Birthday, Pumpkin & Co

AWESOME weekend preparing Halloween with the pumpkin patch and pumpkin carving and celebrating the birthday of Madison, our own little Dew Crew princess.

A princess and two witches

Pumpkin Patch

bunch of Pumpkin

Punk Rocker Ben and Super Ninja Chara

A supergirl on a pumpkin



The new game: how to eat Donut without hands

 

Playing Wii ... Carson is on!!!

Madison making a wish in Stacey's arms

First Spin Class with Chara at 24H Fitness

This morning after my daily work out I went with Chara to participate in my first Spin Class at the gym! I loved it even if I felt like I would die! Lucky for me that Chara was there to help me through the hour but I finished it!

Sunday at Disney ... With the SoCal Dew Crew

So today Riley and I went to Disney with Ben, Stacey and the kids. Riley had decided to dress up as Superman (girl version). She has won a Superman cape on her Youth Group Trip to Six Flag in September so we completed the outfit. Too bad for Riley, Disney has a policy against Costumes inside the parks and only kids are allowed to wear costumes. We got rid of the cape and thanks to Ben's straight face we were able to enter. When they asked us if she was wearing a costume Ben answered: "No. It's just a T shirt".

Riley Superman and Ben Monster Hat

Swimming in October ... Love California

I picked up Riley after school today and we went on Del Mar Beach on Base to enjoy some time in the Ocean. After the first "cold chock" entering the ocean, we got used to it and stayed an hour with our body board, getting slapped in the face by nice waves.

Before going in the water

After the hour in the water!

Sunday at Del Mar Beach on Camp Pendleton

After church some friends and I went for lunch at the Pit Stop in Oceanside. Nice little eatery with way too big portion! I ended up eating only half of my wrap and Riley ate the other half!

Then my friend and I went with her kids to Del Mar Beach on Camp Pendleton Base. Way much better than trying to find a parking sport on Oceanside Harbor and a spot free of teenagers on the beach. We enjoyed 3 hours of sun, sight of Dolphins in front of us, cold water on our feet and Sand Castle!

No comment!!!!

Enjoying the sun!!!

Ferocious little Joe!

Kim trying to get McKinley's feet wet ...

END OF THE WEEKEND!

BACK ON TRACK AND ON MY WAY TO THE GYM REALLY SOON

Saturday Downtown San Diego

It was Jerry's last weekend down here with us. Friday evening Jerry and I went to see Life as we know it with Katherine Heigel and Josh Duhamel. It was a really nice movie with both sad and funny moments.

This morning we went to pick up Ben and Chara and drove down to San Diego for a breaskfast at the "The Hash House a go go" on Hillcrest on 5th. OMG! Those plates were huge, the food so good, the ambiance nice.

 

Here is the menu (for breakfast, because the back of this is for lunch and diner)

Riley and her french toast and her frozen mint mocha with homemade whipped cream

Chara's choice of the famous Chicken Benedict (mine was the same but with fresh smoked salmon)

 Ben's pancake (you could imagine the size of it by seeing the fork on the side)

and Extra biscuit

You could understand easily that after this we went for some relaxing time at Balboa Park. Laying down on the grass, enjoying the sun and the music playing on the park.

Nice nap with nice friends

Once Stacey joined us we drove downtown to enjoy a drink at "La puerta", enjoying the happy hour with appetizers ...

And ended up walking to another place so that Ben could compete against Sean on a ping pong tournament.

Chara told us funny story ...

And then it was time to go home ...

Oceanside Harbor Days

And It's this time of the year again when the city of Oceanside organizes a nice event on the Harbor with bunch of booths selling everything from house remodel to jewelery, from kids clothes to dog clothes! And lets not forget the food: Mexican, Greek, Tri Tip, Burgers ... Lots of Slides for the kids, Shaved Ice, Ice Cream .. Jerry joined us this weekend from WA. Riley and I, Ben, Chara, Stacey, Sean and the kids joined him for a fun afternoon at the harbor, followed by diner at Ben's house with Wine and Cheese, Shrimps and other Sea Food.

Ben, Chara (with Monty), Me, Stacey and Jerry