Trunk-or-Treat

One of the hardest things about military life and moving so often is finding a new church home.  People who have been in the same church family all their lives don't understand how difficult it is to find a church with all the criteria: services at a convenient time, child care, a reasonable drive, and, most importantly, the right "feel" as far as philosophy, members, pastors, etc.  It's especially difficult here because we live in a somewhat isolated area (there are a lot of churches nearby, but most of them seem to be the hellfire-and-brimstone type, which is definitely not for me).  It took a little while, but I found St. Andrews On-the-Sound Episcopal Church in Wilmington.  It's a bit of a drive, but services are at a good time, the nursery is great, and I really like the priests and the people.

Tonight, we went to church for Trunk-or-Treat, an annual Halloween event where people decorate their trunks and hand out candy to the costumed little ones.  To start things off, Father Richard told a ghost story in the cemetery on the church grounds, but Dan and Ben weren't too into that.  They were more interested in walking/crawling on the low brick walls surrounding each family's plot in the cemetery.  Luckily for us, everything is pretty casual here so there were plenty of other little ones walking/climbing/playing too.  Then we walked around and got candy from everyone, bounced in the bouncy house (of course!) and played on the playground.  We had a great time!

My attempt at "spooky porch." I am sooo not creative, so this is actually pretty good for me!