Halloween and Joshua Tree

Despite how long Halloween always drags, I got very few pictures of it this year!  These first are actually just Evan showing off (he's pretending to dig up dinosaur bones like Connor.)
   

  
We did our usual Joy School Halloween Party with the 4-year-olds, and it was of course delightful.  Here they are singing "Mean Old Witch".
   

   
We attended the ward Halloween party, too, and I remember none of it!  I'm sure it was fun and sugar-filled, though.
   

   
On Halloween day, the kids finally carved their pumpkins.  You can't really do it much earlier here anyway, since everything molds in the heat.  We went trick-or-treating in our friends' neighborhood and left the house abandoned, since there was no chance of anybody climbing our hill just for candy!
   

   
In early November, our friends invited us to go camping with them in Joshua Tree National Park. We considered it for awhile, then decided that 30 degree weather was too cold for us.  We spent the night in a motel, but had a great time hiking around and exploring the park during the day.  Our friends were hard core, and slept in a tent with their 2 year old and 3 month old!  
   

Connor fell several feet climbing these rocks.  He told us later.  Good supervision, huh?

Cholla Cactus Garden