Q: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

A: To go trick-or-treating!

And that, folks, is an original Bethany Lyman joke that she made up all by herself because she was a . . .CHICKEN for Halloween! Well, technically she was a rooster. A "girl rooster," which would, I suppose, make her a hen. But rather than get into all of those nitty-gritty definitions of barnyard fowl, we just called her a chicken, which we figured covered our bases. Anyway, here she is!



And since Bethany chose to be a chicken, it naturally followed for us to be chicken farmers (since we spend so much time chasing her, it seemed apropos).



BTW, I thought James was a very attractive chicken farmer. If his new career doesn't work out, we may just have a backup plan. Oh, and in case you're wondering--our name tags said, "Lyman Chicken Farms--Putting Our Eggs in One Basket."



(Please no commentary about how I really look like an Australian who collided with a colorblind mechanic--and not a chicken farmer at all.) Anyway, this is us at the ward Halloween carnival. We were so lucky this year that Julie, Lizzy, and Sarah were able to come along too!



These cousins sure do love each other:



On the actual day of Halloween, James was given a real trick--a bad stomach bug that made him violently ill. So he wasn't able to come trick-or-treating with us that night, much to his dismay. If there's one holiday James can really get behind, it's one that allows door-to-door begging for candy! But Bethany had fun with Julie, Lizzy, Grandpa Higham, Bobby, Megan, Alexie, and me! Here we are before hitting the neighborhood. (Megan's cat face makeup was unbelievable! And if you're wondering who that creepy guy is on the right, that's my dad. He scared people all day long and really enjoyed it.)



Note: I will hereafter call our subdivision "Trick-or-Treat-o-Rama." OH MY GOODNESS. Such a busy place and so much fun to trick-or-treat in! The kids got tons of candy and the weather was SO warm--I didn't even wear a coat! Anyway, we also made Jack-o-Lanterns this year, which I failed to take pictures of. You'll just have to take my word for it that they were awesome.

And not to sound all "Forest Gumpy" or anything, but that's all I have to say about that. The end.