This is Halloween!

The past few weeks have been full of Halloween celebrations here in Ashland. We had started planning for Halloween upon our arrival in August, so we were excited that the time had finally arrived to put our planning into action. The fun began two weeks ago when the Billings JVs hosted a Halloween party at their house. After several community meetings, we agreed on dressing as the "7 Deadly Sins." Other options had included "Harry Potter Characters," and "Breakdancers." Annie was gluttony, Sarah wrath, Harry greed, Jess pride, Peggy lust, Cori envy and James sloth. The Billings JVs tried to out-do our costume by dressing as the Simpsons, but they were no match for our sinful ways.

After a great evening catching up with the Billings JVs and meeting some Americorps Volunteers stationed in Billings the Halloween celebrations continued at St. Labre the following week. Tuesday was the Middle School Academy's Halloween Dance. Jess got to chaperone and enjoyed watching as the boys stood on one side, girls on the other, and not much dancing occurred.

Friday night was St. Labre's annual Halloween bizarre. Since we so desperately wanted to scare little children, we decided to transform a elementary school classroom into a full-fledged haunted house for the night. We worked hard all week putting it together and on Friday night it was a hit! Our haunted house included Peggy dressed as a corpse in a red dress, James as a ghoulish figure offering tea to the kids as they crawled out of the creepy tunnel, and Sarah, Annie and Jess adding scary surprises along the way. It was a fun night for everyone involved!