Halloween 2021

     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...