Tuesday, November 27, 2012

November in a Nutshell, Part 1

I cannot believe how fast the month of November has flown by! Only 3 more days and it's on to an even crazier month....December! Since I have fallen behind, I have decided to do two "November in a Nutshell" posts in an attempt to catch up on all the fun and exciting things our family has done this month!

  • The month started off as busy as could be! During the first weekend, on Saturday, Steven headed to The Rose Bowl  with some friends for our good friend, Jerry's bachelor party! For those of you who don't know, we are huge USC fans and unfortunately, Jerry loves The Bruins! Nonetheless, the guys had a great time drinking and watching the game.

  • That same day was Miss Rianne's 3rd Birthday Bash so while daddy was off having a different kinda fun, the girls and I headed over to the Kamphuis' house to celebrate the little diva (who Maddie refers to as her "best friend")

Present Time!
The Divas' Playing Dress-up!
  • Sunday marked my sister-in-law, Janel's, baby shower that I was co-hosting.  Since she didn't really  have a nursery theme, we took it upon ourselves to throw her a "Mustache Bash" and had a great time planning and celebrating her and her newest bundle of joy! 
Drink Bar "Wet Your Whiskers"
 The Invite
 Sisters in front of the Photo Booth
 My beautiful sister-in-law!
Cousins & Co-Hosts!
Group Shot w/ Props!
  • The following weekend we celebrated the 1st birthday of one of my dear friend Jackie's little girl, Cambria.

 Gavin, Cambria, and Maddie...Brooklyn was at home napping =(
 Gav & Maddie

  • Then headed to Riley's Farm in Oakglen for our annual apple picking trip!

 On a mission to get some apples!
 Daddy lifting Maddie to get one!
Posing in the apple orchard
Brooklyn's favorite part-jumping in the leaves!
 Momma and her girls!
 Walking with daddy!
Posing by the sign!


  • We also hosted "Turkey Craft Night" at our house!  The kids had a blast dot painting trees, making turkey masks, decorating turkey cookies, and of course...just playing! I am so happy we started this little tradition and hope to keep it going throughout the years!
Let the madness begin...
 Maddie hard at work..
 The cutest ....
and silliest turkeys I've ever seen!

So there you have it! A little glimpse at the first half of November! Post #2 coming soon...




Trick or Treating 2012

On Halloween night we decided to go trick-or-treating in the Eastvale neighborhood where 2 of my brother in laws and cousin all live! Before meeting up at Craig & Jennifer's we did some trick-or-treating in our own neighborhood with my parents, Crazy Grandma, Auntie Jess & Nick, and Auntie Erin.
Our Silly Cave Girl!
 Family Shot <3
 4 Generations of Women...Grandma, Brooklyn, Crazy Grandma, Me & Maddie!
 Posing w/ Grandma & Grandpa Clark
 Our silly witch!
Then we headed over to the Kamphuis house and roamed the streets of Eastvale for a good couple hours with Bryce, Rianne, Roy, and the Cozzi Cousins...Petey and Lucas!  The kids had a blast and were troopers! I know our girls got a good night's sleep afterward!
The Trick or Treaters Ready to Go!
Eastvale Hoodlums...Roaming the Streets!
Miss Beezy!
Taking a break to munch on some candy & get pulled in the wagon!
 Nana Falls & Brooklyn
 Papa & Nana and 4/6 grandkids!
 Nana Falls & Madison
 Grandpa Mike & B
And the divas' at the end of the night.  We turned our backs for two seconds and
they had dumped all of their candy!
Gotta love them!

Happy Halloween....until next year!


Saturday, November 10, 2012

Pumpkin Patch Round #2

About a week or so after our first pumpkin patch trip with The Kamphuis' Clan, the Falls' family made plans to meet at the pumpkin patch for some fun and photos since it was Miss Aliya's 1st Halloween!  It ended up being a pretty chilly night, so close to our planned meet up time, David and Annie decided it was too old for their little one!
Since our girls are a little older and we had been talking about going to the pumpkin patch ALL DAY, we couldn't not go! We decided to go ahead as planned and took another family trip to the pumpkin patch....Papa & Nana Falls' joined us for some fun too!
 Miss Beezy!
 Tractor Rides!


 I can't believe that 12 years from now this picture will be them in a REAL car!! Be still my <3...don't grow up mommy's babies!!
 Bouncing Away!!
 <3 With Nana & Papa Falls <3
 Our Family....still waiting on the "perfect" pic!
 The girls had a blast in the petting zoo...
 B Planning Her Attack on the Chickens!




 Holding a Baby Chick!
 We Even Ran Into Our Friend, Mason!