Family By Divine Design:: Halloween 2012

05 November 2012

Halloween 2012

We had a fun-filled Halloween. The businesses in our town host trick-or-treating in the late afternoon, and we've done that every year we've lived here (we're in our fourth year). This year was no exception. Immediately after that we went to a tri-ward trunk-or-treat. It's not as big as it sounds. :) The wards (congregations formed by location) in our valley are all on the small side - mostly because of the number of people that are no longer 'active' in the church. However, with that and the Halloween Hoopla in town my kids get a good haul, and we have no need to consider doing traditional trick-or-treating. That's a win, folks! After all of the we went home to have a candle-lit dinner of mummy dogs and non-themed sides, and a really cool Halloween cake. My kids really thought it was cool to eat by candlelight - I recommend it.

David dressed as a teenager. He borrowed his clothing from a high schooler. If you think the picture's funny, you should have seen him walk! I could hardly stop laughing. :)

I hadn't even planned on dressing up, but I figured that if David could dress as a teenager, then so could I. Since that day David has become more aware of how accurate my costume was. hahaha

Dietrich is supposed to be Aragorn, a.k.a. Strider from "The Lord of the Rings".

Karate Kid. He was kind enough to keep the headband on since he saw that I wanted a picture. hahaha

Three-headed dragon. Her choice. I was kind of relieved she didn't want to do anything over-the-top girly, but I did not discourage her from it. Call me weird, but I have been shying away from princess-y stuff for her from the beginning. I'd have to give it some thought before I could explain why, though.

Now on to Thanksgiving! Yea!

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David's Bio

I grew up in southeastern Idaho moving at age one from the center of our town to the outskirts. This home had approximately ten acres and much of my youth was spent outdoors both playing and working with my grandparents on their farms. I enjoyed sports throughout my life and was active in wrestling and football throughout junior high and high school. My junior and senior years at high school a sweet young girl even convinced me to join the ballroom dance team. I graduated from high school and attended BYU where I earned my Bachelors degree in Biology in April 2007. Having been raised in the gospel it has always been an influence in my life.

Rachael's Bio

I lived in south central Idaho on a two-acre property in a three-story home until the fourth grade. We moved to Idaho's capitol where we lived until I was in eighth grade when we moved to south eastern Idaho. This move affected my life greatly. It helped me to gain and solidify my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as helped me decide how accurately I was going to live the gospel. This is also where I met David who was to become my best friend and husband. After graduating from high school in 2001 I attended BYU for four and a half years and graduated with a B.A. in Modern Dance, shortly before giving birth to our first child. Through all of my experiences my faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ and my dedication to living His gospel with integrity has increased. My greatest desire is that I will be able to help my children live and love the gospel.

Our Love Story

Rachael and David met first in their ward after Rachael moved in at the age of fourteen. Rachael's family had just moved across town to a home more suited to their needs than the original duplex. Both of their families were active in the church and Rachael and David both served in leadership positions of their respective YM/YW groups. With that constant exposure to each other was added the fact that they went to the same high school and were in the same graduating class. They found each other to be attractive and dated each other quite a bit near the end of their senior year and the summer afterward. After his freshman year at BYU David went on a mission to Russia - Rachael wrote him about every month and a half, just as an "interested" friend. Rachael was at home working for the summer when David returned from his mission and immediately felt that she wanted to date him again, so she asked him to go see the Phantom of the Opera in Salt lake City; thereafter followed about six months of courtship before they were married in Logan, Utah. Now they're both "the luckiest."