Horseback Riding

My Girl Scout troop went to the San Juan Capistrano Equistrian Center on Sunday. The girls had a great time riding and learning about the care of horses. While half of the girls went on the ride, the others were taught how to take a horse out of the stable and to walk safely with a horse, also how to groom and clean the horses hoofs. Alyssa had a wonderful time. She loved riding her horse named Josh. After their ride the girls had a small snack of trail mix and some photo ops. What a great place to go. If you ever want to take the kids riding this is the place to go. It's close to home and the staff there are so awesome.

Happy Birthday Mom (Grandma)

Mom's birthday is today. We had to celebrate last weekend with her because Alyssa still had playoff's for soccer today. We took her to one of her favorite restaraunts Chicago for Ribs in Redondo Beach. We enjoy it there. It reminds us alot of Dad. He like to eat there too.

Here are some shots of us at the restaraunt.

Happy Birthday Mom. We love you!!!

We miss you Dad

November 13 was the anniversary of my Dad passing away. I did okay that day, but not a moment went by without me thinking of how much I miss him and what a funny and amazing Dad he was to me. The kids took time that day to think about him. Aaron wrote in his journal at school about him and Alyssa took time to pray to him and look at his picture. I called my mom and she went down on Friday to say her hello to him and bring him flowers. I don't get down there as much as I should. I tend to fall apart when I go. I will go during our Thanks Giving break for sure.

Here is one of my favorite pics of my Dad and Aaron.

We miss you Dad and love you very much.

Halloween - Sorry so late :o(

Better late than never LOL. It has been so buys the past 2 months with school and soccer. Here are some pictures from Halloween this year. We spent Halloween at the Calcaterra's house which was fun. We had a potluck dinner of Lasagna and lots of yummy appetizers and drinks of course for us big kids.

Alyssa was a candy corn (her wig wouldn't stay on so she had to improvise). Aaron was a wounded soldier. Our good friend Wendy put his make up on. She is a make up artist and put real looking bullet holes and wounds on his face. He looked cool. Tony was fireman and me my good old handy jail bird costume. Wendy was Carilla Duvill from 101 dalmations which she looked awesome. Deb was the wicked witch from Wizard of Oz. What a fun day.