"All I want to be is whoever you want me to be this halloween"

There is a virus going around my family.  Its a scaring epidemic and it all began with my uncle.  You see, his birthday is on Halloween and every year he throws a big halloween party and scares his guests somehow.  This year they weren't able to have the party but he put a post on Facebook that for his birthday this year he wanted people to post videos of them scaring other people.  

Little did he know what he was starting

Here is my first attempt to scare my fiancé:

I hardly got a reaction.  And this was his comeback last night:

Ya, he got me pretty good. 

What:

How does this relate to anything? Well I had a bit of a revelation this week.  There's a reason that from now until December is a lot of peoples' favorite time of year.  Because their family is sneaking around the house and popping out like dorks? No, just mine?  Its because there are some big holidays and holidays bring family together.  We carved pumpkins with my entire extended family on Monday like we do every single year, and I relished every moment there.  I got to ask all my little cousins what they're being for halloween, dare my sisters to eat some pumpkin guts, and yes, more scaring was involved.  Pretty from now until January 1st, my family has a tradition to do nearly every week.  And I can't wait.

So What:

We're taught through the gospel that it is only through our family that we can get a sense of what heaven is really like.  I think that recognized even more during this holiday time of year.  What I don't understand is why its harder to get that same feeling throughout the rest of the year.  I honestly think that it could be because we have less reasons to gather ourselves and we have less traditions to uphold than during the months of October, November December.  But if everyone is happier during this time, more service is performed, and more love felt, then we should be doing this year round

Now What:

I'm going to try to have traditions and family times planned for all of the other times of the year.  Because I want to have this sense of liveliness with me at all times.  And because who wouldn't want to feel heaven year round? Even if I have to listen to a little bit of christmas music in April to remind me.