Bishop's Pumpkin Farm

Kali's Preschool took a field trip to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm and we were so lucky to have Uncle Eric, Aunt Sarah, Abigail and Ella join us for the fun times! We got to go on a train ride, see animals in the petting zoo, ride a hay ride out to the pumpkin patches, pick out our very own pumpkins, see a cute chicken show and watch pigs race, and drink some fresh yummy apple cider. It was a fun day and the kids seemed to really have a great time! We were so glad to have Eric and Sarah and their adorable girls come with us!!

Kali's preschool class, minus one that wasn't there. Cute!

Gotta love the Hayride Rules! I thought it was cute that they were on the backs of the hayride drivers.

This last picture is of the last night Eric and Sarah were here. We got babysitters and all went out and enjoyed a nice night with no kids! It was so fun having them here and we are gonna miss them tons!! Who knows when the next time we will see them...We may just have to make a trip to Ohio! :)

A Visit from Uncle Eric and Aunt Sarah

My oldest brother Eric and his family came to visit all the way from OHIO! This was Sarah's first time to California and they packed in their days just so they could see as much as they could of Norcal in a week! We had a great time having them stay in our home. Zach and Kali loved playing with Abigail, and Ella and Madelyn seemed to like playing together as well. It was so nice to hang out and play games and really spend quality time with Eric and Sarah that probably will only happen every few years. It's tough living so far away from family! Anyways, here's a nice long recap of their visit with us...

We started the visit off with a family trip to APPLE HILL. This is one of our favorite places and one of our most favorite times of the year! We went to High Hill and had a blast!

Loving the pony ride!

Beautiful view!

Perfect weather and yummy caramel apples! Zach's favorite!

YUMM! Zach ate almost the whole thing himself!! He LOVES caramel apples and Kali won't touch them. haha!

Mark even entertained us for a good five or ten minutes in the Orbitron! haha!

After High Hill we headed over to Mark's parents' house in Camino and he took the kids on Quad rides and we let the kids play and run around for a while before heading home.

Movie and popcorn! our favorite!!

Cute cousins, Madelyn and Ella. They are only six months apart and they became quite the little buds!

A visit to Chick-fil-A! Our favorite! Especially for the free ice cream treat you get when you turn in your toy!

More pictures to come with Uncle Eric and Aunt Sarah and kids. We took a trip to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm with Kali's preschool class. Good times!

I don't mean to brag.......

BUT,......Zach scored 2 goals this morning in his soccer game!! Way to go buddy! He's #19.
(Warning: you might want to turn the volume down so you don't have to listen to my screaming.)




He has really enjoyed playing "REAL" soccer this year. He does fine with all the practices but he really loves the games! Must be that competitive STACY side in him! :-)

The big 29.

I am really starting to finally feel my age. It's taken about 10 years but I knew it would happen sometime! I turned 29 on the 28th of Sept. so this is a little late but I wanted to post about it so I would have it for my blog book. And seriously how many times do you actually get to see pictures of ME?! I had a great birthday celebrating for the whole weekend! The Saturday before I was so lucky to spend an afternoon with some of my closest girlfriends including my sister Kristin getting pedicures and then on to enjoy some yummy dinner at Macaroni grill and then on to the RS broadcast. We had a blast! Thanks so much to my awesome hubby who watched the kids and Kristin's kids so we could have girl time! Then on Sunday Kristin made us my birthday dinner of her amazing homemade Lasagna and a yummy birthday cake so we could celebrate with the family and kiddos. Thanks so much Kristin!! You are seriously the best and I am so thankful to have you here so close!! Check out that bonfire of birthday candles!

Nice job Mom! Way to keep your baby away from fire! (Kali was working on her gangsta signs...nice)

On Monday, my actual birthday, we met up with Mark's family at the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate my birthday and my bro-in-law Jeff's birthday whose is a week after mine. Sheila gave me this new cute hat that Madelyn wanted for herself. It was cute how she kept trying to get it from me and then put it on herself. Here are some pics from our fun family birthday dinner that night!

Thank you so much to all my friends and family who made my birthday one to remember! I love you all!!

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AND.....here are a few fun pics of my cute kids that I took with my new camera that I got for my birthday. YAY! Finally I have some decent pics that are actually in focus and not blurry!

Silly Zach. Can you tell what color his eyes are?

My brown eyed girl.

Happy girl.

Not so happy girl. Apparently she didn't want Kali on there with her.

Had to capture those blue eyes!

AND...my FAVORITE picture of this girl! LOVE IT!