Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday we went to Oma's Dairy Farm & Pumpkin Patch with our friend Radana and Baby Natalie. Man, we live REALLY close to a dairy farm! (How did that happen?) Also, will someone tell me why it's 90 degrees in October, and we froze all summer long? It was SO hot but the kids had a good time. Ellie wrapped her little legs around me for a good portion of the day, or whenever there was an animal within 20 feet. Happy Fall everyone, and here's dreaming of some nice fall weather. Please, oh please, don't let it be 90 degrees on Thanksgiving Day.

Our Weekend Trip

We had to go to central CA this past weekend to deliver an ultrasound to a customer near Pismo Beach, so we decided to make a family vacation out of it. (Pretty cool side note: when Ronnie arrived at the doctor's office he discovered that my parents sold them all of the equipment in their practice, about 10-12 years ago. She loved my dad, and sought us out for another purchase after all this time.) True to form, we were supposed to leave at 3 a.m. on Friday, but ended up having to wait for FedEx and didn't get out of the office until 2 p.m. (Nothing has changed in all these years! Kids sitting in the car waiting to go on the business/vacation.) Needless to say we sat in LA traffic for about 4 hours. Smart thinking on my part......we brought our Nanny with us. :) Molly and Ellie are obsessed with hotels and pools. Poor Nanny had to go in the pool and it was FREEZING! Was it worth it, Emily?! :) The best part about this is that I didn't have to go with Ronnie on the install of the equipment. So glad those days are slowly making their way out of my life and into Ronnie's. Then on to Paso Robles for shopping, eating, a little wine tasting, more eating, swimming, more shopping, eating.

Family Room

Here are some After and Before pictures of the family room. It's still not done....we need an entertainment center, the black slider is on its way out, the lighting isn't done, shelving in the toy room, etc) but it sure looks WAY different than before!

(there used to be an extra kitchen in the little room behind the couch)

(there was a half wall jutting out hiding the wall where the large picture is hanging, the the wall where the large picture is hanging used to be a bathroom door.)

Yes, this was an extra kitchen/laundry area. WEIRD! We obviously tore out the kitchen, moved the laundry to the garage (boo), replaced the windows, removed the half wall on the left, and closed off the bathroom door opening into the family room (it now opens in the guest room so guests have a private bath.) We turned the old 'kitchen' into the toy room.

Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck!!!! Hard to believe that it's the same place.