Kids Halloween Costume's

I took picture's early before it got too dark. Since I already did Sweetie Pie. I needed to get Rooster in here. There's a "new sheriff in town". We plan on going to the neighbors for dinner then off to trick or treating. Everyone have a safe Halloween. See you all soon.

Trick or Treat

While Rooster was at school the library did a trick or treat for the younger ones. We all meet at the library and hit City Hall and the business's down 3rd street. At the pet store it was cute they asked the kids "Do you want a mouse or candy?" My little Sweetie Pie was a Fairy/Butterfly from a costume that we got from a friend in Bako. Thanks Ange we got alot of complements on it. We had a good time.

Rooster's 1st grade picture

We received Rooster's 1st grade picture today. I remember that morning he was very upset that he had to get his picture taken. But, as I can tell from the picture he got over it.

Manner's Tea Party

The Girls
The Boys

The smoking punch

Frog cupcake

Present exchange

Sweetie Pie had a Manners Tea Party at her pre-school. They had to bring a wrapped gift to exchange and make Thank You Cards. Best of all they got to dress up. Well since Sweetie Pie outgrew most of her dresses we just had to buy a new dress for this special event. She had to pull my arm to get it, but I loved shopping with her. We had the dress, the shoes, and the purse. But, the only thing wrong with this day is that she was sick. So, with a call to the teacher before school started. I asked if we can just come for the party during the last hour of class. Here are a few pictures of the event.

Trip to the Pumkin Patch

Halloween is almost here and we had to head to the pumkin patch. To bad we will miss the yearly carving with the cousins back in California.

Short weekend

Okay here is the story of our short weekend. We sold our 1973 jeep that we have had in the family since 73 to a guy who lives in Colorado Springs, Co. We offered to take it to him for gas money. He said he would pay us for the fuel, so we decided to make a family weekend out of it. We didn't leave here till about 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning arriving at his place at around 2:30 p.m. with a stop only for lunch. We went thru the famous Eisenhower/Johnson tunnel on our way to Colorado Springs thru Denver. We dropped off the jeep and off to the races we went. Visited the places that follows this post. I can't believe we got to go to the 3 places all within less than 24 hours. We started to head home on Sunday about 1 p.m. We took a different route back home thru Aspen. Which was beautiful and scary because we had the car trailer behind us. I can see why they would close this road during the winter it was very steep and very narrow. Here is a few pictures of the jeep and some views we got to see. Not many of the mountains comeing home because hubby just wouldn't make those vista stops for me. P.S. the old building was called the Barker House in Manitou Springs, Co. which driving thru town this town it was cool because of the old buildings.

Ghost Town in Manitou Springs, Co

We ended up having a few hours to kill on Saturday after dropping off the jeep. So we found a Ghost Town in Manitou Springs, Co. It was only a building with different rooms from the western days. It did have a old house next to the building that was how the rooms would of been set up during those days. Hubby and the kids got the hunt for gold. It was fun, but Rooster was afraid of the Mannequin's. Didn't get very many pictures inside because it was too dark for my camera even with the flash.

Cliff Dwellings in Manitou Springs, Co

Having a little bit of indian in my blood I thought this was the best part of the weekend trip. The Manitou Cliff Dwellings overlooks Manitou Springs, Co at the foot of Pikes Peak. It was hard to believe that the American Indian's built and lived in these from 1100 to 1300 A.D. Many families would live in each one. It was first open to the public in 1907. It was just beautiful.

Santa Workshop in Cascade, Co

Our final stop of the short weekend was to the Northpole at Santa's Workshop. The Northpole was really made out of ice. I wonder how many times they have to change the ice. It was fun for the couple of hours we got to spend there before we needed to get home. Rooster was so cute he was tall enough to ride by himself and he was so excited. Only on a couple of scary rides we went with him because they went a little fast/high for us. He wouldn't sit on Santa's lap, but Sweetie Pie did. She asked for another baby and a horse. Well Santa can bring the baby, but the horse will have to be put on hold till we get property. Then we had the 5 hour trip back home.

Ready for Thanksgiving.

Okay I'm ready to hit the road for California already. I woke up this morning looked outside on how cold it was and it was 15 degrees with the wind chill to go with it. I am very much ready for time at the beach. Don't get me wrong I love the mountains, but I'm packing already. lol Looking forward to seeing our friends, Woolgrowers, driveing to Riverside to visit family, then even more family for Thanksgiving at the beach. See you all soon.