Wow

We went on a little vacation last week. More on that in the next post, I'm trying to sort through all the pictures and make it a good one. It was so awesome to fly right out of Santa Rosa @ the Charles M. Schultz (you know the Peanuts Cartoon guy) airport, about 20 minutes from our house. We had never done that before and it was so beautiful to see Sonoma County from the sky.

Coming in for a landing on our return flight. AMAZING!

Approaching the airport.

A nice shot of the Golden Gate, San Francisco & Alcatraz (Becky - Holly would appreciate this one :-) )

The Golden Gate Bridge & Grandma Sylvia's house on the way out of town.

Yes, seeing it from the sky was just a reminder why we feel so lucky to live in Sonoma County. I am going to be working away to get a good vacation post up in the next few days....can't wait to share!

A Little Sunshine

We had a visit from the sunshine state. My step-mom, Carol came out from Florida and spent the weekend with us. My sister, Becky and cousin Ethan came out from Sacramento and we all had a blast hanging out. We haven't seen each other in a few years (she came to visit when we were in Mississippi). It was so fun catching up with each other and just hanging out!

We had to do a golf cart ride and run down to get from fresh eggs from one of our neighbors
A fun dinner in Occidental - I think we ate anyway. Homestyle Italian food. (Her meatballs are better :) - Carol we are cooking next time!)
A quick hello with Billy as he headed out to work
Whale watching in Bodega Bay. We saw several. It was really cool as they normally aren't in this bay.
A fun dinner @ Billy's work.

It was so great to spend time together. I guess it's our turn to head that way next time. Glad you came out Carol!

Happy Halloween

We hope you all had a fun Halloween. The boys had a good time. They had a Halloween parade and party at school on Friday. That was the kick-off the the Halloween fun. We went to a cool pumpkin patch on Saturday a friend has been telling me about. It is on a dairy farm. They do hay rides, have a corn maze, lots of farm animals to visit, a great jack-o-lantern pumpkin selection, great edible pumpkin selection, sell their cheese & ice cream and have a potato garden where you dig-up your own potatoes to buy by the pound.

They loved racing up this hay stack
the newest jack-o-lantern posing with his buddies
hay ride
Cameron said milking this cow felt "strange"
Ready to get some candy. We went for about an hour they counted candy and got 54 pieces. Not bad!

The boys also made and decorated cakes for a carnival at their school. They did a great job decorating. Their cakes were a hit when we dropped them off.

Let the Holiday Season Begin!