Brunch

After working 2 weeks straight Mark finally had a day off. When I asked him how he wanted to spend it, his choice was inviting his friends over for brunch. The weather is now pretty perfect and it was a fun day. After brunch we relaxed on the patio. The boys played on the rip stick which takes a heck of a lot more coordination than we thought. Mark and Al sadly realized that they aren't as young as they feel and weren't able to quite get it. Drew and Olivier searched the back yard for bugs and found a lady bug and preying mantis. A perfect Sunday Funday.

Halloween

Halloween was a success. It started out with me going to Drew's school for the annual Halloween parade. All the classes sing several songs, they have a parade to show off their costumes then they go inside for a huge party with so much sugar. In the evening we had several families come over and it gets better each year. The kids couldn't wait to hit the streets and now that they are a little older they weren't afraid. We had great costumes except I'm mad at myself for not getting the kids together to take a big group shot. The only one is them eating before we went trick or treat. We had a rapper, a boxer, a witch, 2 Snake Eyes from GI Joe, White Shadow from GI Joe, little bo peep and Transformer Bumblebee. As for the adults...they did excellent in the costume area this year. We were happy they got into the spirit of things.

Pumpkin Carving

Basketball Game

A few weeks back the Phoenix Suns and the Golden State Warriors played an outside game at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. We were in an awesome suite with plenty of food and drinks. The weather was great to sit outside and we got to hang out with great friends. A fun way to spend the night.

Soccer

Soccer has begun. Which makes me realize that I never posted pictures of Baseball season. I'll have to back track.

This year Peyton is on the Dragons. He loves his uniform, he has the highest number (9) and is the tallest on the team. Its safe to say he thinks he's a big shot. He scored the first goal of the game and got player of the week. Although he has some tiny kids on his team they have some pretty fancy footwork and are great little soccer players. Peyton's also the only kid that doesn't speak Spanish and since the coach doesn't speak English its pretty interesting watching them communicate. Mark has also been able to come watch the games. We feel so lucky that he has a job that is 3 minutes from the soccer field and his boss lets him leave to come watch the games. He also texts Mark during the game to see how Peyton is doing. This job feels like a big family and has made our lives so normal again. It's a good feeling. I think it's going to be a great season.

Drew B-day Continued....

We also celebrated Drew's birthday at school with her classmates. The teacher makes her a crown, the kids bring gifts, they sing to her and once it's all done she sings a thank you song back. Very cute. I had lunch with her and handed out cupcakes and goody bags. A pretty easy party if you ask me.

Drew Turns 4

Drew is 4! I can't believe it. I have no idea where the last 4 years have gone. I realize I say that each time one of the kids have a birthday but, wow, time really does fly when you have kids. We spent her actual birthday at Disneyland. She was so excited by her birthday button, all the happy birthday wishes she was receiving, her special dessert at lunch and most of all, the fact that she is tall enough to ride all but 2 rides. She was fearless on Splash Mountain and loved Big Thunder Mountain. Her favorite is still Pirates of the Caribbean and the Carousol. She's for sure a brave little girl.

She wore her glow in the dark ears and got to meet Jafar from Aladdin, the witch from Snow White, Goofy and of course Mickey. Uncle Jesse even popped in for a few hours to say hi. It was such a perfect day with very short lines, good weather and 2 excited kids that were so eager to see everything that there weren't any meltdowns.

Wedding

Last weekend my cousin Trisha got married. The wedding was at the University of Redlands which I thought was strange but when we got there I could see why. The campus is beautiful and the architecture is amazing. It made for a gorgeous outdoor wedding. We got to visit with family, feel Cherie's baby belly and watch Drew dance the night away. She never stopped once the music came on. The best part of the night was the food. They had hambergers, chicken, hot dogs, sausages, potato salad, pasta salad, the works. The best wedding food I've ever had. I loved it.