Father Daughter Dance

Addy and Shawn headed to the Hawaiian themed Daddy Daughter Girls Scout dance. They danced the night away and ate junk.

New Dog

We adopted a Golden Retriever and named him Scout. He had been abandoned at Mission Animal Hospital in Oceanside. Shawn does computer work there. We love Scout. He looks like Molly dog but is white.

Disneyland and a Rainforest

What a birthday!!! We had done Disney's Give a Day, Get a Day by working in a creek area in Vista. Cole and I ended up with poison oak but... It was worth it! We got to go to Disneyland!!! We went for my 23rd...okay 36th birthday. Grandma Wendy came too which is great because Addy won't step near a roller coaster ride. We ate dinner at the Rainforest Cafe which I've always wanted to do. I wanted to get back to Disneyland so we didn't get the volcano brownie dessert but Shawn made me one at home. It even had a sparkler to the volcano was erupting. I sure love Disneyland and it was a wonderful treat!!!

Date With Cole

I love to try to go on field trips with my kiddos. Just recently, Cole and I spent the day at Legoland. His class took a class on simple machines where each pair of kids built an amusement park ride out of Legos. I love taking my Legomanic to Legoland. We also went to Pat and Oscar's for dinner and bought a gift for our new nephew/cousin, baby Devin.

She honked the horn!

We went for free play today at gymnastics and 6 year old Addy climbed to the top of the rope that hangs in the gym!!! To the top! The child has muscles, so unlike her mother. We went to 7 Eleven and got her some sour candy to celebrate. Eww!

Thank goodness for knee pads and helmets!

We had a pretty easy going Veteran's Day. It always drives me nuts that my dad and father-in-law who are Veteran's don't have the day off of work. We hung around and did some housework this morning. It is hard to get laundry and stuff done when I am working so much. The kids and Shawn are really helpful which is great. So we did some catch up. We headed out around 1 pm to eat Subway sandwiches, shop, go to Addy's gymnastics class and hit the skatepark. It was Ty's first time at the skatepark and Cole's 2nd. Ty was about to quit but decided to hang in there and was doing great by the middle of the session. It was fun to watch the kids tonight. Cole and I had a date on Sat. and I took him to the skatepark. He spent half the session walking the ramps and sending the board down by itself. It was hilarious to watch. Finally, he got on his board, made friends and was doing awesome. It was interesting to watch of the process of him figuring out the park.

Fall Adventures with Lewis, Clark, and a Pegasus

Tyler's Mountain Biking Adventures:
Tyler is becoming a great mountain biker! Shawn and Tyler hit the trails at Daley Ranch this weekend. We took the fall off from soccer to be able to try some new sports.

Addy's Made it to Level 2:
Addy is in gymnastics and just advanced to Level 2. I am so excited for her because I would have never passed Level 1 even if I took gymnastics my whole life. Yep, I can't do a cartwheel and my mom likes telling about how she tried to do a wheel barrow race with me when I was a kid. She says I just laid there and couldn't hold myself up. She compares me to a dinosaur with whoosy little floppy arms. Addy is the opposite of me and is amazingly athletic.

Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea... I mean the Pegasus:
Tyler and Cole were the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark respectively, for Halloween. Addy was going to be Sacagawea but changed her mind to become a rainbow pegasus. She assured the boys she'd fly ahead and be their guide for the journey. I made the boys costumes and Shawn and Cole built the cardboard canoe. The boys painted it. We had to strap the canoe on top of our van to get to Trunk or Treat at church. I loved seeing our funny shadow as we drove our cardboard canoe on the road as the sun went down.

Tyler and I carved a dragon pumpkin for Halloween. It was awesome!

Bates, Heise, and Geocaching:
We live by Bates Nut Farm and pumpkin patch. We love heading to Bates after school. We also head to William Heise to camp in Julian. We hit 4 geocaches in Julian with lots of cool junk in them.