Halloween

The girls had a great Halloween. Grandma Sherry made the girls costumes and as always they turned out darling. Lilly wanted to be a Butterfly, so we made Paige a Bee. We went to trunk or treat with our church Friday night where the kids scored on Candy, and then went out around our neighborhood on Halloween where the kids got even more Candy. The worst part is there is only one person actually eating all the candy and that's me!!



Lilly before school on Friday.

Trunk or Treat.








Counting the candy at the end of the night.

Beach camping

We did a little Beach camping 2 weeks ago. We went to Carpinteria it's a great little beach down just South of Santa Barbara. Our camp site was pretty much right on the sand. We rented an RV an met the folks out there. Josh got to do a little surfing and the kids loved just going back and forth from our RV to Grandma and Grandpa's RV. We hit a few snags, the wind decided to kick up one day so needless to say we were cleaning sand out of everything including our kids. Also poor little Paigey caught a nasty cold so we had to leave a night early to get her some much needed rest.






The kids would get up and play on the beach in their P.Js



This was our campsite.... as soon as we walk out of the RV this is what we would see.
Breakfast in the morning.

Paige's Birthday

So the little nugget has turned 2, and I can't believe how fast time goes by with the second. We had a little family Birthday and then had a small party at the park. Some of my favorite things about my little 2 year old Paigey:
Her new favorite word " Disgusting"
Her big blue eyes
Her love for "snacks" what would I do with out them.
Her love for her sister. She has to do everything big sister does including eating vegetables (got to love that)


Digging right in.




She LOVES Elmo!

Vacation

Well we really didn't have any big vacation plans for the summer so we ended up making a small trip to Vegas last minute with my family. The girls had a great time, we rented a little condo with the fam and they got to spend some time with their cousin who lives there. Josh and I decided to add 2 extra days to the trip and get a room at the Redrock. Great hotel, awesome pool, and fabulous room. We had some time to visit with some more friends and family who also live out there.



High school friends.

Hotel room at the Redrock.


A little fun at Chuck E Cheese!!

Can't go to Vegas and not do the M&M factory.

Grandma came for a visit, which is always so nice especially since Grandma is a very busy lady. She stayed for 2 days so we kept her busy, and loved having her.
The first night we took her to our favorite Mexican restaurant. The carne asada tacos are awesome.
The next day we went to the Quail Botanical Gardens, I have never been there before it was actually really cool, and the kids loved it.



Then we made Grandma give the kids a bath, and read stories before bed.
The next day we spent the morning shopping thanks to my wonderful Tuesday babysitter Stacey, and she was off after lunch. We miss her already.


My Mom just got back from a trip to Canada and brought back a few souvenirs from my home land. If ever you want delicious chips you have to try Old Dutch..... Ketchup is my favorite.

Some fun things

O.K so I've been on a bit of a costume jewelry kick lately, there is just such fun stuff out right now I thought I would share my new finds. Plus the best thing was none of these items were over 7 dollars.

Piano lessons

Well I decided to finally take piano lessons this summer, I found a wonderful teacher, and realized how much I did not appreciate how difficult it is to play this amazing instrument. Not that I thought it would be easy or anything, I think I just thought it wouldn't take me like 2 weeks to learn " Happy birthday to you" with basically only one hand. With that said it's been a lot of fun, even if I never learn how to read or play something substantial.