Nelson Family Blog: Halloween 2021

Well, we made up for not celebrating Halloween last year. We have been very busy over the past couple of weekend with Halloween trick or treating events. Last year, we were being tested for Covid-19 and couldn't trick or treat, or hand out candy. And most of the Halloween events were cancelled last year. So, this year we took advantage of having events to attend.

Last weekend, it was our turn to clean school, so we spent Friday evening doing that. We ate supper at Culver's, and then we watched a Halloween movie. On Saturday, we did some Trick or Treating at Hy-Vee, went home for lunch, and then I took the kids to Lake Lorraine for some more trick or treating. Lake Lorraine was insane. I decided already that we aren't doing that one again next year. We stood in line for about an hour, before we finally got to go through the event. The kids had fun, and it was a beautiful day, but it was a lot of standing around and waiting.

We were going to go to a drive-through Trick or Treating event in the evening, but the line was about 50 cars deep, so we gave up and went home, ate some supper and relaxed for the rest of the day. And watched some playoff baseball.

Sunday was a really busy day. The kids sang, I taught Sunday School, and then John had a voter's meeting after church. We enjoyed the rest of the day at home. We played some two-hand touch football, watched some football, and just enjoyed ourselves.

Last week was pretty busy. I think every single evening we were busy. I worked late one night, had choir and cleaned church another night, and then on Thursday we went to Jim and Barb's house for supper to celebrate Jeff's birthday. We had chislic and apple crisp, and it was a nice gathering. The kids stayed there since they didn't have school on Friday. On Friday, I met the kids at the Western Mall, and we did some Trick or Treating at the Western Mall and Scheels, and then on a whim, the kids and I ended up going to the Adams Family 2 at the cheap theatre. It was a fun little evening.

We came home a little late, watched some of the World Series Game, and then called it a day. On Saturday, we cleaned the house until my parents arrived around 10:00 am. They decided to come for a visit now that harvest is over. We all went to the Kuehn Community Center for a Halloween celebration, then we went to Hy-Vee for groceries and beer, and the kids got a little more candy. We went home for a while to rest and relax, and then we headed to Brandon for the trick or treat trails. That was a really fun activity. We had a gorgeous day yesterday, and it was fun to walk around the state park and enjoy the day and let the kids get some candy. I guess there were about 3000 people that showed up for the trick or treating, so it was pretty busy.

After all the activity, we went home to make Philly Cheesesteaks for supper, which were delicious. We played some games with the kids, and then sent some tired, tired kids to bed. The adults stayed up and played some sheephead and drank a little beer, and then we all called it a night.

Today, we had to be at both services at church because John and I sang in the Bethel Adult Choir. Everyone said we sounded good, so that was nice to hear. I taught Sunday School again, and we had some good Reformation Crafts and decorated cupcakes.

My parents left around 1:30pm, and now we have just been getting ready for trick or treating. Jim and Barb are coming in a while with some Taco soup for supper and to help hand out candy while we take the kids around the neighborhood. It is only about 42 degrees outside, and really windy, so it's going to be a really chilly trick or treating year. But, it will still be fun. Emma is planning on being Evie (she has been a witch at most of our events) and Elliott still wants to be Pikachu.

The World Series is happening right now, and it has been really fun to watch. The Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros are playing. The Braves are up 3-1, which is great. We are cheering for the Braves here. Eddie Rosario plays for them now, and it's been fun to follow them and cheer them on. They play another game tonight, so Atlanta could win the whole thing. Also, the Vikings play the Cowboys tonight in Sunday Night Football, so we will see how that goes.

Happy Halloween!!