Visit with Grandma

Peter's Mom paid us a visit this past week while the kids were on Fall break. What a fantastic time we had with her. Peter, Mom, and the kids went to a farm and corn maze out in Queen Creek (I had to stay home and work on homework). There was a lot of stuff to do there, and the weather was still pleasant the day they went. Mom F took each of the kids out for special "alone-time with Grandma" trips. Friday, she took Jeremiah to see 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' and out to lunch. They went to Country Buffet and Jeremiah gorged himself on a LOT of food. Grandma had to cut him off at one point. On Saturday, it was Alayna's turn. Grandma took her to the AZ Museum for Youth and out to lunch as well. The kids love spending this kind of quality time with Grandma. Of course, because the weather really heated up over the weekend, there was some swimming. The climax of the visit was a trip to Canyon Lake yesterday morning/afternoon. It was hot, 90 by 11am. We rented a motorboat and cruised the lake for an hour. It was awesome. A nice, cool breeze, and lots to see. We had so much fun! Then, we went to Goldfield Mine (ghost town in Apache Junction) and had a picnic lunch. We got home in time for a quick afternoon swim. We had such a great visit with Grandma. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful and supportive and loving extended family!!! We wish we could see them more, but we are thankful we have the opportunity to see them as often as we do!

Fun on the Farm











Canyon Lake

Pumpkin Patch 2009

We are loving the Fall weather and had an awesome opportunity today to go to Mother Nature's Farm and Pumpkin Patch. We got a group rate going on a "play date" with the MOMS group that I am apart of at church. A HUGE group of us went and we all had a blast. Hay ride, maze, playhouse, bounce house, farm animals, and pumpkins galore. We spent a couple hours there this morning and took a few photos. Its hard to get these kids to "pose". Jeremiah never wants to look at the camera and Alayna is a wiggly worm. But, we do our best. We're still waiting for it to get cooler (its going to be 98/99 this weekend), but we've had a beautiful couple of weeks. Fall is here and its my favorite time of year!

Let's Go Fly A Kite

Today, we took advantage of the gorgeous, breezy day to have a picnic at the park and fly Peter's stunt kite. This is one of Peter's favorite things to do--he actually took me to fly a kite in the Cowell meadow at UC Santa Cruz on one of our first few dates. The kids get a kick out of watching it and love to "help" Daddy fly the kite.

Getting it launched




Daddy's turn





J's turn


Alayna's turn






We're getting used to these glorious Sundays and it will be sad when Peter's schedule changes in January and we can't have them anymore. But, we will have a version of it on Monday or Tuesday afternoons (as those will be his days off in the next rotation). It will just be a bit more challenging as they are school days. For now, we will just enjoy the next few months of Sunday fun!