This was fun!

 What a fun time we had last night!

Jackson did a costume repeat of three years ago, Haviland was an angel, Bennett was The Flash and Whitaker was Yoda.

Thanks Nana for making 2 out of the 4 costumes!! They were a hit!

My sweet neighbor let me borrow this Yoda costume for Whitaker.

A special appearance by our dear friends Mario, Ninja Warrior and Storm Trooper.

And yes, we are selling most of our candy back to the dentist tomorrow. They gathered in a total of EIGHT POUNDS of it last night (and that's after we all enjoyed 5 pieces each!).

What was in your trick or treat bag?

We took the kids trick or treating in the neighborhood last night and it was so much fun to watch their excitement.

Of course for many Christian parents it is a tough decision whether or not to let their children participate in Halloween festivities. Some families overwhelmingly disapprove and others embrace it to extremes. It's one of those tough things and while we don't pretend Santa, we do allow the kids to trick or treat.

In any case, when their buckets were full, they ran in the door and dumped their treasures on the living room floor. This year, however, I did notice lots of unfamiliar items in their stash - Church flyers, Bible tracts and yes, even a church-sponsored coupon from Chik-fil-A that said, "Amen to Chikin" on it (I'm not exaggerating - see below!).

While most commercialization of Christianity (as in above example) gets under my skin I guess I can at least be glad that many churches are not ignoring the "holiday", but choosing to let people know that there can be light in the darkness of life.

Was there anything unexpected in your children's loot?