Pumpkin Time!!!

It's that time of year... the lovely, smelly, nasty feeling pumpkin gak removal and carving!

I helped Emma and Brandon with their pumpkins and Sarah and Ben were on their own! Whew! I only had to clean out four this year!

A perfect day for kites

Today was a perfect day to fly a kite or two... The wind was very sporadic, but we did get them up in the air. I got a couple stuck on our neighbor's roof, but they came down in the wind. Here are some pictures of the day! Enjoy!

Fun Time in the Creek

After going to the pumpkin patch and having pizza for lunch, we headed down to the creek. It's a very magical place. I played in Grammy's creek when I was a kid and now my kids are playing in it. We probably spent three hours down there. The weather was beautiful and it was a nice warm day. The kids enjoyed playing in the water, trying to catch fish, building rafts, and Ben built a dam.

Pumpkin Patch

While we were in SLO town, we visited the local pumplin patch. We also got huge cookies!
Here's Brandon sharing his with Grammy! Yummy!!

Ben's Movie Making

Check out Ben's movie. He made it all by himself. It's located at the left under "Movies made by the kids"...ENJOY!

Land of Lego Creations

Here is Ben's Lego creation he submitted for the contest at the Harvest Festival at school... There were about 25-30 entries and different categories.
He won first place!














And here is Sarah's entry. Ben helped her build her animals. She won second place!

















This is Emily's rendering of "Edwardo & Coco" from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends... if you know the show, it'll make sense :)

Mud and the Fridge Monkey

We've been pretty busy with school, soccer, scouts, etc... Here on some pictures of my mud monkeys and a little clip about the Fridge Monkey! Enjoy!!

Knott's Berry Farm

We haven't been to Knott's Berry Farm in ages and the kids have never been... so we decided to go on Saturday! It was a good day! The kids had a blast!


We rode the log ride twice! Ben and Shannon went on the Ghostrider rollercoaster-----TERRIBLE ride! They didn't like it.


We spent some time in Camp Snoopy where the kids had a great time riding rides.




The park was also gearing up for it's annual Halloween Haunt, so here's a preview... BOO!

A Little Mess

Wildcats Soccer

Sarah wanted to play soccer this season and she joined the Wildcats team. Here are a few action shots! She's having a great time.

Banana Boy

There is a simple answer to what you do with all the bananas that you cut up...

Announcing our newest member to the family...

Macy! She's a very sweet dog.


After Sarah's soccer game, we headed to the shelter to "check it out"... We often go there to just see the animals. We ran into a family that was leaving and she mentioned to me that if we were looking for a dog, there is a sweet 9 month old blond puppy. She said she would have adopted her, but her husband didn't like dogs... We met Macy, a very cute dog. She is a retreiver/shepherd mix.

She was a stray puppy at the shelter at the beginning of the year and adopted by a family. She was returned to the shelter because the family lost their home. Then she was adopted by a second family and returned again because their current dog was beating Macy up. We are Macy's third family. The lady at the shelter was very pleased that Macy was going to her "three times a charm" family.


Here is Macy riding home with the kids in the car.


Then in the morning, Sarah and Ben gave Macy her first bath! Good thing it was warm outside! I think it was 76 at 9am. Currently at 6:45 it's 105.

It's been great! The kids absolutely adore her and she is great with the kids. Here are some pics... Enjoy!