A Spectacular September...

I felt like we were on Speed in September... It was so fun but very go-go-go... we are looking to chill a little more in October

 Watching the Wednesday Sail Boat Races at the Harbor

 After dinner stroll

 To cool for school

 Soccer has started and T and A both scored goals in their first games- and of course it's the one game I had to miss :(

 Hanging out at a Polo Match

 Polo Fun with my Au Pairs

 Polo- the kids are clearly excited

 Aricin and has best friend at school

 Oli at the Blue Whale Bones

 Oli Adventures

 Aricin was in charge of the Rock Climbing wall for the Race

 my sis-n-law and hopefully some day sis-n-law

 Bros and Sis's

 Love my crazy family...

 We threw an Amazing Race adventure for 9 teams mostly my family and good family friends through Santa Barbara. It was a total of around 20 stops. Having them walk a slack line, climb rock walls, kayak, lip sing, paint, fish, skate board, and do so many other crazy things- all in all it made for a ridiculously fun day of family memories.

 The next day we set out for a 2 week road trip to Colorado. First stop was the Western Slope. We love Palisade. We borrowed bikes from my awesome Uncle Rondo's Bike Shop and went Wine Tasting

 Then we drove up to Mesa Lakes and did some hiking and fishing

 We got to see the changing colors of fall

 

 The kids had so much fun. Go Broncos!

 Oil Turned 4!

 Aricin reconnected with old buddies

 These two love being brother and sister

 These ladies hold a piece of my heart- They ARE our Colorado Family and I treasure them dearly

 The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has been ranked one of the top 5 zoo's in the country- I'd highly recommend it!  

 We got to pet and feed a Hippo!

 We got to pet and feed Ginger- a Beaver that's allergic to all wood except aspen and Willow. 

 Tuckered out kids!

 Skate park fun

 DENVER! oh how we Love DENVER!

 Aricin had to take a pic with this statue- he remembered hugging it as a toddler 

 Dodgers Lost but A got to learn how to blow a bubble- so that was a win and We got to go down on the field for an Amazing Fire Works show with friends

 Alpine Slides- this was one of our favorite things to do when we lived in Colorado. It was great to do it one last time- it's closing down in a couple weeks. So sad!

It's safe to say- we felt very comfortable being back in Colorado. It felt a little bit like home, but not as much as Santa Barbara. We do want to make this trip a regular thing and look forward to more adventures in Colorado in the future. Our 2 weeks went by too fast and I can't express how good it was to sit down with old friends for all of us- Colorado and it's people will always be special for us. It was awesome to go around and all of us share what we were most thankful for on our trip during the long drive home- as we tried to Thank God for our time and the memories. 

An Awesome August!

Me and my Tally girl at a baby shower

 Date with Aricin - rock climbing

 Tally's girl scout troop craft day

 Tally and grandpa dancing 

 Aricin and one of his besties

Movie at the Sunken Gardens at the SB court house

 

Brotherly love

 I made these fun necklaces as favors for my sweet cousins baby shower

 the boys

 Fiesta Ranchera Event

 My man

 The Santa Barbara Music Academy- i love this estate- we got to go to a party here in August and it reminded me that we were very close to getting married here but chose the zoo instead.

 Oli and I explored Vestment one day

 Fiesta Fun in SB

 Airline's almost famous around the zoo

 Oil wanted so bad to be old enough to go to VBS- at pick up he'd jump in and sing the songs with his sister

 So, this happened when all was quiet and Tally was away at Gymnastics camp. The boys said they are now "Mud Brothers"- they came inside for a wipey to clean up the mud

 More Fiesta Fun... Flamenco dancers all over town, Mariachi music, largest equestrian parade in the world - how can you not love Santa Barbara's old Spanish Days

 Bacara Beach walk

 Oli is also almost famous at the Zoo

 Chocolate dipped strawberries

 Tally likes to dress her brother in Ballerina clothes and pretend she's he's teacher- poor boy does whatever she says :)

 Pool time with uncle Jasun

 TVSB event

 Henry's Beach exploring

 Fun time with the Buechelers!

 Family Fun

Cousin love 

 Grandpa Rick cuddles

 I love this picture of Oli and Grandpa Rick

 more cousin fun

 First Day...

 Aricin was so excited to reconnect with his besties at school

 Beach fun

 Date night at the harbor

 Aaron's snazzy garb for the fancy pants New Orleans themed fundraiser at the zoo

My baby's first day of pre-school.

August was awesome. I stayed busy with getting about 9 new au pairs to my group for my Cultural Care job. The kids did VBS, VBS Soccer, T did gymnastics camp, and dates. We had lots of special people come visit us from out of town- making it feel like we're on vacation just living here. Aaron was selected as one of the business leaders 40 under 40 from SLO county, SB county, or Ventura county. I'm so proud of him. He's still cranking on the Phd and i'm still working on real estate stuff. School just started and all 3 kids will be away at school on Tuesdays and Thursdays and we will home school monday, wednesday, and fridays. Life is full- the kids have started AYSO soccer, Awanas starts soon, Home group is starting up, My monday night women study is starting, and Aaron's on the board of Kids Helping Kids an awesome local non profit doing amazing things for kids around the world. Life is good. What's really nuts is that September is going to be crazy busy with a vacation to Colorado and an Amazing Race Event we are planning for my family through Santa Barbara.