Lest you think my family is Halloween-obsessed, you’d be correct. My mom always went all-out with our homemade costumes and I have such wonderful memories of friends, family and trick-or-treating marathons around our area.
Here’s a a glimpse at some of our extended clan’s festivities.
Jamie’s sister Tammy had a Wizard of Oz theme. If they kept with traditions, they setup a huge screen on their front lawn in Salt Lake City and showed classic black-and-white movies on Halloween night.
I was feeling weird that I have more Halloween decorations than Christmas until I saw my brother Pat and sister-in-law Jane’s storage:
Jamie: I NEED MORE DECORATIONS!!!
Jane always throws a killer pumpkin-carving party with 50+ friends and family.
Not to be forgotten: my niece’s darling angelic and devilish kiddos:
And for my brother Jade? There are no words.
He responded to our mullet insults on Facebook: “If I would’ve had more time the full duct man costume would’ve been re-created this year!!”
Counting our blessings on that one. He’s newly single and ready for the taking, Ladies.
I'm a Canadian-born mom of two, former Denver Post columnist, family travel writer, editor of MileHighMamas.com and 9News contributor. Expert on all things Utah, Denver, family and travel. Lover of laughter and life. Happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin. 