Where's the Line to See Jesus?

I know. I know. I'm supposed to be unpacking, but I got this video link from my sister Katie and thought I would share. 'Tis the season to remember our Savior. Merry Christmas!

Caroling

I joined my fellow Relief Society sisters for an hour and a half of caroling on a chartered cable car this week. We had a blast and definitely got into the Christmas spirit! I'm sure going to miss these girls.

Happy Halloween!!

We had our ward Halloween Party last night and boy was it A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. We dressed up as the cast from Cinderella. Sarah stole the show with her fancy OnceUponACostume Cinderella dress. She loved having her own Prince Charming to dote on her.


Cinderella loved the fish pond. She did it twice and wanted to do it again and again.


William pretty much wandered around for the whole two hours. Well, half of the two hours. The other half was spent in the nursery room downstairs. He did participate in the costume parade and loved being on stage.


Speaking of the parade ...



This pumpkin was inspired by our niece. Roger took over on this one. Sarah colored for him, but this was all Roger.


I can't forget to mention that we had the coolest spook alley AKA Dracula's Lair at our party. I was super impressed Laura and Brandon! I would have taken pictures of it, but Sarah was clinging to my neck the entire time. But no worries, she wanted to do it again after we were done.

And last but not least, Prince Charming with Cinderella's Fairy Godmother.


All in all a super fun night had by all. Great job activities committee and primary! In the words of our Cinderella, "That was a ffffuuuuunnnn party!"

Trick or Treat at Daddy's office

Daddy invited us to his work today to go trick-or-treating. Sarah and William LOVED all the attention and all of the candy. They were definitely more than spoiled. Everyone oohed and awed at our little princess Cinderella and our adorable Gus-Gus. Will & Sarah made quite the duo. It was great to meet all of the people I've heard about from Roger. It's such a fun, friendly and positive environment. I feel so blessed that Roger gets to work there!

Preschool Halloween

Sarah LOVES preschool and today she was super excited to dress up as a fairy for her class. I would have sent her in her Cinderella costume, but I was worried it would get in her way of sitting as well as playing. So the shorter, super cute fairy costume was a good alternative. Not all of the kids dressed up, but she felt like a little fairy princess. All of her teachers oohhed and awed to make her feel special. They asked if she was de hadas (fairy) or de mariposa (butterfly). Definitely de hadas.

They decorated masks and made construction paper pumpkins in class. So, so fun. Here's Sarah with her classmate friend Mia. Oh how Sarah loves her preschool friends.

Back to the Patch

We LOVE October in our house. The orange, black and purple decorations, the yummy treats, and the costumes. A child's dreamland for sure. Today, Sarah, Will and I made our annual trek to our favorite pumpkin patch - Lemos Farm - in Half Moon Bay. (You can see our 2009 Trip Here and our 2008 Trip Here. Incidentally, William is wearing the same sweater this year as last year, just in a smaller size. And Sarah, although you can't tell because she's wearing her jacket, is wearing the same pumpkin shirt. I didn't plan that. It just happened.) The morning was a little foggy, but by the time we left the sun was shining through. It was a perfect day! We met up with our friends, Angela, Sam, Audrey & JJ and boy did we have a blast.

First things first. Cinderella took a moment to pose for us. Sarah CAN'T WAIT for Halloween to come so she can wear her Cinderella costume all.day.long. Do I let her wear it to church? We will mostly be celebrating Halloween on Wednesday for playgroup and Saturday at our ward Halloween party, but is it going a little far to have her wear her beautiful OnceUponACostume (specially made by Aunt Valinda) gown to church on Sunday?


We rode ponies - Sarah couldn't wait!


Took pictures on the hay



Rode the train



Jumped in the playhouse - how did I not take a photo? - Rode the ponies


Fed the goats






Pretended to be cowgirls & cowboys


Rode the rocking horses - Yee-Haw!






Walked through the "scary" haunted house & met the grimm reaper (or scary man as Sarah referred to him)


Rode the ponies





Took pictures on the farm equipment


Took more pictures with the pumpkins




William made his own pumpkin maze



Fed the goats - this time we got to pet the goats in their pen. William LOVED LOVED LOVED it.







On our way out, Sarah made some new scarecrow-friends.


Bye Bye Lemos Farm. We just may have to make the extra effort to come from the East Bay next year!

Happy 4th

Blessed on the 4th of July

Happy Father's Day Rog

You are the best daddy ever. Thanks for all that you do. We sure love you!

Happy Memorial Day

A shout out to all of our military personnel both past and present. We are so grateful you fight for us and keep our country and family safe.


Oh how we love the 5 minute parade in the Presidio. We get to wave our flags and even the youngest observer can hold his attention span. And we get follow the parade at the end. Happy Memorial Day!

A visit from the Bunny

We love it when the Bunny comes to our house! He leaves us lots of eggs ...




... filled with goodies.




And this year he brought us more Blocks, Balls and Kitchen Accessories!



Come again next year little bunny.