Harry Potter 408

I made my family ignore all their responsibilities and stand in an hour long line in order to see a house that the owners had set up as a Harry Potter anniversary celebration.  The owner was saying that he was going to replace his lawn in the spring, so why not?  He had everything from a Buckbeak, train station, Ollivanders, Hagrid's hut, Gryffindor tower, etc... We had the pleasure of talking to Snape and McGonagall.  The couple right in front of us provided us with ibuprofen and a fun game of Harry Potter Head's up while waiting in line.  He was like Sam's allergy twin.  He had basically all the same allergies that Sam does and that's rare.  I think he's the first one that I've met with almost identical allergies.

 

October Misc

 

Sam's pastry class made bread.

Sam's monkeys were excited that he came home from school.

Sam making his Halloween costume.

Seth played prelude in Sacrament meeting.  He was so nervous but did it!  He played clearly and loud!  It was awesome.

Valynn had an extra ticket to Adamm's Family musical.  It was so fun and it was great to have one on one adult time.

Seth made a suit that he could hide in and pretend to be a box in the corner.  It started as a nerf gun war and turned into a camouflage thing.

Sam and I got to be the organist and music director today.  That was so fun!

Sam's soccer team.  We missed most of his season and definitely missed the picture day.  We missed Seth's picture day and about half of the games.  It just wasn't a priority this season.

Ward Halloween Party

 

Our Ward had their Halloween trunk or treat. Jer and Sam had to miss it.  They were doing their 10 mile training run.  

Witchfest

This year's theme was Hocus Pocus.  It was fun.  My dad wasn't feeling 100% so mom had to miss it, but we went shopping and dressed up. And most importantly.... ate candied apples and chocolate.

 

Witchfest

 

Last year, Janelle asked me and my kids if we wanted to go to Witchfest over the weekend.  Sharon was coming down that weekend so it ended up being all three sisters.  This year Janelle wanted to do a Harry Potter theme.  We just happen to have all the Harry Potter things at our house, so it worked out.

Ada invited Alex and Elise to come too.

These two found a friend.

Janelle was Trelawney, Evelyn was Fawkes, Seth was Hagrid, I was Hedwig, Seth was Harry Potter, Jer was Crabbe dressed as a dementor, Viv was Hermione, Thea was Crookshanks, Sam was Goyle dressed as a dementor, Ada was Bellatrix

I had all the fabric, we just spent a couple hours to make her wings, tail and headband.

Seth hit the nail on the head with his costume.

My mom dressed up as Mad Madam Mim, but it was a very hot afternoon and I don't blame her for not wearing the whole afternoon.  We were vanless for a couple of weeks, so my mom switched us cars so that our family could go too.

Sam was pretty beat after his soccer game and maybe had a bug.  He was exhausted and spent most of the time in the corner reading.

If I were rich, I would decorate with this one.

I took off my Hedwig costume after getting a little warm.   Seth had no problem playing both Harry Potter and Hedwig simultaneously.