Happy Halloween!

We started our Halloween day by seeing this HUGE spider in our trash closet outside. So creepy!!
We decided to have a last minute Halloween party at my Mom's house. I wanted to make sure the kids had full bellies of good food before they loaded up on candy. Every time I turned around there was more food I had not yet tried. Everything was so yummy! Mom made the best mac and cheese from scratch! We also had spinach artichoke dip, warm bean dip, curried cream cheese and crackers, feta and figs, pizza twists, pumpkin muffins...the list goes on and on....
Bones and Blood (or pizza dough and marinara ; ) Mummy Veggie Dogs After we filled up on dinner, it was time to hit the trick or treating trail! The kids were SO excited to leave!We had a monkey, a ninja, Cinderella and Tinkerbell on the hunt for some candy. We also had a little leopard (Teya with her Mommy Suzanne)
A handsome doctor and lady bug, along with Tom and cutie pie Marrit.
Cinderella checking out her loot!
Owen got to wear his costume 5 times this year! It's the best $16 I have ever spent on an article of clothing for him! He was an awfully cute monkey.Nana passing out the goods.The candy crash at the end of the night. This is one tired princess and monkey.One happy little ladybug who chose to suck on her little fingers instead of a lollipop this Halloween.So glad Halloween is over!

Farmer's market, Wine Tasting

Adam's Mother, Anna and brother, Rob came out to visit last week. We had so much fun with those two! I think the only time we stopped to sit down was when we were in the car on our way to our next adventure!
On Saturday we started off at farmers market downtown where Owen insisted on wearing his Halloween monkey costume. He got a lot of attention that morning!
Owen LOVES his Uncle Rob. He is his "Buddy."

Owen never took those mittens off either. He even ate popcorn with them on : )Next, we changed him into normal play clothes and headed to the wine country to taste and enjoy a picnic at Kalyra.

Notice the little hand trying to get in the picture ; ) (she was actually sound asleep)

We then moved on and tasted and walked the beautiful grounds at Bridalwood. We usually hit at least one or two more wineries when we go, but we had Owen with us who needed to run around and play. It was a perfect afternoon. He got to play soccer with Uncle Rob, and have a picnic with some of his favorite people on the planet!

Watch out! Owen's behind the wheel!
Granny Anna and her boys (well, two of them anyway...we miss you Dan!)Emily learning how to hold a wine glass. Uh oh!"Fishing" with Daddy and Uncle Rob.

We had such a fun day full of lots of laughs! After all of this, we actually headed to Boo at the Zoo next! I am tired just thinking about it! To be continued.....

Pumpkin Patch and Stow House

Every year we go to Lane Farms for their awesome pumpkin patch. This time we got to take Granny Anna and Uncle Rob along for the fun. We started at the corn maze and followed Owen. He got us through to the end. This was his second time doing it and he knew his way the first time as well. Last year we got so lost in the maze, it took us close to an hour to get out! If it wasn't for Owen, I would still be in that thing eating corn to stay alive!

Hay toss

Hay Ride time.

Buddies It took a few bribes to get Owen to stand here with us for a family shot, and this is the smile we got.... "Cheese!" Next, we headed to the Stow House for a PEP Halloween fundraiser. Owen and Emily put their costumes on once more and we headed in for the fun! Here is Uncle Rob holding hands with a monkey! I thought this picture was pretty funny. It was a fluke that I captured Owen's head this way!
Cinderella (Cyanne) looking for her pumpkin coach to take her home : ) Emily meets Tinkerbell (Gwendolyn)! LOVE the hair Tink! Marrit the little fairy. "Owen, it's dinner time!" Emily and Daddy calling Owen in to dinner : )