October Fun

What is different about this picture and the one below??? Can you see it?????

Owen's introduction to the original Halloween movie,   we changed the channel...... he told me this morning that he hopes he doesn't see 'Michael' trick or treating tonight

A delicious Honeycrisp apple

Preparing the pumpkins

We are enjoying the month of October and it sure has gone fast-  soon it will be November and then the holidays!!!    Below the kids were running in the rain- you can kind of see the large raindrops!!!

 Hello from the state of the sun.........      we had a little tease of cooler weather a couple of weeks ago, and then it was warm again....  highs in the upper 90's and a/c back on    

We are getting ready for Halloween- we have costumes ready,   we just bought some pumpkins and plan to go to The Farm for their festivities this next weekend.   This week, though, they say by Wednesday the temps will be in the 80s and 70s as highs, just where we like it.  I am happy to wait until then to go to the pumpkin patch....

We went to the Farmers market today and Rob bought some Serrano pepper jelly.....  we tried the pomegranite,  apple butter, and "wine grape" jelly. They all were good- Rob was more daring, he tried the serrano pepper, jabenero and also the jalepeno pepper jelly - he then decided on the Serrano pepper-   he will get to enjoy that all by himself!! hee hee!   I have never had apple butter, it was pretty good and the man selling the jams said you can put it in oatmeal???


The kids got a pumpkin scone and blueberry muffin and I bought a bag of mini red, orange and yellow sweet peppers to put in my salads this week and have them with hummus.  I love the tomato basil hummus from Trader Joes- it is delish!


I love Sundays .... they are our "veg" days..... reading the paper, coffee,  (football) although, J yesterday was asking to "watch college football"!!!   I have been working on my scrapbooks photos organizing and it has been fun looking the kids pics when they were babies-  Where has the time gone????

Enjoy these recent pics......

I Love Autumn!!!!

 I love Autumn we have had busy weekends with  birthdays, festivals and Fall decorating!!!!!

The weather is awesome now.......  we have opened up, the air is off and we are enjoying the cool temps.    I love having the windows open and I have the blinds cracked at night. I have been going to sleep with the moonlight shining in since we have had a full moon recently, it has been quite peaceful!     

This weather is so nice, it makes me want to get outside, and get back to taking some pics.   It going to be hiking time for me and I am going to be planting some flowers in the backyard planters.  Tonight someone had a fire pit burning, it reminded me of camping.........Rob is now wanting one for the backyard

we have some little friends in the backyard- they move fast, but I was able to catch one and take its pic...... the boys like to ask me if I want to go "lizard hunting" !!!

Time to slow down

Wow, we have had some busy days recently- it seems like every day is rush, rush, rush.  I think it is time to slow the pace down - or make an effort to do so and stop living on "auto pilot" !!  

We went to the Tempe Town lake to see the Healing Fields on 9/11- what a sight it was- the boys were given flags, and it was in the morning- so it was quiet, low key, and the weather is cooling down- so it was nice and breezy by the lake.
They were reading the names of the victims and it was surreal- couldn't help but think about that day 10 years ago and where we were.


Our little guy turned 4 - wow where has the time gone- he is not our baby anymore.....We had a fun little party for him and he received his first real bike with training wheels- He has been riding it like crazy and soon, I bet we will be able to take the training wheels off!!


Time to get back out- and take some pictures- the weather is cooling off- and so us big kids (Rob and I) will be getting out our bikes- I guess I can take the baby seat off the back   ; (
We still have our bike trailer- and I saw my bike tires need a little air-  Basket is ready to go for our Starbucks rides!!!  Need to make a cup holder for my basket-  Eileen- have any suggestions??

Go Pack Go!!!!

I love my boys

this is what O has been doing when the camera comes out lately
getting sprayed by his Aunt Eileen : ) he enjoyed it!
Zoyo- the place to go for frozen yogurt
Rob Downtown- at our old stomping grounds- which now just has Starbucks and restaurants
These "stuffies" were laid out on the couch- the boys needed to donate some of them to other kids who would love them as much as they did- they were "taking over"their room, so they picked their faves- and there were no tears ( which I was surprised about)



The boys are loving summer, their swimming lessons and getting back to the regular school year!!

The heat is getting a little old for Rob and I ( not so much the kids) but the end will be here soon.... we are going to the pool and the boys are enjoying their lessons- that I will be continuing these thru the year as long as they are offered.

J and I went swimming in the pool at my sister's house, and it was really warm outside- I had been cleaning and then we went over there- anyways- it kind of sealed the deal for me- to definitely get a house with a pool- after we got out- we were cold in her house!!!! I was shivering- that cooled me down the rest of the night!!!

O did really well today at his lessons... he ended up going "to the purple wall" which was walking in the pool across the way a little- he has refused to go in previous lessons- but today he did that and also jumped in the pool twice!! There was a little incentive in it for him- we do not typically bribe our kids- but we did a little today- since up until this point he wasn't doing all the things the class was doing. I guess a little promise of something doesn't hurt.........

Oh well- they both leave the pool having fun and telling us what they did- O even said next time he was going "to swim across and go down the slide" I am not sure that will happen, but hey, he is excited to go, so that is all that is important!!!

Here are some recent pics of the boys and what they have been up to!!!

needing a new color

ready for 1st grade!!




I am thinking I am in need of a new hair color, or colors...... I am needing a change... not sure- maybe some red or black or a mix..... oh well something to think about.... we have been having some great sunsets lately here with the monsoon clouds going on- a lot of orange, red purples and pinks......
They do not last long so you have to enjoy them while you can...

well working on some crafty projects at home- one is a project for school J is to do..... and then we are going to make crayon colored t-shirts- if they turn out- will post these..... summer is the time for indoor projects to beat the heat- last few days it hasn't been too hot- but humid ( well, humid for AZ standards)