Thanksgiving

We had a lovely Thanksgiving in Ventura with Terry's family.

We went out to eat at a very cute restaurant.

Atticus tried Lemon meringue pie for the first time since reading about Amelia Bedelia's...she didn't get past the meringue.

She had tons of fun playing with her 3 cousins, Ashley, Elizabeth and Jereme.

And Terry and I enjoyed the time away from our daily hubbub.

Halloween in Florida

We had a great time in Florida for Halloween.

Atticus was the most beautiful mermaid, "Aqua Attie"!

(I shouldn't brag, but, yes, I made the costume)

We trick-or-treated with her 7 cousins, 8 aunts and uncles, 3 grandparents, 1 great-grandfather and his date, and other friends of the family. It was a blast.

The kids were 50's girls, a muskateer, Superman, Scooby-Doo, Dora, and a car mechanic.

Here we are with all but two of the cousins at a park getting ready for a foot race. Everybody was a winner and got 50 cents from Grandma!

One day we went to the beach with Abbi. It was a very exciting day at the beach. There were helicopters, pelicans, coquinas, and dolphins playing in the water!

Another day sister-in-law, Karen, sister Jessie and I took our kids out to a beautiful park on the bay with a nature trail and had lots of fun.

Here are, from left, Caroline, Hannah, Ian, Julia, Attie and Jackson.

On our last day, we went to Jackson's soccer game. He and his teammates did great and I'm so happy we got to see him play!!

You can view all the pictures from our trip in the online photo gallery.

xoxoxo