October picture bomb

October is always one of the most festive months for me. It starts with my birthday and ends with Halloween. Halloween is also one of our kids favorite holidays.  I have always made my kids costumes and despite buying some for their dress-up box, I ended up making everyone's costume this year too.

I really love putting costumes together because it uses a lot of different skills, but none of them need to be really great in order for the costumes to turn out looking nice. This year I got to cut, refashion, sew from scratch, and paint. 

I went to a pumpkin patch with the kids for the first time, too. It was so fun. I also got to go through a big corn maze and was able to get my brood of kids through with only one small incident. 

I love the Fall.

Birthday Breakfast

Chocolate moose cake from Mountain View (Thanks Mom)

Beach day with Arizona friends

at school

Corn pit

Our door for church trick o treating

ballon room

Link and Zelda in modern times

Corn Maze

We made it through

Hives :-( still don't know the cause

friends house costumes

G is for ghost preschool

Star- swirled the bearded, Spike, Rarity (my little ponies)
Princess Zelda and kid Link

September recap

Only two months slacking off updating this blog. I am getting better! 

Well, we last left off with my oldest starting Kindergarden. He still loves it and has a great teacher. In fact there may have been times that I suggested he stay home just for fun and he said "No, I want to go to school." It makes me happy that school is so fun for him. He also is taking violin lessons, which has the consequence of me learning to play the violin too! Okay, one more big mommy bragging moment about him. He was awarded student of the month in his class for best representing "respect." I am one proud Mama.

My husband had a surprise Columbus/Native People's day off. so we went hiking. It is nice to have woods near by. 

Lastly, at the end of the month I got a surprise visit from my sister!!! It was so cool. I was picking up my mom (I thought just she was coming for a visit alone) when she asked my if I could give someone else a ride too. Then out came my sister. I have never been so happily surprised in my whole life! I am still giddy just remembering it. 

Well, that's it for summary, here are some pictures:

He likes the swing

touching the Golden Gate Cable

We walked all the way across and back. I thought a lot about a dear friend I've lost who loved this place. Oddly enough, I ran in to someone who had lost her husband to cancer, just a year ago. She had come to remember him. We both talked for a little bit. The bigness and the closeness of this world is so amazing. 

Paella!!!

I am a cat

I got purple hair! (or a purple wig)

Eagerly awaiting his brother to come out

My son dressed up his sister.

best fortune for her

Down by the bay. We saw crabs, fish, dead birds, and a sea lion

Jellybean factory with friends

Wild Turkey's by Violin teacher

Muir Woods with my mom and sister!

Students of the month