Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Horray for Fall!!

Hayride at school Fall Festival:






Luke wanted to take all his pumpkins with him in the car - he painted them an array of colors:

Chasing a baby pig at the church fall festival:

He loved the bunnies the very most:




Winky visit

Aunt Sissy and Winky came for a sleep over.

Winky and Luke had so much fun with this $20 cardboard house from Costco:




Kyle's birthday

Our good friend Kyle turned 3 on Sep 4th, so we went to Corpus to celebrate with him and his family. :)





Saturday, September 19, 2009

California

Luke, Karen, and I flew to California for vacation August 8 through 19. Port Hueneme for two nights, Fresno for one night, Huntington Lake for 5 nights, Fresno for one night, then Port Heneme for 2 nights, then home!


Grandma bought Luke "Beary" which he cuddled the entire trip:




Grandma, Luke, Karen, Uncle John, and I went on a looooooong hike up to Indian Falls. It was absolutely beautiful. I worried that the terrain might be too rough for Grandma or Luke, but I was the only one to sustain an injury - slipped on loose gravel and skinned the heck out of my elbow.




I have never seen such HUGE pine cones - Luke collected dozens of them and lined them up around the porch of the cabin.


We loved this beach on the lake:

We built sandcastles:

We built a campfire every night and roasted marshmellows. Luke is definitely a pyromaniac (what little boy isn't??).








California Fishing





























California

Port Hueneme - Grandma's house:

The Lobster Trap:



California

Port Hueneme:







Fresno:




California

Crash and burn in the car driving from LAX to Port Hueneme:

Party at Chuck and Julie's: