My first day......

Well, I had my first day on the new job yesterday! Yes, I got a seasonal job working at See's candies and yes I have to wear that uniform. I absolutely love it. It has really great benefits too. I can eat as much as I want of whatever I want while I am there, I can order 4 1/2 lb boxes from the San Francisco kitchen for $10, and I get discounts an everything in the store! Wow, I get all of this just to hand out candy......I'll take it! Oh and they pay really well too! I am just working for a few weeks, just until Santa Claus comes and then I am done. I bet you know what everyone is getting from me for Christmas!

Another Halloween come and gone

We took the kids Trick-or-Treating last night. Finn lasted about 10 minutes then he decided it was time to go back to Grandma's house. Ethan on the other hand loved it! He was a trooper, running house to house in the cold. Trying to get him to say "trick or treat" AFTER people opened their doors was a challenge though. He would say it as soon as we got to the door and rang the doorbell. It was hilarious. We had a lot of fun and can't wait for next year!
Here's the kids excited and ready to go.....
Hannah Montana, Minnie Mouse, G.I. Joe. & Roo






Carving pumpkins at Grandma's house. They all turned out so cute!

I tried carving Thomas for Ethan, can you tell?

Daddy's pirate

Finn's silly pumpkin face

Our trip to Monterey!

We took a family vacation to Monterey to visit Matt's family! We had the best time. It was definately a vacation that was well over due! We got to stay a whole week this time, so we were able to do lots of fun things. We went to the forest and played with bugs. Ethan even pooped his pants there. It was really adventureous! We took the kids to the coolest park called "Dennis the Menace" Park. It had a huge train to play on. I think Ethan thought he had died and gone to heaven. We went to the beach, of coarse. It was beautiful and peaceful! We walked the warf and watched the boats and saw lots of seals. Ethan loved playing with Grandpa Tom and Grandma Judy and his cousins Ellie and Sara. We love our family and are very grateful for the time we get to spend with them. Now we hope we can get rich enough to move there :)

Happy Birthday Tara!

My baby sister turns 25 today! I can't believe it! She is such a fun and loving person. I feel so lucky not only to have her as a sister, but as a best friend too! Hope you have a happy day Tara! We love you!

Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes

Tara, this one is for you!
Rich, dense chocolate cupcake with chocolate peanut butter frosting!
Mom and I made cupcakes today and this was our favorite! It was so delicious! I think it's a keeper!

I ask myself... Why?

Why?.....Why do I buy all of these fun toys when all Ethan wants is a cardboard box? He is so creative. If it's not a cardboard box for a hiding place, it's one of my spatulas for flipping "Krabby Patties" or a stick out of the yard used as a sword to scare "bad guys" away. And we all know about the gloves! He will wear any kind of glove he can find and play for hours picking things up and imagining! Ethan, you are just as much fun as you are cute, and you are really cute!

Yeah It's October!

This is one of my favorite times of year! I couldn't wait to get in the kitchen to make Halloween treats. I made the yummiest chocolate cupcakes to start Halloween BOO in my neighborhood. You make goodies for 2 of your neighbors and place them with the BOO sign and instructions on the doorstep and run. They then have been BOO'd and have to put the sign in their window and do it to 2 more people. It's really fun and you get treats!
Here is the link if anyone is interested in starting it in their own neighborhood

http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Start-the-Halloween-Boo-in-Your-Neighborhood