to her as Kam-Kam). It was no easy task coming up with costumes, either. Not a single Flinstone pattern in all of Las Vegas! Fortunately, the prehistoric fashion wasn't incredibly advanced, and I was able to pull it together with felt, fleece, and whatever other inexpensive fabric I could find. I even used an old fur pillow for part of Kami's costume. Everyone wanted to know where I got my "pearls." Of all the hard work, those were the easiest to make! I just strung a ribbon through a few styrofoam balls.
