A Day in the Life...: October 2007

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween

We hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween! Here is a picture of Avery all dressed up...let's just hope she is still enthusiastic about putting on her costume this evening for trick or treat! I had the hardest time getting her to wear her costume so I tried a trick that Sam did with Nolan. I had to resort to bribing her with a Nemo snack (gummy snack that she loves!)! It worked!

I also put a video on here of Avery dancing and singing to a Halloween tree that Grandma Rose sent us. It's hilarious! She's wearing her gymnastics or "Tap Tap" outfit we got her and gardening gloves and she just got up from a nap so her hair is a total mess! She's also trying very hard to sing along to the song. Hee Hee Who knows what was going on in her little head but I couldn't resist taking video of the moment!

Enjoy!

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Pumpkin Patch

A few weekends ago, Matt, Avery and I headed to a pumpkin patch for some fall fun. We picked out some great pumpkins and enjoyed all the pumpkin patch/barn had to offer. Avery fed the animals, played on the pumpkins and tried her luck at a mini corn maze for the little ones. We had a great time! It was a beautiful fall day.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Bye Bye Florida :(

One last picture and video from our Florida trip....then it's off to the pumpkin patch. I figured I should probably get the pumpkin patch pictures up since Halloween is tomorrow! Avery is going to be Elmo this year...at least we hope so. Right now, she wants nothing to do with her costume so I hope to get one picture of her with it on. I'm also hoping that once she sees all the other little kids dressed up that she'll want to get it on the fun.

Enjoy the last of the Florida trip!

Avery and Nolan enjoying one last TV show together. :( They were both so cute in the little chairs.

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Nolan and Avery doing "Ring Around the Rosey". They were both so darn cute!! Poor Nolan kept wanting to do sing and play and Avery just liked to fall down. :) P.S. her skirt is not suppose to be up to her belly...it just happens when she's playing! Ha Ha

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Monday, October 29, 2007

Playing at the Beach

Sam took us to a beach on base while we were there and the kiddos had a blast! It's in a bay so there are virtually no waves and the water was the perfect temperature. Both Nolan and Avery ventured in to the water more than I thought they would. I thought we'd be spending most of our time on the sandy shore building sand castles...they proved me wrong!

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All cleaned up and ready for bed...I love this picture of Sam with the kiddos. They are more interested in what's on the TV but at least they cooperated long enough to take the picture!!

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Friday, October 26, 2007

Now Showing...

Florida pictures! Avery and I went to visit Sam and Nolan in Florida last week. We had an absolute blast and cannot thank them enough for their hospitality. :) Avery and Nolan got along like best buds. We did so many fun things...went to the beach, played at the splash park, went to gymnastics. We took lots of pictures and videos so I'll try to keep them to a minimum and get it done in 2 or 3 posts!!

On another note...has anyone had trouble trying to load up our blog page??? Please let me know because if that's the case then I'll have to do some research on how to fix the problem.

Enjoy the pics!

Avery in mid-run at the splash pad in Destin

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Nolan slidin away

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Being silly

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I see London, I see France! Ha Ha I guess that skirt is a mini skirt...good thing it's cute on toddlers! Avery had so much fun playing on Nolan's swingset. Maybe we'll be investing in one of those soon too.

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What a cutie!

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Nolan just cracks me up!! Trying to get both of them to pose and smile for the camera just wasn't happening. We tried to catch them on a juice break!

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OK, Nolan's facial expressions are just hilarious!

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Two pooped out kiddos! They played hard!

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

California Fires

I've had several people ask where we are in conjunction to the fires here in CA. Fortunately, we are no where near the most devastating fires in San Diego. The Sedwick fire that was burning in Santa Ynez was closest to us and thankfully only 700 acres burned. We could smell the fire here on the base as well as see the haze the smoke created. The air quality has been bad so for the past few days we were told it was best to keep our doors and windows shut and stay indoors as much as possible.

They have arrested a suspect in one of the San Diego fires...they believe two of them were caused by arson. I just cannot believe a lot of this devastation was caused by some sick person/people. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families who have been effected by the fires.

If this works, here is a link to all of the fires that are burning down here. You'll have to scroll up to see the Sedwick fire in Santa Ynez.

California Fire Map

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

I lied

I forgot I wanted to post some pictures of the fishing trip where they caught 12 sharks...one of which was appx 10 feet long and took 2 hours just to reel in! They did throw it back in...Jamie being the novice fisherman, said it was not a shark you could eat.

Here they are:

Brotherly love....just kidding! Jon is actually helping Matt (you can only see his arms) reel in the shark. They each had to take several turns to get the thing in!