Quotes I Have Loved Lately.

Sitting in a quiet study nook in my school's library last week:

".... Are you the man from Snowy River?"

(I look up to see a large man leaning precariously over another large man's work station. My first thought: Oh. They met online and now they're meeting in real life.)

Not so.

"What?"

"ARE YOU? You've got the hat and the coat, ARE YOU?"

"Nope... just cold."

"Snowy River is cold."

(lingers for a moment too long and walks off, disappointed.)

While Trick or Treating with my cousins last night, a foul odor filled the air:

Paige: "Bailey, did you fart?"

Bailey: "No."

Me: "I didn't either. I'll announce it when it's me. Must just be something in the air."

Paige: "It must have been a ghost."

Me: "I wonder if they can fart? We'll have to ask your mama when we're home." (My Aunt Sheral is something of a ghost expert, you see.)

(A little later)

Me: "OOoooookay, there must be something in the air tonight, because it smells, awful. And I didn't fart and Bailey didn't fart, and neither did you, huh?" (to Paige)

Bailey: "Actually. That was me that time."

(At home)

Bailey: "Hey, mom, do ghosts fart?"

Sheral: "Hm. Sometimes they have a scent!"

Uncle Joel: "Man, I tell you what. If I was a ghost, I'd do that all the time. Go into a chapel during sacrament and just let out a little SBD, silent-but-deadly, and just watch it work. Everyone's all lookin' around, wondering who the culprit was..."

Hahaha! As you can imagine, I LOVED my Halloween yesterday. I drove straight to UVU from the freeway since I was coming back from being home on the weekend. In the five minutes before I reached my class, I spotted Captain Jack Sparrow, Aragorn, Little Red, a ninja, a female Indiana Jones, and more. That is something I straight up LOVE. When I got home, I had the best grilled cheese and tomato soup I've made in a loooong time. It was good times.

And then I got all gussied up for the evening. Became a butterfly, if you will!

There are no pictures of my lower half, but I wore my sister's STRETCHY PANTS. Running tights are SO warm. And Brittany is so sweet. I'm gonna have to get me a pair in the near future.

My Aunt Sheral was RIDICULOUSLY nice and let me come go trick-or-treating with her cute kids. There is honestly no other way I would've rather spent my Halloween. Also, I can count it as doing my Child Development homework. So that was just an added bonus. It took me forrrrever to get to Spanish Fork, though, because children were everywhere. And no one wants to hit a little princess or pirate. It's just in bad taste. So, the fifteen minute drive became a forty-five minute one, since Springville apparently gathers every child from the surrounding cities and sets them free on main street on Halloween.

In all reality, I think a main street trick-or-treat is the cutest thing ever. And I enjoyed creeping... but I was worried I would make the Wilsons late starting out. Luckily, they weren't even starting yet. (:

Prrrretty much, they are the cutest, funniest, most polite kids in the whole world. Seriously. They are smart and hilarious, and so, so, so nice. If my kids turn out even HALF as well, I'll know I've done okay. It was the funnest night! And they all had stinking great costumes! Like, seriously. Would you like to see?

Sawyer was an Indian - and may I just add that he FULLY did his homework. Researched the heck out of his Halloween costume! Bailey was my homegirl Luna Lovegood, Paigey was a butterfly, Sheral looked AWESOME as a Dia de los Muertos figure! She scared the crap out of some of her nursery kids answering the door. Also. Joel was a cat. Clearly.

It was the funnest night ever! I laughed so much and had so much fun. Also, Paige held my hand every single time she thought it might be even a little cold. She even held it close to her little fuzzy butterfly chest and smiled up at me. That made me feel pretty warm, too. And we got some KILLER hot chocolate at someone's house. Mm, good stuff.

Pretty much, Trick or Treating just always warms the soul on a chilly night.

Also. Life-size displays made my cousins and I NERVOUS. I wish this wasn't just a phone picture. I didn't have my camera, darnit!

I LOVE HALLOWEEN! I'm a little sad it's over. :/