Thanksgiving 2012

This year for Thanksgiving, we went up to Bakersfield to visit with our family - and then on Turkey Day, we ventured up to Shaver Lake to go 'camping' for the weekend. Our 'camp' spot was a nice 6 bedroom, 4 bathroom, 3 level house basically. Now that's my kind of camping :) We had a great time and Suri had lots of fun with her cousins!

 Suri getting into the chips! * visiting with Great Grandma B

 hanging out in the game room/basement playing some air hockey & checkers

 Suri & Meredith loved to play on the stairs!

 on a nature hike

playing in the tiny bit of snow found in a parking lot
 

 going for a walk with Lil Red Riding Hood * Shaver Lake, CA * Suri blocking the sun like her Papa

 Suri & Daddy run, run, run! * Papa, Sofia, Suri & Seth

 Auntie April reading to Sofia

 this is where it started: hands on the hips = super sassiness!

 Suri & Sam playing with Papa

Our niece Meredith being a cutie * Suri & cousin Caleb watching a show

 Sofia and Daddy spending time together :)

During this trip our camera broke, so I don't have very many shots like from our trip to the creek, but hopefully I can get some and post them later. Happy Thanksgiving!

Wild Halloween

Our girls were the cutest wild animals EVER! And yes, I'm very very biased, but seriously, take a look at these girls...

Seth & I dressed as zoo keepers to our lil Sofia Zebra and Suriphant

The whole gang!

Sofia Zebra with Daddy (she fell asleep within 5 minutes of walking the neighborhood)

Suri's booty (as per request of Seth I call it that)

YUM! Suri had a blast trick-or-treating! And was very picky about her chocolate choices :)

All smiles in the comfiest costume ever! (Adults were jealous and wanted one too!)

Come on now... isn't that the cutest zebra you've ever seen in your life!?!

I'm pretty sad we didn't get more pictures of the girls in costume, but I'm sure Suri will wear hers again just for fun! It was adorable to watch her little tail sway back and forth as we walked the neighborhood and she clung tightly to her Halloween bucket! A few of our friends should be sending me some more pics, so hopefully I can share those soon. Especially Suri with her boyfriend! Lol!  Hope everyone had a fun, safe & Happy Halloween!

San Diego Zoo

October 24, 2012, Suri and I went to the San Diego Zoo with our friends Terri, Megyn & Kaitlyn! The very first thing the girls wanted to do was ride the SkyFari (SkyTram). Now, I've been on one plenty of times at Busch Gardens, but never with Suri. Let me tell you, standing in line, I had anxiety building up so much & then as soon as we were on that thing, oh man, NEVER AGAIN! lol. I didn't want to move, didn't want to look around, all I kept thinking was, please get this over with, omgosh what if we plummet to the ground?! It was bad. So yeah, I will leave that type of stuff to Daddy (oh and side note: Seth tells me this morning there was a shark attack here in SD. Never going in the ocean again).

Back to the zoo. We have been to the zoo with our friends now a total of 3 times, and we always make sure to check out different animals each time. This time we made sure to see the elephants! On our way there we passed by the koalas, who are in a temporary home while their new place is being built. They look like little round balls of fluff that would be super soft to cuddle! :)  As we were there, one little guy was moving all around, which was fun to see.

Next we headed to Elephant Odyssey! The girls stopped for a photo op in front of the big sign and then we traveled through a collection of fossils in the walls and then stopped by the information desk, where we got to see and touch an African elephant tusk, a jaw from a saber tooth and the paw of a 12 foot bear! The elephants were only out for a little bit while we were there. The workers were cleaning up the area and then it was bath time for one of the elephants! Also living near the elephants were llamas, lions, jaguars, tapirs and some other weird little animals that had cute little babies :)

 

 

 

Around the corner from the elephants, were these cool birds - which I'd have to look up the name of -, and the meerkats! The meerkats were cool cause they'd randomly pop out of their holes and scurry across to the next hiding spot.

Our final stop was the giraffes! Suri had on her giraffe leggings, so we had to get a picture :)  The babies were so cute and the giraffes always seem so peaceful. Unlike their neighbors...

 

These rhinos got in a scuffle. It seems the one rhino wanted to move, so he woke up his buddy in quite an obnoxious, bullying manner. So his friend plopped down in front of him to steal his sunlight. At least that's how the story played out in my head :)

 

All smiles at the end of the day! Thanks again to our friends for a fun filled zoo day! XO

 

Pumpkin Patch 2012

This year we visited Oma's Pumpkin Patch in Lakeside, CA with two other families from our apartment complex. Free pumpkins, hay maze, games galore! The kids had so much fun! It was pretty hot and full of field trip kids too (bummer), but it was nice to get out for the weekend :)

Our family

Petting Zoo

Hello baby goat!

bringin it down to his level :)

wooly sheep

 learning to milk a cow * our little milk maid

Sofia & Mommy

Farmer Sarah & Suri, her lil cow

 

 Pumpkin bean bag toss

she loves to swing!

fun with Daddy on the tire swing :)

 hair blowing in the wind, smile on her face, we love this little girl <3 br="br">

bouncy horse

we made our way through the Hay Maze

Suri with her itty bitty pumpkin ;)

 (She got to pick her own and was going for an average sized pumpkin, when all of a sudden she literally stops, gets a huge grin on her face and goes straight for the tiniest Suri-size pumpkin she could find! It was the cutest moment - she was so excited to find it!)

Pumpkin Patch 2012

We are very excited for Halloween in one week! We're going to get together with all the kids in the apartment complex and take pics & trick-or-treat around the neighborhood! Can't wait! :)