a couple extra's

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from Oak Glen...

Riley's Farm, Oak Glen CA

If you have never been to the farms at Oak Glen you should go, it is so much fun! I had never been before but after reading about it in my handy AAA West ways magazine a few months ago, we decided to check it out. Chrissy, Jared, the babies, and I set out today to explore Riley's Farm; they offer a ton of activities including apple & raspberry picking, pressing apple cider, archery, hay rides, and yummy food! We spent the morning chowing down on a family size (super delicious!) chicken pot pie and pressing our own apple cider. The weather was perfect and we were able to take some cute pictures of the kiddos. I plan on making it an annual family trip!

The girls...

Today Ella and I hung out with Madison. The girls are noticing each other more and more lately which is fun; although as you can see below, Ella spent most of the day trying to steal Madison's pacifier. Having both of the girls was a lot of fun, but I think we will stick to our family of three for little while longer.

8 months, 3 days

8 months

Our little girl is now eight months old and has become quite the character. Her personality is so much fun and always keeps us on our toes. Over the past month she has become extremely mobile, now walking along the couch and moving from the coffee table to the couch if anyone is there to grab onto; often times she forgets she still needs to hold on and lets go completely. Just today she was crawling around the house and decided the stairs looked like fun. (As you might guess our baby gates will be installed immediately) Although not a single tooth has made an appearance, she is now managing to chew bananas, peas, mango's, and potato's. It is so exciting to watch her meet new milestones like crawling and standing, but I have to say I miss the days that I could put her down and know she would still be there if I had to leave the room. We have not had a chance to take any pictures lately, but I promise some eight month pictures soon!

Toilet Paper...YUM!

Today I ran into the garage to get the stroller out of the car and ready to go for a walk. When I came back in the house, I found this...










and my personal favorite...


It's as if she is saying "Who me?"

Eagle Ranch Insane Asylum

We had a very eventful Halloween this year! Guy decided to put together a Haunted House which turned out to be a huge hit; we gave out a TON of candy and had a line to the street for 3 hours! Thank goodness we have great family and friends, willing to help out with such a big endeavor. Unfortunately while doing crowd control in front of our house all night, I wasn't able to take many pictures. Thank you Valerie for letting me steal your photos!

The front of our house...almost ready for the trick-or-treaters


The mastermind himself...


Valerie working the control center. Would you expect anything less than a monitor station complete with sound effects, hidden microphones, infra red camera's and remote control skeletons from my husband?


Caitlin playing an insane patient that had scratched her eyes out and was now psychic.


Mike prepared to eat our trick-or-treater's for dinner


It's not really a haunted house with out tons of spider webs!


Dino-bird was a sweet find from the Goodwill; with a little help he was a scary addition to the asylum


Grandpa Leon also scaring guests taking free tours of our Insane Asylum.


Danny as Swine Flu man, the first documented case...lets hope he doesn't escape the quarantine area!


The aftermath...we had a garage full of black plastic!


and for the not so scary stuff...

Lots of Halloween treats (Thank you Marie for the Halloween cookie ideas!)


Madison in her super cute pumpkin outfit


and last but not least Jared's pumpkins

When asked if he was going to do it again next year, the answer was NO! But I'm gonna bet by next year he changes his mind!
What a great Halloween!