I rearranged the front room and the living room. I thought that the kids were getting bigger and so were their friends so I moved furniture to gain more living space. I like the outcome.
and after...
the "dining room" aka our office space before...
and after.
Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of the living room before but this is the after...
I love the difference of the front room and living room now.
These are a couple pictures to show the wildlife we see going from my home to Pete's.
In Eureka, this is the park we go to. Pete started a competition with the kids to see who could jump the farthest.
The park has a nature walk through some Redwoods (or Sequoia's). We like the trail.
Pete treated the family to the Fresh Freeze dipped ice cream cones. Papa told the kids about the model cars.
We had a wonderful time at home. It was good to go down. Thanks Mom, Dad, Nona and Papa for having us!A good friend pointed out that I hadn't entered a post about my vacation. I hadn't because I didn't take any pictures even though my camera was in my purse the whole time! What, a vacation and no pictures? Yep. You got it. Pete had a business trip to Orlando and I was lucky enough to go too. At first a friend of ours was willing to watch the kids but Nona and Papa came early and were kind enough to stay and watch the kids instead.
Pete and I had a normal morning getting the kids off to school and then headed out the door for the airport. I started relaxing even then. The flight was good, our layover was in New Mexico and I have to say I was impressed with Southwest. Anyway, I took Pete to his conference and then drove around a bit. I like to see places and explore the area. When I got tired I went back to the hotel and took a nap. In the middle of the day. It was blissful. The rest of the day I read a book I had brought. That's it. I didn't do anything else. After I picked Pete up, we went out to dinner at this place called Bahama Breeze. I had the coconut shrimp. They were yummy! The next morning I had breakfast with Pete then took him to work, drove around, read my book and napped some more. Pete got done early so I went and got him. We went to Downtown Disney and walked around for a little. Then we went and looked at all of the large Disney Resort Hotels. They are beautiful! My favorites were the Fort Wilderness,and the Animal Kingdom.
So that's my trip. Pete thought I was crazy. I had a wonderful time.
I recorded a little of one of the songs.
Luckily, the exhibit is all covered. And snug....
The kids had fun on their safari.
I liked how they put the jeep half in the exhibit. There were muddy paw streaks on the windshield.
I didn't know that my kids were part of the zoo....
We went to see the crocodile. After being in the rain it was pretty hot in there.
It was a good Saturday trip. Because of the rain we had areas almost to ourselves. Then it was nice to come home and warm up. The rain hasn't stopped today.
Nona and Papa are here and came with Bob, Kim and boys for the candy heist.
Pete and the kids carved pumpkins while I took Nona on a tour of places the kids go. I have to say I'm pretty impressed with my hubby's mad carving skill.
Connor opted out on trick-or-treating but the girls made up the difference.
Happy Halloween!