Well, I’ve been putting off my blog long enough. Warning: lots of photos & lots of words to follow (don’t say I didn’t warn you). Okay- Where to start? Well, we took a little vacation to Palm Springs at the beginning of the month and I came home with 5 photos on my camera! Can you believe that? Every now and then, I need a break from being the family photographer. The problem is… James doesn’t know how to use my camera. Oh well, it was relaxing and not much happened anyway.
Then… the Christmas photo season started… and it’s still going… it’s fun, but I’m tired!
On Saturday the 20th, we went to the Pumpkin Patch- the Lombardi Ranch pumpkin patch that everyone is Santa Clarita visits at least once in October.
So glad we went on Saturday because on Sunday the fires started. It seemed as though overnight Southern California was on fire. They broke out everywhere. Almost everyone we know was evacuated- at least for a few hours. Sadly, Lombardi Ranch burned- the fire truck, the police car, the huge haystack my kids climb on every year- gone. Fortunately, it is back up and running at this point. We haven’t been back yet to see the damage, but it is still sad. Later that night we carved pumpkins, colored pictures and made pumpkin-chocolate chip bread.
On Monday, we took a field trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific. James took the day off and ventured to Long Beach with us- he’s such an amazing dad. He LOVES to be with our children and takes any opportunity he can to spend time with them. Makes me love him even more.
Had some girls over to scrapbook on Friday, Trunk or Treat tonight at church (along with Awana) and can I brag a little about my son? He (Cade) at 5 years old is already reading (just about everything) and has earned all 4 of his red jewels in his Sparks handbook & 2 green jewels. SO SO Proud of him! Saturday night is our 2nd annual Harvest Party at our house and October is officially over! I can’t believe it! I’ll leave you with some funny photos of Kennedy’s various faces. I almost hesitate to post them because they make her look a little pouty and bratty and she is the TOTAL opposite of that. She is happy and funny and always singing and (almost) always wants to please us. She is such a delight. SO don’t let the faces fool you- she is a HOOT! Until next time.
by emily