Ohhhh October

This was at a Westmont female athlete alumni cocktail party (Fun date night)

 

This was at the SB Rescue Mission Fundraiser dinner

 

This was at the SB Zoo's (Zoo's line is it anyway?) Comedy Show

 Getting Crafty at Home Depot

 The Carp Avo Festival... So fun!

 

 Skate day

This little guy made the cover of Zoo News

 San Diego trip fun above was at Lucha Libre Burritos

 Crazy family fun

 We got to hang out in San Diego for a week while Aaron was at a conference we played

 We got to see this Cheetah sprint and chase a rabbit- it was awesome! At the Safari Park

 Aricin was freaked out by this guy behind the fence

 Tuckered out kids

 Fun time with the San Diego cousins above

 Fun time with good friends at the SD Zoo above

 Harvest Carnival Fun...

 Dress up time for Boo at the Zoo

 Fun Beach day with Uncle Jon and Aunt Courtney

 Another Harvest Carnival

 Oli's school pic... when he saw it he said "Mom why is my smile so silly?"

 Tally and her girl friends at school

 The kiddos dressed up for another carnival

Trick or Treating in Montecito for Halloween- we were Shark Super Heroes

October has come and gone too quickly. We were able to go to lots of fun fundraisers for Westmont Alumni, Semester at Sea, SB Rescue Mission, and even a comedy show at the Zoo. We also got to spend a week in San Diego while Aaron went to conference. While we were down south we got to check out the San Diego Zoo, Safari wild animal park, and eats lots of yummy food like Lucha Libre Burritos and our favorite the Pizza Port. We also got to hang out with some of Aaron's cousins (The Kennedys) in San Diego- the kids love these cousins they just click. We've also been busy with Girl scouts, boy scouts, awanas, soccer, home group, bible studies, and Life. Aaron's busy creating new programs for the zoo while still trying to finish up his PHD in the next few months while I'm trying to maintain my sanity while home school, managing 12 au pairs and their families and working with a couple real estate clients. Life is full to say the least but it is good.  

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.