Halloween Party Time

This past weekend we entertained some of our friends for a spooky Halloween party.

It was relaxing and fun to be kid free for the night (Emmy was with Nana) and party our little hearts out!

Below is Nathan's hard work making our house spooky and scary.

He even made his own coffin! 

There were spider webs, black lights, strobe lights and scary, horrible sounds playing in the back ground.  

In an effort to keep Halloween not so scary with the kiddos we started calling the man in our window Bob.  He had to come down the next day!

TA DA!  Our costume reveal...

Among the number of talents my husband has, one of them is costume making.  He made our costumes last year and once again he delivered!  I was so happy with my angry bird!  Didn't he do a great job?!

Here's just a few of our friends...

The guys

The girls

And that's all there is!  I must have forgotten about my camera at some point because I stopped taking pictures.  Overall we had a blast!  I must say though the years are catching up to me...It was a very long recovery Sunday!

Pumpkin Pickin

Fall is here!! It's that time of year again and we couldn't wait for our trip to the Pumpkin Patch.  MacDonald's Ranch is our tradition for hayrides, pumpkin picking and of course the petting zoo!

HANGING IN THE PETTING ZOO

EMERY WAS IN AWE THAT SHE ACTUALLY GOT TO PET THE "CHEAPS" AND "HOSEES!"

SHE CHASED THE ROOSTERS...

AND GOT TO HOLD HER FIRST BUNNY!

SHE WAS SO CAREFUL TOO!

AKIRA HOLDING A BUNNY TOO!

 HORSE RIDES

 EMERY'S FIRST TIME ON A HORSE

SHE WAS A LITTLE SCARED BUT A TROOPER

I THINK SHE PREFERRED PETTING THE HORSE

THE LONG AWAITED HAYRIDE

EMERY WANTED ONLY THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN, EVEN THOUGH SHE COULDN'T LIFT IT. SHE WAS QUITE DETERMINED!

OUR LITTLE PUMPKIN

WE FOUND OUT PERFECT PUMPKINS AND LEFT THE RANCH WITH FUN MEMORIES!  DESPITE THE 90 DEGREE WEATHER, FALL IS HERE!!

Our last bit of Beach Weather

We LOVE the beach in our family!  Especially because it's not everyday we get to go.

After having a great time at my reunion, the next day we decided to spend some time in the waves with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Nathan and Uncle Griffin.

The guys

Checking out waves with Grandma. (Doesn't Emery look so big?!)

This was after tasting some sand...we told her it was yucky!  Just wait, she applied that later.

Akira's favorite part of the beach, digging in the sand.

 Emery decided just to watch after the taste she had.

 Grandma was Emery's beach partner for the day, she loves her "ganma."

I love this action shot of Akira!

This is my favorite shot of the day, she was so excited to let the waves catch up her and splash her.

Hanging with Daddy

It was her first time learning to surf on Uncle Griffin's surf board.

We still need to work on her balance, but she loved it!!

Akira and Grandpa

Emery also tried boogie boarding!

If you look closer, that's Nathan and Griffin on their surf boards.

She's saying "ucky, san!"

Waiting for the wave come

Look how cool Uncle Nathan looks, he's a great surfer too!

 I couldn't help myself, look at her cute footprints!!

That was the our beautiful day in La Jolla!  We had a hard time driving back to Arizona after this trip, we had so much fun with our friends and family!