Trip to the spaceship and little critter

Kurtis lost another tooth.

Sarah took a trip to the Endeavor at the California Science Center with her pre-school class.  It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed playing in some of the other exploring rooms with our friends.

We also visited a friend who has a Chin Chi la (sorry if spelling is incorrect...), the kids LOVED it!!! 

Soccer for the little man....

Kurtis played soccer again this season.  There were a lot of returning players from seasons past and the same coaches.  He learned a lot and seemed to really improve as the season went on.  We are very happy that this goofy little boy has found a great outlet for his energy!!

He was the coin toss captain once!

Sarah even got into it!!

Halloween

For Halloween this year Sarah dressed up as "the Brave Princess" Merida and Kurtis dressed up as a Mad Scientist.  They loved both of their costumes and we had lots of parties to wear them too.  We had fun with good friends, got too much candy, and went to bed early on Halloween night.  It was a great Halloween!!!

Night of the Trunk or Treat at Church:

Sarah's Pre-school Party:

 Kurtis' school Parade:

He won!!!

 Trick or Treating at the Mall with friends:

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch a few times and the kids probably would have gone back again if they could.  We picked pumpkins, found our way through the hay maze, took funny pictures, rode the train, and bouncer!  It was a great time afterwards we carved the pumpkins.  So much fun!!

Sarah's Ballet and Birthday

Sarah has started ballet and is enjoying every minute of it, and even when she is not in class she is running around leaping with pointy toes and arms raised in a "ballet position".  She certainly loves it!  It was also her birthday so we had a little gathering to celebrate that with pink cupcakes and vanilla ice cream...everything she wanted!

First Day of School

First Day of First Grade was a ton of fun and Kurtis was very very excited!  He came home praising his teacher and saying how much of a great year it was going to be!!  I am happy that he is so happy with school and really enjoying learning this year.

The Fair

We decided to go to the Fair as a family one Saturday morning!!  We had a lot of fun and saw some things we do not get to see in the city!  We also learned from one of the many 4H groups some daily farm chores.  That was one of Kurtis and Sarah's favorite section!

We milked cows

Collected chicken eggs

Used the tractor

saw miniature pigs race!

and they were fast!

saw lazy fat pigs!!

rode fun rides!

took a nap

Then we went home....and on the way hit some MAJOR traffic....once we saw what the traffic was caused by we were VERY VERY upset! 

A semi truck had hit the median and gone through to BOTH sides of the freeway.  Both sides only had one lane open.  It was ridiculous!

 Here is a video of Kurtis on one of the rides, he loved them all.  We had a great time!