Fiona had her Halloween party at school today. I think I was more excited than she was to put on the costume - it turned out GREAT!! She is Little Bo Peep, but she calls it Peep Peep Sheep. She was excited for the party, so much so she got up at 5:30 this morning!! needless to say she wasn't her total bubbly self today... wnjoy the pics!!
some pics (well a lot of pics) from Lombardi farms. we went with Daddy when he was here a few weeks ago, but today we went with our friends and had a blast!! Rumor had it that Halle Berry was there with her family as well. I didn't see them but friends of mine did. So cool to know we hang out with the rich and famous LOL!!! Go grab a nice hot apple cider and enjoy the pics :)
Hey everyone!! we had a wonderful weekend with Daddy. I am still going through and editing the photos, but wanted to share these two pics from the Jump Palace from yesterday...Yes sometimes mommy goes over the top, but seriously how cute is she???
the pics are not my best work... I am learning to shoot in manual mode, but still have kinks to work out... but you can get the idea...
Well we went to the Huntington Library again yesterday. Our Friends and I decided to get the girls in their cheongsums and take pictures and spend the day in the Chinese and Japanese gardens. We had a blast and every chinese tourist took pictures of them! They all thought they were soooo cute.
Enjoy!!
Just a cute video of Fiona...we were playing out in the front yard, as the back yard is flooded (long story) after dinner so its a litte dark. But she LOVES to wear my shoes, she found my gardening boots which are like waders to her. She was so cute!!!
Well she really isn't famous, but a friend clued me into this site where you can do this photo effect!! Lovin it!!!
All I can say is WOW!! What an amazing place!! A little hot today, but what a great trip with our friends today!
here are my top 10ish pics from the day, lots of great ones - Fiona was the perfect model today :)
We had a great day today, got out of town- too smoky and Fiona needed to burn some of that cooped up energy.
Fiona is obsessed with butterflies lately. She uses my pasta strainer as her "net" and catches them around the house. When she catches one she tells me what color they are, and then dumps the net and says "Oh no, where futterfy go???" I then tell her to look in the kitchen, toy box, etc to find one. Its hilarious. So I thought I would look into finding a butterfly garden - and I nearly missed the exhibit at the Natural History Museum in LA. So we went particularly for the butterflies...and what does Fiona fall in love with there (besides the huge polar bear?) the DINOSAURS!! Ask what she did today, "sinsaur, sinsaur!" Unfortunately, I forgot to charge my batteries before I went so I only have a few pics from the day, and none of her with the dinosaurs. something tells me though that we'll be seeing more in the near future.
Things here are getting better with the fires. The smoke was pretty much gone today - clear skies over where i live, but you could still see smoke. We are out of danger and although it looked like it was super close, we weren't in any real danger, so that is a big sigh of relief!!
Please pray for the fire fighters, especially the two families that lost theirs, and the families who have lost their homes. If you would like to help, the red cross and Salvation army always accept donations.
Well, we woke up to nice clear skies but by 10 am or so the fire kicked up and the winds shifted. The next town south of us has had some evacuations, but for now we are looking good. It has a large mountain ridge to climb before getting to us. And today the smoke and ash seemed to mostly stay east of my housing development. Still really creepy and scary. We are taking it day by day and just keeping and eye out. here is a satellite picture of the fires and the arrow is where we live....
Hi everyone! we are in the clear again, blue skies and a yellow sun :)
Fires did get pretty close, but we were in no real danger, but it definitely looked ominous out there!
Going to head to the park to day to run off the cooped up energy :) thanks for thinking of us!!
We are all safe here, but there is some serious smoke in the air here. I think the closest fire is about an hour away, but this is what the back yard was like earlier today:
This wasn't even the worst part of the day... but I'll keep you all posted...
so I am laying Fiona down tonight she says something that sounds like duck, and I ask...
"you want a duck?"
Fiona replies," ahhh, ok, we get duck, mama..."
First I need to say that our hearts and prayers go out to Meghan and Anthony, my dear cousin and her husband, during their time of need. Let us know if there is anything you need!!
been crazy busy here finishing up our summer. Last Thursday Night on the Square, dance lessons have started back up at a new studio (and we love it!!), Birthday parties, play dates, scrapbooking with friends, and even a girls night out to see Julie and Julia - now I want to cook the cook book too!!!
For now I will just leave a few pics of the last couple of days... More details later :)
So if you are from Palmdale, you know what I am talking about, but I thought I would talk a little about our Fun Thursday Night ritual and explain for the rest of my loyal readers :) Thursday Night on the Square (TNOTS), is the really, really cool thing our town puts on every summer and for two months, every Thursday on the Town Square, there is live music, story time, puppet shows, a variety of crafts and games for the kids to do. and the best part - its all free!!! Well, maybe the best part is how much we really love to go and how much fun Fiona has. Fiona and I make a picnic dinner each Thursday, bring our picnic blanket and go and meetup with our friends. we pick our spot on the lawn and head over to do the crafts. After a few tantrums and chases while we wait in line (Fiona is still mastering this skill), we head back to our blanket and eat dinner, dance to the music and play with our friends. I love this activity, I picture people doing this 100 years ago - the band in the gazebo, families dotting the lawns on their picnic blankets, just enjoying a nice summer evening. These are the simple pleasures in life that I think often get overlooked. I am so glad Fiona and I really got into going this summer, we have only missed one night! So below I got some cute videos of Fiona and her BFF S dancing and playing. also Wendy (S's Mom) and S's brother L make a guest appearance as well. I am so lucky to have such great friends to pass a summer evening, let alone any day of the week with.
Just a quick video - its bad, but Fiona loved her first time bowling so I had to share with you...I think she gets her talent from her Daddy - she knocked down 5 pins on one of her turns!! not bad for someone who could barely lift the ball, LOL!!
We had a cool day today, only 99 degrees! So Fiona and I went out this evening and had ice cream cones in the front yard. She was a mess, but had a blast!!
These are Fiona's two new phrases this week. Crack me up. the No way is said like a 13 year old. Where she gets this stuff who knows, LOL!! We are in the beginning stages of potty training, arrggghh!! Not sure I am really ready for this, but she is really beginning to show an interest...
Mike is suffering through the heat trying to pay attention to stuff he already knows at his training course - Only 122 days until he comes home.
I have been keeping busy with a little online photography editing class...here are some of my projects - let me know what you think:
Just a quick hi! We have this really cool summer thing in our town called Thursday Night on the Square. Its a free event with live music and crafts for the kids. This is a pic of Fiona and I there tonight...
