Halloween

I know I'm a little behind, but I had to put some Halloween pics up. Lane wanted to be the red power ranger and ever since we started looking at costumes (many weeks before Halloween) Scarlett said she wanted to be a "hot pink power ranger". I showed her all of these cute princess costumes-Belle, Cinderella, you name it--and her response was always a very strong "No! Hot pink power ranger". She is so funny! Well anyway I couldn't find a pink power ranger her size but instead found this cute hot pink super girl. It took some time for her to warm up to the idea, but finally she was sold. Then she started saying, "Lane, blue super girl?" I guess she just wanted to be the girl version of whatever Lane was going to be. So cute. I love that she idolizes Lane.

Ivy and Lane had a Halloween parade at 8:00 sharp but we managed to get Scarlett mostly outfitted in her hot pink super girl for the occasion.


Ivy's costume was so cute this year--Taylor Swift. She played the part quite well, I thought. Too bad she couldn't carry around her piano because she can play a few Taylor Swift songs (and sing right along perfectly). So cute.

Trick or Treating was fun, too!

Marathon

Yay Jude! He ran the CIM this weekend in Sacramento. He was so dedicated to his training over the past couple of months and then hurt his knee three weeks ago. He was devastated! All that hard work! He didn't think he was going to be able to run it, but after a cortisone shot, getting his IT band stretched out, and resting for a week, he decided to go for it. He did awesome and was on pace to run it under 4 hours until mile 18 when his knee gave out. He pushed through the pain and finished strong at about 4:40. We are so proud of him! Good job Jude!

Deckers in CA

Jack

We took the kids to the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Such a cool building. We had a blast.

The sand was a favorite. We could have stayed right there all day, I think.

The drums were Lane's favorite

Eeeewww!

Bubbles

Trolley ride

It was Edie's birthday while they were here, so Al and I took Ivy and Edie out to lunch. First we blindfolded Edie and took her to the salon to get feathers in her hair. Then we blindfolded her again and took her to Icing on the Cupcake and then the last stop was the Cheescake factory and a little bit of shopping at the mall--every 9 year old's dream. They had so much fun. Cute cousins!

They bought BFF owl necklaces. So cute!

When we got home Jude and Jonny had decorated the house with balloons and streamers and surprised Edie when she walked in the door.

I wish they could have stayed longer!

Bishop's Pumpkin Farm

Kindergarten field trip to Bishop's.

Lane and his 2 buddies: Will and Zachary.

Scarlett had a wonderful time