Okay, last of the Halloween posts. Luckily, I found the picture of my Halloween nails so I can include it in this post and not make another post later because I would totally do that.
Aren't they fun?! Yes, they are sorta a mess, but it was my first time! I follow a few instagrammers who are total nail artists, so I thought I would try my hand at it. I'm thinking turkey legs and glitter olives for Thanksgiving!
Mommy has developed an even bigger love for this holiday over the past
few years. Candy, costumes and trick-or treating with the kids is great and all,
but there is so much more to do in this fair valley! I like to squeeze in as much scare and fun as I can afford at this time of year.
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| Frankie, Keri, Jenn, me and Josh. Dallon was going down the zip line with his friend. |
My friend, Dallon (not pictured), has his birthday around Halloween so we always celebrate with a scary movie and a Haunted House or two. We saw Paranormal 4 (horrid!!) and then the next day we hit up the Fear Factory. It was confusing figuring out where to go and some woman worker yelled at me for running into the beer garden to say "Hi" to Dallon without getting carded. It didn't even look like a place you needed to get carded to enter! Anyway, bad set up. She gave me the stink eye the rest of the time I was around there. :D The haunted house is an old factory in downtown SLC with the address of 666 so that in and of itself is creepy. Supposedly they had to shut down because there were so many "accidents" with some of the workers. I wish they would've played more on the buildings history than try to make it like any other haunted house attraction. We paid extra for the VIP line. So glad we did or we would've been in line for around 2ish hours instead of the 15 minutes. Plus, I got a water bottle! There was an awesome, very long slide you got to go down and that was fun. All the little scares were fun, but I mostly enjoyed being there with Josh and my friends
Ten person band with a great light show and a bonus light show from two people in light up costumes. I loved seeing and dancing amongst all the costumed people there!
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| Keri and I had to get a picture in our costumes. duh. |
I decided that Halloween is the BEST night to go dancing and I want to make it my new tradition! Who's going to join me next year?!
"It's all about the lights.", we say in band only because we want more and a light tech person too. :)
They were actually really fun to listen to and of course we picked them apart and compared ourselves to them, but that's how you get better... right? They made a lot of the songs more their own than trying to sound like the original track like we do, so that was different and good in some ways, but bad in others. They were all fabulous musicians though.
They had a horn and a sax which was great for disco! The guys that played them were such typical band guys and it made me happy. They were some of my favorite members of the group.
The girl lead singers were my other favorites. They sang most of the songs and I loved how free, but in control they were with their vocals. It was a great night besides the extremely diluted diet coke that cost me $3! hate that. :)
Another event on my Halloween must do list was to go see Dallon in a production of Sweeny Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The only thing on my list that I didn't do this year was go to a corn maze. Next year! My friend and running partner, Celeste, got to go with me! Love going out with this girl!
I had only heard some of the music from this show and had never even seen the movie. I loved it. The performance was in a top room at an old restaurant downtown, Diamond Lil's. So the show was happening just feet in front of you, especially because we were on the front row. At times the characters even came into our space and one GRABBED MY CHAIR on a creepy part. It was horrifyingly awesome. I think up close and personal is one of THE COOLEST ways to see a show like this and I was surprised at how compelling the storyline was-even making me all teary eyed. Overall, it was a great job especially for a smaller production. I was expecting less quality. But I should've know with Dallon playing Beadle and Skye as Producer that it would be quality. I want to see it again! *stomps foot*
Dallon, me and Skye (She was Mrs. Lovett and producer. She is also Dallon's friend who joined us at the haunted forest last year. Love her, so I had to have her in my picture even though her awesome black wig was already off. Those things get so hot! I know!)
k, now look your creepiest and I'll pretend to be scared by flexing my nostrils.
Perfect!
So glad I did not miss this show!!! It was the perfect ending to Happy Halloween Week!
Samuel
(6) was in his first musical this year- Shrek!
He never acted nervous to go on stage and was completely fascinated with
watching the show much to the detriment of his choreography. He did eventually
learn to focus on his role and was the cutest villager, flame and dwarf ever!
He hung around the Tarzan set with
his mom and friends a lot and when it was over he asked every day if he would
get to see his friends. 
Benjamin
(8) was also in his first musical this year (Shrek) as a villager, flame and dwarf and then got to follow it up
with another as an ape in Tarzan! We were so impressed with his professionalism
and attitude of doing his best in every show.
At his dad’s work party this month he asked his mom to sing karaoke with
him but then at the last minute told her she was out and he was going to
explore a solo career. He nailed “Jingle
Bell Rock” from the Frozen wall to the
free soup and hot cocoa line! After all the work his mom had done working with
him on hearing the right pitch his momma was proud! Benjamin is our paper airplane expert and can
whip one up in seconds and then explain and
show you exactly how to throw it to get a perfect landing or make a
loop. #thankyougrandmastewart
#inthegenes He got us back into Pokémon this year and even taught his mom how
to play. He progressed from his Little Dragon class in mixed martial arts all
the way to green belt this year and can now climb to the top of the rope! He lost
his first tooth and is an EXCELLENT student. He is so excited to be a boy scout
and launches into everything new in his life with vigor and zeal! He always
does his best! When Benjamin is not talking about robots and inventions, he is
bouncing basketballs on the stairs. His
mom’s favorite thing about Benjamin is the way he takes his little brother,
Sam, around the shoulders everyday and walks him to his kindergarten class.
Danielle
(14) is our resident teen. She is the main instigator in most of the activities
we do around here #thatisagoodthing like the Shrek and Tarzan Musicals
in which she played a Duloc dancer, a guard, and a leopard.
She takes dance through her school and
between that and the musicals she danced in this year her skills have grown
leaps and bounds! We love watching the big smile (when appropriate) on her face
as she dances. She was called on a mission to Cambodia for Youth Conference, grew spiritually at Time Out For Girl’s
and Girl’s Camp this year despite being attacked by a ginormous beetle.
#survivor She started attending the regional church
dances and loves keeping in touch with her friends when her schedule allows.
Her favorite though is when she actually gets to hang out with friends and/or
have sleepovers at her cousin’s house. One of her strengths is her empathy for
people. 
