This is Halloween....

Here is a pic of our house Halloween decor. We had Darth Vader in the window (he's actually the Red Power Ranger dressed up). We had black lights, scary spider webs, ghosts, scary haunted mansion music, and a fog machine.

This Halloween, we were all pirates...

Here are the three kids getting ready for school.

They had a party and parade. I went to school and these are some of Sarah's friends all dressed up for the parade.

Here is Sarah and her friend Monique.


Then the kids went trick-or-treating. Brandon got the idea, but soon tired out and decided he had enough candy. Here is his loot.


Here is Matt and his pirate girls... we had a really good time...

as seen here by Emma, fast asleep by 9pm.

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...