Thanksgiving 2009

This year my mom and her husband Jeff came to California for Thanksgiving. It was nice getting to spend this time with them. We all ended up going to Jack and Melinda's (my Jeff's dad) house. As usual Melinda and her mom cooked a delicious dinner. She always decorates the table so nice too. It was such a nice day.
The next day my mom, sister and myself got up at 2:30 am and headed out to get some killer deals. We shopped til we dropped! We even squeezed a couple Starbucks in there too.

Jack and Melinda

(Jeff's dad and wife)

They live up in the Temecula wine country so being the photographer that I am I had to get some pics of the kids!

My mom and my boys

Happy Halloween...

We had a great Halloween. Alexys was a Vampiress and Samantha was a Kitty. This was Alexys' first scary costume. Samantha was even getting the hang of going door to door, holding her bag and I think I heard her say trick or treat a couple of times. Gramma and Opa came to town to spend the weekend with us too. Which is always a good time!

Alice in Wonderland,Cheerleader, Vampiress, Witch, Rabbit,Minnie Mouse and Black Kitty.

Wickard Farms Pumpkin Patch

Sunday the kids and I decided to visit our local pumpkin patch. It is so simple and sweet there. A great place to take pictures. Brian is excited to go anywhere since he got his permit and he gets to drive. He is also a great help with the girls since they seem to be running in two different directions these days. They had a fun little hay ride that we took around their Christmas tree farm. We didn't realize how big it actually was. It was a fun little visit!

Pelzer Farms Temecula

Friday we took a trip to Temecula to visit Pelzer Farms with our mom's club.

Corn maze not excited to stop and take a picture!

The girls loved the petting zoo. Samantha kept chasing the poor chickens all over trying to catch one so she could hold it.

Sisters

Alexys

Samantha

I've had so much fun going through Alexys' old clothes and putting them on Samantha. Its like Christmas everytime I get to open up a tote!

Apple Picking

This was so much fun! I can't wait to do it again. The kids and I took a drive to this cute little town called Julian. So beautiful. My son couldn't believe we were still in Southern California. We found this apple farm called Calico Ranch. I don't think we've ever eaten so many apples in one day. After the apple picking we stopped off for some thin crust pizza. Which is now my favorite! We couldn't go home without one of their famous pies either. People line up for these pies. We can buy them in our local grocery store too but there is something about buying one straight out of the bakery!

Miramar Air Show

The Miramar Air Show was amazing. It had been over 18 years since I had been and the kids had never been. It is crazy how they fly so close and go upside down and sideways of one another. The kids had a blast. Samantha was not a fan of the explosions though. She cried a bit through that but loved watching the rest. We walked around and got to sit in some of the aircrafts. Brian met up with a friend from school. They had this amazing virtual gaming experience tent set up that the boys played in for quite a while.