All Hallows eve!!

We were really excited to go to the pumpkin patch but, as you can see by Haley's face it didn't last long. Haley decided to go down the big slide first. She went down once and then said "uh oh mom" I guess the slide was a little too exciting for her. She had a little accident. Poor kid, she was so upset we had to leave. I made her take a quick pic w/ me and if you look close you can see wet spots on her leggings.....I bet you will all look!!

Claire loved the train! You can always read her emotions right on her face.

My cute witch and cowgirl! Claire wouldn't put that darn straw down

All the kids at the Marlows.Claire, Dallin, Chase, Milana, Zoe and Haley. What a wild bunch!

Knocked Up!

Don't be offended by my title, I know some people don't like that term....but, I do! So, yes I'm pregnant, but only by like a day. I was going to keep it on the low down, but I told my dad (big mistake) and I had like a dozen people come up to me last night at the Halloween party with Congratulations ....thanks dad!I have to say I was very surprised. I thought it would take us from 6 months to a year like Claire. Not this one, it only took one month. So now Claire and this baby will be almost exactly two years apart. I'm so scared! Anyway, That's all I got, now I just wait to get fatter!!

Carpinteria!

This is a long post because I don't know how to shrink pics. Every year our family gets a beach house in Carpinteria for a week. This is the first year I've stayed the whole week. Let's just say sleeping with both kids in a small bedroom doesn't make for much sleep. I barely survived. Otherwise the weather was perfect and we didn't have to breathe in Ash all week. Overall a wonderful time!!

Haley and her cousins on the Beach. Notice my child is the only one who cant give a normal smile.

Claire loved the beach, but she loved suckers more. This is why she rarely gets one. She kept dropping it in the sand and would scream while I took it to rinse off. I finally let her suck on sand.

I had to post this picture because rarely does Haley do a normal smile or face. Doesn't she look sweet here? Looks can be deceiving!!

So, Ben and his brother decided to go fishing. They got some poles and a little blow up raft and went out to sea.....far out! They went 3 times and spent a cumulative 10 hours fishing........this is what they caught. Poor babies! One lousy little fish. See how proud Ben looks. Of course I made fun of them.

We went and visited our friend who has a pony ranch. Haley got to ride Pebbles. She's a pretty good little equestrian. Now she tells me she wants a pony for Christmas.....yeah that's gonna happen!

We went to the Santa Barbara Zoo which, I usually enjoy, except this time. Isn't a Zoo supposed to have animals in enclosures? Not this time, this time it was just enclosures. Yes, we only saw about 1/3 of the animals, they must all be in Rehab or something.

My wonderful friends came down to visit me. It was so fun we got to watch our kids, type Ben's paper for him and wake up with our kids in the middle of the night. The best time was when the kids went to bed...

Because that's when we got to watch The Office together and eat slice and bake cookies. I love womanly bonding. I'm going to plan a women only get away every year now. Start preparing your husbands!!

A Burning Sensation!

Don't try this at home!! Anything with a marijuana leaf on it is bad for you!!

Exhibit A:Vanity is a wicked, wicked thing. I will be going to our beach house this week so I decided this year I would have a tan. I'm usually okay with my pastiness but, my bodies not the same as it used to be and I heard a tan makes you look slimmer. Im usually anti tan but Ive gotten vain in my old age.The man gave me a free sample of a lotion guaranteed to make you darker. I tried it on my lower legs. Exhibit B: He said it would cause some redness and tingling. Tingling my *&%. It was a full on fire. My legs were burning so bad. And these pictures weren't taken right away, this was after they had gotten better. I'm all for tigling, just not on my legs(wink, wink).Im just putting this out there so none of you are tricked with the line "a little redness and tingling" Thats what I get for trying to fake bake.

Disneyland

For Haley's 4Th Birthday we went to Disneyland for 2 days. It was so fun! And I have to say Haley was perfect. No whining, went on every ride, and was happy to be there. I watched all the other kids crying and throwing fits and I was very grateful. Ben and Haley are clones, NO FEAR! They went on every ride, I sat at the exits when they were too scary or would make me vomit. The only one Haley didn't like was the snow monster on the Matterhorn. Every ride after that she would ask "Are there any white gorillas on this?" Overall a great time!!

Here's Haley and Ben after our first trip down splash mountain, not too wet. The next time Haley was soaked. Her favorite rides were Pirates of the Caribbean(3x) Jungle Cruise(3x) Space Mountain(2x) and Splash Mountain(2x)

The little Mermaid was checking out Haley's Birthday manicure. Haley was in awe of her, she could hardly speak. The mermaid was super cute! I told Ben to wait around the corner!

This is a funny picture of me playing at the pool trying to get some sun!!

Carl's Bad!

We took a little trip down to Carlsbad to visit Dianna, her sister Val and their families. It was really fun. I wish it could have lasted longer. Here's a random, non planned pic of my family gazing out to see holding hands!!

This is how you watch your kids at the beach. 1. Dig hole 2. Place child in hole 3. Dig them up when its time to go. We almost forgot to do # 3!

What a good lookin group of Mama's! Notice Haley heard the word camera and couldn't help sticking her little cranium in the pic. What a HAM!

Reunited!

This Picture brought a tear to my eye(sniff). All these wonderful women have been my bestest friends. Im soooo lucky(sob) to have them and... Holly to steal them from!! Seriously , though I love you guys.

I put this pic up because Haley looks so funny. She likes to roll her ballet tights until they look like biker shorts. Its all the rage now!!