Happy Birthday Jaime

Happy Birthday to my beautiful wife. On Saturday Jaime turned 26! We had a nice relaxing day before attending our ward Halloween party and then spending the rest of the evening with some friends.

We were in charge of a game at the Halloween party. We did bowling for ghosts and called it the spook alley.

Happy Birthday Honey!

Isaac Bug Turns One!

Too cute for words! Isaac - the happy, go lucky baby - is no longer a baby. His recent pictures show he is turning into quite the little boy and today marks his first birthday. Isaac is the third of four adorable nephews I have. What a lucky aunt am I?

Happy Birthday, Isaac!

HMB Pumpkin Festival

Yesterday we spent a hew hours at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival to help us get into the Halloween spirit. We got down there in time to watch the Pumkin Parade which featured this year's biggest pumpkin winner along with any local who wanted to dress up walk the route.

We spent the rest of the afternoon checking out the local art vendors (our favorites were the blown glass pumpkins and photos by Pep Ventosa),

eating pumpkin rolls and pumpkin ice cream,

and watching Farmer Mike - Award Winning Pumkin Carver.

Cruisin' in Santa Cruz

A few weekends ago Nate and I ventured to Santa Cruz to see a good friend of ours from college run her first half-marathon. Recently Krista and her husband moved to Fresno from D.C. We are so excited to have them a little closer.

Krista looked amazing at the finish line! And - was rearing to go for the rest of the day. I was overly impressed that despite having run 13 something miles she was ready to spend the rest of the day on her feet exploring Santa Cruz.

We took in the sights of the boardwalk in this small surf town, watched a few routines of the Cheerleading Competition going on and even indulged ourselves in a few carnival rides. We rode the Giant Dipper, which happens to be the 6th oldest roller-coaster in the United States.

Later we went geocaching, though we never quite completed the find. The final destination seems to now be a occupied by vagrants and we were a little too nervous to approach too closely. We finished the day by playing bocce in the park where we were again chased off by a homeless man. All in all, what a fabulous day!

Krista and Jonathan were also able to spend Sunday with us. We loved catching up with our good friends and hope to see them a lot more often.