Ballerina Farm’s Hannah Neeleman and Her 8 Kids Have an Unexpected Halloween Tradition Far from Their Utah Home (Exclusive)

The viral influencer tells PEOPLE she's turned her favorite college tradition into a family tradition now that she's a mom

Hannah Neeleman may live the rural lifestyle on most days of the year, but on some spooky nights past, she's taken her big family to the Big Apple.

While speaking to PEOPLE about Ballerina Farm's new line of Farmer Protein Powder, the influencer, 34, looked ahead toward Halloween and reminisced about some of her favorite ways to get into the holiday spirit. In previous years, she and her husband, Daniel, have opted to take their eight kids trick-or-treating in a surprising location far from their sprawling acres of land in Utah, both in distance and in spirit: New York City.

"When I was in college, that was my favorite thing to do, to go the Upper West Side on Halloween, so we've taken our kids a few times," says the Juilliard-trained ballerina, whose dance background inspired the name of the farm goods business she runs with Daniel.

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"It's so fun. There's nothing like it," she adds of the family's East Coast October tradition. "My boys just recently were like, 'Are we going to New York for Halloween again?'"

The viral sensation says she's not sure if they'll make it out to Manhattan this year, but when they do spend the holiday at home, they celebrate in a completely opposite style.

"It's so different here because our kids literally trick-or-treat on their horses. They just jump on their horses and then go down our county road and trick-or-treat," Neeleman explains.

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The 2023 Mrs. American pageant winner says her children — whose ages range between 6 months and 12 years old — appreciate switching up their scenery from time to time, just like Neeleman herself.

"My kids love traveling," she tells PEOPLE. "I think they inherited it from me. I love to see new things and feel the energy of new places."

Plus, they're "good travelers," says the proud mom, adding, "I don't know why, but they are. They really enjoy eating out and the airplanes and seeing new things, so traveling has been good."

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