Pumpkin Pickin'

We kicked off Halloween week with a trip to the local, totally over-priced pumpkin patch "land" on Sunday evening. The boys had a great time riding around in the wagon, jumping over haystacks, and Finn especially enjoyed the rickety carnival rides.

The Baby is One!!!

Elijah's first moments of life...


...and one year later. :) What a sweet boy!

Yosemite 2009!

The summer season would not have been complete without a camping trip to Yosemite. Scott, Finn, Eli, my dad and I spent three nights in the valley exploring, hiking, biking, swimming (or jumping into a freezing cold river and immediately getting out to thaw in the warm sun), s'more-ing, and, for some - rock-eating. ;) It was a fabulous, but very, very dirty trip.

Last First Day of Preschool

What a difference a year makes. Finn's funny face from last year's first day of preschool...

...and this year's first day. :)

(Note the lack of control his mom has over his outfit this year.)

Catching Up

I've been a bit of a slacker on the blog business. I guess that's how you know you're having a fun, busy life - you don't have time to blog about it. :) Enjoy these shots from our summer adventures.

On our road trip to San Diego/Comic Con, we stopped for a fabulous visit and boat ride compliments of the wonderful Duarte family.

Eli likes to play it safe.


While Scott worked at Comic Con, the boys and I enjoyed SeaWorld for a day. Finn got a kick out of feeding the sea lions little fish - Gross!


In August, my sister, Katie, and I took the kids on a little trip to the wine country. The kids had a great time while Katie and I actually had a chance to catch up and have a glass of wine together. :)



The rest of the summer was filled with "couch houses", plastic pools and lots of brotherly love.