NOVEMBER 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

PALM SPRINGS:  The Cheesecake Factory and lots of fun.  Here Aubrey, Elains, and I stand in front of a BBQ pig restaurant.

DESERT HOT SPRINGS:  8 pools, all different temperatures.  A great place to go swimming, in the winter time.  Unfortunately Aubrey (below)  thought that a person can go swimming any time of year, after visiting this place.

JOSHUA TREE:  a place I use to go climbing as a single person.  Elaina and Seth had fun rock climbing with dad on Veteran's day.

AUBREY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY:  We had cupcakes, friends, and family over.  Too bad I got my cholesterol checked after this party, it went up 30 points.

HIPPY DAY AT SCHOOL:  Elaina had fun dressing up for a wacky day at school.

TAKING THE CHRISTMAS FAMILY PHOTO:  It took 60 pictures and we never got it quite right.  This picture is what most of them were like.

NEIL MOVES BUILDINGS:  His old building got shut down and he moved to the high rise building.  The good news is on a clear day, he can see the ocean.

JOGGING THANKS GIVING DAY:  We visited a lake up the street from us and burnt some calories before the big meal.

THANKS GIVING WITH THE MISSIONARIES:  On the left Sister Cavareta (I had fun feeding her weird and different foods, and listening to her diplomatic responses to the food)  Kelly, Keith, sister Hanely (a great rapper) and Sister Berg ( the New Yorker).

MURIETTA OPENING CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL:  The worst  I've lost Aubrey so far was here.  She pointed at the big clock over city hall and said "clock, clock, Chicken"  What?  OH "cluck, cluck, chicken"  I that was pretty clever.

OCTOBER 2013

OCTOBER 2013

 Celebrating Seth's Birthday. It was the super man year,  Seth watched the 1942 superman episodes over and over again, and Kelly gave him superman pajamas. 

Little Italy with the Mendeses and dancing to Italian songs in the street.

The San Diego Safari park, Seth makes a cute bat.  Elaina tends the ostrich eggs.

The best family picture we took all year was at Peltzer Farms pumpkin patch.  Below Elaina, Aubrey, and Seth take their first pony ride.

We went to the Zion Lutheren Harvest festival first, and Seth went down this slide over and over again.  Elaina got her face painted again, and Aubrey took a nap in the car.  Below Katie joined us at the Monster Mash at Bonsall elementary school.  Katie is Sherlock homes, Seth is superman, Elaina is Mireda from Brave, and Aubrey is Ariel.

Halloween party at Laurie's house.  This is Helena her neighbor.  We also got to trick or treat to our local neighbors.  We had to drive between houses, the drive ways are so long.  Below trick or treating at the Trunk or treat at the Fallbrook building.  Seth had to change costumes because of an accident, so he switched to batman.