What is that...

Is what I said when I looked outside to check on the girls. This is what I saw...I stood there at the sliding glass door and thought that is a weird spider web or is it dirt. And then they came running out of the house and this is what I saw... Yep it was my waterproof mascara that they stole and crept outside with without a peep and decided to paint themselves and the playhouse with. Looks like the girls decided to get ready for Halloween early. Another one of those moments when you say to yourself but I just sat down to pay the bills. Oh the things they can do in 5 minutes. Good thing I have eye makeup remover that took it off but it still remains in Addie’s blonde locks. When I told the girls that I could not believe that they did this McKenna said “I am sorry Mama we didn’t know better.” I beg to differ. It reminds me of the time 2 years ago that McKenna decided to do the same thing with Desitin which is just as hard to get off.

This Time With the Costumes

We wet back to the pumpkin patch but this time the girls got to wear their costumes. We went my friend and neighbor DeVonne and her two girls Alexys and Samantha and two other neighbor girls Logan and Emily. DeVonne had the idea to put them in their costumes before Halloween night so we could get better pictures than of them on Halloween when all the want to do is get going to get some candy. So we both thought it would be fun and festive to take them back to our local pumpkin patch. This is actually the first year that Addie and McKenna will be Trick-or Treating and it is also the first year that they have had costumes so they really are having fun. My sweet Fi-Fi
My not so thrilled Kitty
Alexys and SamanthaEmily and Logan

Beautiful Family

My good friends Shannon and Sheryl asked me to take their yearly family photos this year. It was a lot of fun and I was honored that they asked me. This was the first time I actually took photos of a group of people like I was a photographer and I had a blast. There were 17 people all together. They really are a beautiful family. I hope I can do it again next year.

Riley's Farm

We decided that we would take the girls Apple Picking this weekend. They both really love apples and none of us had ever been. Riley's Farm is about and hour from our house towards Redlands. They have a ton of stuff to do there. This time of year you can pick apples, pumpkins and pears. We already had our pumpkin so we decided to just pick pears and apples. Of course the first apple we picked Addie had to start eating it right away.

Another Crazy Weekend

Todd did it! He rode in his first century ride (100 miles) on Saturday. And then rode another 50 miles on Sunday. This all happened during the Multiple Sclerosis Bay to Bay ride from Irvine to Mission Bay. Todd ended up raising $1750.00 so thank you to all of you who donated.

After 100 miles on the first day.

At the finish the second day. No I am not pregnant below that is just the wind at my back
We also took the girls to a local pumpkin patch and were pleasantly pleased with the scenery and brisk weather. We were the only ones there and the girls just ran around and picked pumpkins until their noses started running from all the hay in the air. We then discovered that our external hard drive that stores all of my 15,000 pictures had crashed. Yeah so needless to say Todd and I sent the girls outside to play while we tried to fix it. Just when you think they can’t get into anything oh no they always find a way to have fun without toys.