Merry Christmas!

it was 1979...

when there was this much snow!

from weather.com
... EXTREMELY RARE SNOW EVENT ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...


but oh what fun!!!!

goof ball

during the process of trying to get ONE good pic for our christmas cards.....

could they BE any cuter????

we are watching adalyn a few days a month...she is such a sweetie baby and quinn loves to have her here at the house.

Halloween 2008

We had our 6th annual halloween party this past saturday, here are a few pics. i am hoping some guests will email me some (wink wink nudge nudge) 'cause i didn't get everyone's photo!

borrowed W&B's halloween tree

The Gardeners

Emily & Clara (aka Ms. Cop & Ms. Mermaid, and you can see Frank's Bride in the back)


Frank :)



Buzz, Woddy & Jessie

well, no, it's not tomorrow tim

but it is being posted ;)

first off, i totally forgot to put in the awesome pics of the pigs! apperantly, the large one gets so big in the fall from eating the dropping acorns, that his belly drags on the ground and gets scraped, so they have to cut him off!

i can't get over is hair though! more like Don King, or more like Andy Rooney's eyebrows??


we stopped by Jack Creek Farms and bought some pumkins and a super yummy apple cider/pomegranate slush.

pretty cute place i thought.

we headed to downtown paso to find some lunch. we parked and started to walk around and noticed that there were alot, i mean ALOT, perhaps ALL of paso robles' population at the park. then we noticed the lines of people and they were carrying pots and pans and containers. we asked a local couple (who were enjoying their lunch) what was going on. "It's Pioneer Day", there are free beans for everyone. They are pretty good, get in line and have some." So....if you know my husband, we couldn't get in line fast enough. ;) We got our beans (more like chili if you ask me) and sat in the grass enjoying our lunch. Then, they ran out. There was a rumble throughout the lines of pot-holding bean-goers. "Tim!" I say, punching him in the arm, "they ran out! We took beans away from the locals on their Pioneer Day!"

After that tramatic experience, we were in need of some wine. We head out to the East Side, off of the 46. We visited a few wineries, bought more than we intended. Our favorite by far is Mitchella.Could these people BE any cooler? I think not. We really enjoyed the wine, bought a Syrah and viognier. We were heading out and they invited us down to check out the grape crushing, as they were just getting started. what?!?!? yeah we wanna check that out!!! they had this way cute little jack russell, i think here name was hanna maybe. she just cruised around the tasting room and the vineyard.

Morro Bay and Paso Robles, anniversary weekend

so hubby left me clues for just about 30 days, hinting at where we would be spending our anniversary this year.

here is the list...

So over the weekend we went golfing in Morro Bay. it was SUPER windy and F'in cold, but gorgeous views of the course and the bay surrounded us. We had THE best clam chowder EVER at the Harbor Hut. I know it looks WAY cheesey, but we sat in the bar and had a good bottle of wine, some appetizers (they were 'eh') and then had the clam chowder and bread. yum yum yummy.

The next day we headed to Paso Robles. I love this place, what a great laid back town! we headed to a little B&B to get checked in. What great people! SOOOOO cute....Willow Creek Farms, est. 1888, population 8. The dont have a website as of yet, but you can read about them here and here. If you ever have the chance to do so, stay there! We were in the cowboy bunk house:

It is decorated so very cute! With a cowboy/country/americana them, there are 4 queen beds and 2 full baths (showers, not tubs).
The property is gorgeous, huge oak trees, pigs, goats, chickens.






I will finish up tomorrow, we hit a few fab wineries!

its that time again!

...fall...halloween...yeah! we (q and i) got out all (8) rubbermade bins today and started decorating. it is the first FULL day of fall afterall. i am holding off on the halloween village until tomorrow or the next day though. pics are soon to follow.

here is my latest fall item if you are needing some sparkle for your pages.

Hot Rods: Falling

available @ NDISB and ACOT

we have returned from our vacay and the photos are up!!!
check 'em out.



also, i recently accepted the challenge to participate in the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network’s (FAAN’s) Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward A Cure. The event will raise funds to find a cure for food allergy and to educate others. FAAN’s mission is to raise public awareness, to provide advocacy and education, and to advance research on behalf of all those affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis.
if you can donate in anyway, it is much appreciated. take a peek at quinn's page!

here are a few of my favs from kauai...


look ma! no feet!!!


hanalei bay @ sunset


panorama of where we stayed


view from our room


quinn having a grand time

a 'berry' good day

i stopped by ali edward's blog and found a link to keri smith's blog. i thought this post was really interesting. thank you keri for writing those things that i have thought but did not have the courage to say.

i haven't written about this yet, i was going to try to create a LO for it, but that hasn't happened yet, but it will. :)

we had quinn tested again for his food allergies. last time he was eight months old and it was a blood test. our allergist recommended that we have a skin test this time. he said it is more accurate. so we did. previously the blood test results were that quinn was allergic to dairy, eggs, peanuts & strawberries.







not the best photos, i know, but you can see his joy nonetheless.
yup, my kid finally got to experience strawberries. loves 'em. could this BE any cooler?!?!?!? his peanut allergy is non-existent too. off to make a PBJ sandwich for him, strawberry jelly of course.

Q's 4th Birthday Party

the cake (2.75 hours to bake...5 minutes to cut and be eaten, not so sure i'll do THAT again.)


cake detail


blowing out the candles


a happy birthday boy


the bigger than life bounce house we rented...yeah...we didn't think it would be THIS big!!!


quinn in the bouncer


the pinata line


the kids grabbing the loot from the pinata...*quinn calls it a pina colada


suiting up to save the universe in his new suit