A Little of This and a Little of That-

I haven't posted in awhile so I thought I would share just a few photos about what we have been up to.

This is Brooke's BFF (okay babysitter but seriously Brooke just LOVES her). Anytime we pass her house she is asking to see her for at least an hour after. Sometimes just randomly throughout the day Brooke asks for her and just won't stop asking until, well I am not sure why she eventually stops. Brooke loves sitting by her at church and basically just loves her. She is coming to babysit Brooke tonight but I am not mentioning it until she comes over, otherwise it would be a really long day. Thanks for everything Cortney! I have the greatest mom in the whole entire world. There isn't anything she can't do because if she doesn't know how to do it then she will figure it out. While we were in IN we went to Goodwill and I found this cute shirt there for 4 dollars. It was in the wrong size but my mom worked her super powers and altered it for me! I just wanted to post a photo of me wearing so she can see how great it turned out! THANKS MOM!

I am so grateful for the opportunity that we had to vote. Brooke and I showing off our "I VOTED" stickers. Brooke wasn't very excited about her sticker!

Rob and Brooke getting ready to walk across the street to vote (the school where we vote is right out our front door). I let Brooke kinda choose her outfit. Rob wasn't so sure it worked...I thought it was funny (and warm)!

New Blog I Discovered...

Okay, I didn't really discover this blog. The "SuperMom" herself moved into our neighborhood and she told me about it. And because I LOVE blogs, I just couldn't wait to check it out! It is a great site full of fun ideas and helpful hints. Check it out (the button is on the side) because she is doing a giveaway each day next week if anyone is interested. Added bonus, here is a link(http://supermomcentral.blogspot.com/2008/11/thankful-home.html) to one of my favorite ideas for Thanksgiving that she has posted!

Kite Flying

Rob was cleaning out the garage yesterday and Brooke wanted to fly a kite, so he took some time and showed her how it was done. She just loved!! Yesterday was such a beautiful day...the perfect day to fly a kite!

Trick or Treat!

Tonight was filled with a lot of TREATS! This was the first year we took Brooke out to go trick- or- treating. She loved it and did a really good job knocking and saying, "trick-or-treat." Julie and Trevor came over, we all ate dinner and then went down our street. It was a lot of fun. I wore my costume (Rob didn't feel so inclined to this time) and just enjoyed ourselves. The biggest plus side was the weather was perfect, about 68 degrees (or so).

This was Brooke's official trick-or-treat house (our neighbor's house).

The three of us in front of our house (I don't think we take enough photos of the outside of our house and one day we will look back and want to see it...maybe?!)
Rob and Brooke at Brooke's second official house.
Here are all the treats.
Brooke and Trevor at the end of the night, ready to dig in.

Happy Halloween Monster Style

Happy Halloween!!!! Brooke and I went to the mall and hung out before Rob's company Halloween party. We went to the fountain and made a wish. We then spent the majority of the time going up and down the escalators...Brooke loves 'em! Brooke would also stop in the front of each store where she heard music and just busta move. She would just break out into these awesome dance moves for a few seconds and then we would keep walking until she heard more music at the next store and do the same thing...it was HILARIOUS! It was a great start to Halloween. We then went trick-or-treating at Rob's work, to all the different departments. Brooke and me.
Rob and Brooke. A group shot. Julie and I made our costumes this year..thanks Jules for your help. I had this idea to be Monster's Inc. for a long time but we didn't start making them until Tuesday. Julie and I had never made and outfit before so it was a lot of trial and error but they turned out AMAZINGLY (if I do say so myself). Brooke was Boo, Rob was Sulley and I was Mike (if you couldn't tell). Brooke even wore her costume for the entire party, which made me very happy. What a great Halloween and the day isn't even over yet...it is almost time for trick-or-treating!!! Happy Halloween!

FHE and pumpkins!

This Monday we went to a pumpkin patch and carved the pumkins for FHE.

The final products.

Me carving and Brooke coloring her pumpkin.
Brooke wanted nothing to do with gutting the pumpkin...she wouldn't go near it.

The pumpkin patch. Brooke wanted to push the wheel barrow.

So here she is pushing it! Brooke found the perfect pumpkins (I think Julie helped her)!

SAN FRAN

After we got back from IN/KY, Robert and I (along with our good friends) went to San Fransisco. It was a blast. We went to SF because Rob won some concert tickets. So we all hung out together seeing the sights and the night of the concert Rob went with his friend, Adrian to the concert and then Stacie and I just hung out at the hotel and watch a movie.

We went to the beach and found a lot of sand dollars. Rob and I being goofy.

Me showing off our sand dollars. There were a lot in that one spot...Adrian and Stacie got a bunch.
We went to Union Square and did a little shopping, none of us bought anything but it was cool to see all the people. We also went to Chinatown.

Here is the yacht we are going to purchase one day...it was huge!

We went to the Aquarium at the Pier.

I had a hard time touching the fish (but I touched the shark and the star fish).

One of the highlights of the whole trip was going to Alcatraz (sp). It was really neat. We walked around with this recorders and listened to some of the stories and things that happend on "The Rock."

You can see the three floors in the background of this photo.

Adrian and Stacie in one of the cells...Rob too.

"The Rock"

Rob and I at the Pier.

A sidewalk show, I thought it was pretty funny.

We went to Golden Gate Park and did the paddle boats. I felt bad because Adrian and Stacie ended up paddling more than half. I was also terrified the whole time because water just kept coming in (unless you were paddling backwards...go figure). It was really fun though.

Golden Gate Park.

We had so much fun. Thanks Julie for watching Brooke and letting us take this little vacation!