Fall Festivities

Well I think this has to be the longest post I have ever done!! But because it is so large that means I am all caught up!! Woohoo!! Oct and Nov were full of lots of fun stuff.....so I'll start from the beginning. For the kids fall break in Oct we take our annual trip down to Rocky Point, Mexico. It's only a 4 hour drive until reach absolute bliss! Our families always freak each time we go and think we are crazy for crossing the border. But it is a great place and has always been safe and we just love it! We never have any problems and its become a great place for families to escape to and play. Plus it's a pretty dirt cheap vacation so you gotta love that. We set up a canopy on the beach and play from sun up till sun down. We love it:)

We go down with the Bybee family every year and stuff our faces full of mango's.....mmmmmm:)

Parker's first time on the beach....he did great!




On to Halloween.......I've decided that I'm not a fan of carving pumpkins! It really is gross. We might do something different next year that isn't so messy and slimy.....we'll see.

Ashlynn was a bride this year.....Tyler was Harry Potter....and Parker was a little monster....a tired one at that.

We went trick or treating with cousins and the kids had a blast.

Next up was Vertuccio Farms.....I got this cheap groupon for a fall festival there so we went. It turned out to be lots of fun! They had a 10 acre corn maze....we haven't seen that much corn since Iowa!

Tyler and Ashlynn had school things they participated in. Tyler sang in the 4Th grade choir on Veteran's Day. It was really a neat program and something he was proud to be a part of! Ashlynn had her Thanksgiving day play with her class. I got to go watch her and then eat pie and soup!

Last but not least....THANKSGIVING.......we had one day with my family and another day with Dave's side. Unfortunately I have no pictures to show of Dave's side....I brought my camera but left my battery charging at home. Oops!

It was a great weekend full of family and good food. Dave was also crazy enough to go out shopping with the madness on black Friday. We got ourselves a new fire pit for the backyard. He even found a guy that sold firewood. Well....it wasn't actual fire wood....it was cut up tree stumps that you go pick up and chop yourself. I had no idea that Dave had so much mountain man in him. He got himself an ax and now we have a nice wood pile out back. Now it's time to have SMORES!!! We also celebrated Dave's 37Th birthday over Thanksgiving weekend! I'm so grateful for ALL of our families and everything we've been blessed with this year. We've been able to have a lot of fun and make a lot of great memories. All because of Dave's hard work and determination with his office. I'm a pretty lucky girl:) Next stop......Christmas.......Utah here we come!!