Believe it or not, this was a pretty low-key year for the Meekers. We only doll-dropped one person--Elder Miller. He is one of our favorite missionaries to serve at the Branch with us. He's 6'9" and HATES Halloween so we just couldn't let that be! There's NO disrespecting our favorite holiday after feeding you every Sunday for 6 months! He was transferred to Casa Grande before Halloween hit so we made plans with his companion (Elder Hinckley who was also a Branch missionary AND the great-great grandson of the Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley so we figured we were okay with him on our side despite probably breaking a few mission rules 😂) through FB messenger. So we drove down to Casa Grande on a Friday night at 9:15 pm to carry this out. Well, we didn't quite get the reaction that we were hoping--not really possible to get a rise out of Miller--but it was just great to see two our of favorite missionaries again. LOVE these boys like my own:
Here is our home Halloween set-up for 2021:
We were also asked to create a haunted room for a Haunted Maze that several of the wards in our Stake participate in each year. IT WAS SOO MUCH FUN!!! I hope they ask again next year. Check out our "Meeker Doll Room." We found a creepy white night gown for Tatum to wear as she sat inside our room rocking in a rocking chair holding a doll. She would ask creepy questions to all the kids that came through--Carlie sat outside the tent feeding her creepy lines and Max sat nearby to hit the tarp as people walked past for an extra scare.
We tested out the creepiness of our bride in Max's room a few days before:)
Daytime Set up
Ethan found a great girl that went with him to TWO haunted attractions in ID. I love this girl I've never even met:). Bless her.
Carlie flew in this weekend to see the Mesa Temple AND to see her Best Friend (Kayleah) in "Mary Poppins" at Hale Theatre--which was FANTASTIC!
And the main event: The Mesa Temple Open House!!! It was so great to walk through this magnificent building again after so many years.
We of course set out on our front porch on Halloween night eating pizza with our neighbors, the Thurmans--one of my most favorite traditions. So like I said, it was a fun/jammed-pack season but pretty low-key for us. Guess we're just getting too old...
After a much needed break over the summer, I was ready to jump back into my most favorite side-hobby of PUPPY RESCUE!!! And man! It's raining puppies this fall! So far I've taken 12 pups this past month--with 3 more active litters I'm working on getting. So hopefully MORE puppies will come my way soon.
Aladdin Pups:
Peter Pan Clan: I love this next little photo sequence--Cool Auntie Lola patiently waiting for her new pups to come out! INSTANT BEST FRIENDS!!!
Just super proud of my boy putting himself out there and asking girls to High School dances. But being the mom of the boy, I'm not really allowed to follow along and take my own pics. So these are all I get! But I know I would have done a WAY better job than "the friend who is kinda in photography" who took their actual pictures😏. But it's all good. They had a great time and I sure enjoyed getting all the details the next morning. Max and Ricky are just a party.
Tatum was invited to one of her softball teammate's Quince. It was seriously the MOST FANCY party I have ever attended! HOLY MOLY!!! Everything was so beautiful and her dress was incredible--she was knocking over chairs all night as she was trying to greet her guests. But it was such a fun night and I'm so glad we went. We hung out with our awesome head Coach Vega and his wife as they explained everything that was happening that night--everything was in Spanish so we were a little lost.😂. Amazing food and live music. We stayed until about 8:30 pm but the party/dancing was scheduled to go until 2 am!!! Us poor white folk can't dance that late:)
This is the Meeker family residing in beautiful, sunny Chandler, AZ. Chris and I have 4 beautiful kids: Carlie (23), Ethan (21), Maxwell (18), and Tatum (16). Thanks for stopping by:)
