Another Year another boat load of birthdays and changes

It's been a while...too long! We have moved into a lovely home in Poway with a HUGE yard for the kiddos. But so much has happened between then and now! First let me start with the latest and greatest. Max turned 3! And entered the land of being IMPOSSIBLE! We had a great party for him at the Old Poway Train Park. I can't believe he is 3! The party was a huge hit. We had a Thomas Theme, a big brunch spread, Thomas necklace making table, thomas coloring pages with dinosaur colors and a huge Thomas pinata! At the end of the party was a birthday ride around the park in the old steam train!I'll post more pix soon on a smilebox but for now this will have to do:

Nut Farm was calling

We made our 3rd annual trek to Bates Nut Farm in search of pumpkins, mazes, hay rides and general mayhem. Grandma and I hit the farm and let the kids off leash. Unlike last year we didn't have Izzy sporting a Chap Stick do or either kid running fevers. We rode horses, found 4 pumpkins that we later gutted and Izzy and Max ate most of the innards. Our little tradition is a lot of fun but each year gets hotter! This year the kids called them "Kunkins". As we were leaving we spied a Fire Truck and it was the perfect ending to our great Pumpkin Patch adventure! Oh and the spooky suckers rocked too! Thanks Grandma!

Halloween!

We actually got to Trick or Treat! Isabella was a green fairy and Max was a skunk. They took cutest costumes in each of their age groups at a kid karnival we went to with Grandma. We had a lot of fun! There was a bouncy house that the kids had a great time in. Lots of games they got to play and win prizes. Gaacky is in Mexico on a short term job and Rob was visiting his friend Scott for the weekend. We had a great time and both kids fell asleep on the way home.

Home on the Range

After our delightful time in Colorado I was crazy and took the kids to Nebraska for a little over a week by myself. We stayed at the farmhouse. It turned out to be one of my favorite times with the kids ever. We went outside every night after dark and counted stars, hunted for bugs, stalked kitties. The kids played at Jack and Linda Fannings house a lot! We went over for breakfast one morning then kids played with kittens, rode a baby cow (a Celf phonetically spelled), played on a gravel pit, played with the cats, ran around like two nutballs. We spent a lot of time with Russ and Lori Pankonin and enjoyed every moment! I got to see my Great Aunt Hulda! We played at Troy and Evelyns House a lot! We rode 4 wheelers, took over their hot tub, tortured their dogs, rode their tractor. When we could do no more damage, we left. It was awesome!

Continental Divide

We took a vacation with my family to Grand Lake Colorado in Sept 2011. We recently moved back to California from Japan. We spent 5 awesome days with family in a gorgeous place at 9000 feet. We had so much fun! We had a picnic in a beautiful park with 2 lakes. The kids had smores for the first time! We hiked around the lakes with family. We took a hike up to Adams Falls and found the most amazing rock skipping spot ever! Max could have thrown rocks forever. We went all the way up to the top of the Continental Divide in the hopes of seeing snow, what we found was 35 degrees of wind, rain and fog. The kids wouldn't even get out of the car! We drove back down the hill into Rocky Mountain National Park and hiked back to a stream. We saw Elk, Moose and an old mining cabin. We had a wonderful time!

Summer 2011

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Isabella's 4th Birthday Party

We celebrated Isabella's birthday (#4 Already!) early due to the possible move of us back to San Diego. We rented a pavillion at Torii Beach Army Base and a huge bouncer with an indoor slide, mountain and basketball hoop. We were right on the beach! We had a lot of friends come and celebrate with us. It was a great day. It could not have been any better.

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