Harvest Carnival

As I predicted, the Harvest Carnival (although fun) was way too much for my son. He was so excited he did not know what to do with himself. He just has way too much energy, I can barely keep up. As tired as I am now, I'm glad that he got to have fun. Afterall it only happens once a year. This is one of the times when I wish Brent was around so we can take turns running after Aaron. Here is Aaron with this Buzz costume. Isn't he cute? One of his friends kept trying to push the buttons on his costume.
Here we are in line for the Daniel and the Lion's den maze. I was supposed to be helping in there, but I knew I would have my hands full with Aaron, so I passed. I actually never got to see the inside because as soon as we went in, Aaron freaked out so we had to leave.

Here is pic of me and Royce. He is like the brother I never had.
Here is me and Lizette. We came dressed as moms. ;-) We even brought kids to be props for our costumes j/k. This may be the first picture of us together. Our cameras are usually pointed at our kids.

Candy! Candy! Candy!

There were so much candy at the Harvest Festival! They were giving us handfuls and handfuls of candy at each booth. When we got home, we dumped it all out on the floor and Aaron practicaly rolled around in it! Like mother like son. Just kidding... I don't really do that. ;-)

Pumpkin Patch Today, Harvest Carnival Tomorrow!

Today we went to two different pumpkin patches. Aaron was so excited to see all the "punkins". He got to ride on some rides too! We are very excited to go to the Harvest Carnival tomorrow!

Gymboree Halloween Party

Here is my attempt to get a good picture. This kid refuses to sit still!
Showing off his muscles to the other Buzz Lightyears in the room. (There were three.)

As Aaron's last day in Gymboree, I signed him up to attend a Halloween party. I figured that it will get him excited for the upcoming Harvest Carnival on Halloween night. The kids were all dressed in thier costumes. They got to play games, eat snacks, and took home some goodies. We had a lot of fun in Gymboree, but we will not be attending for a while since Aaron and I will be returning home pretty soon.

October 26, 2003 (Four years ago)

Happy Birthday Isa!

We had a surprise birthday party tonight for Isa. Everyone made "pretend" plans to go out to eat after church. But everyone except Lester went! So Isa thought that we all ditched her and did not care about spending time with her on her birthday. Little did she know that we were all at her house decorating and getting ready for her suprise party! By the time she got home, she was sad and depressed... but then she got really happy when we all jumped out and surprised her!

Getting ready for winter!

It's getting cold! We are getting excited to spend our very first winter and Christmas here in the states. I can't believe that we spent the last 5 winters in Okinawa. We were blessed during the holidays over there, but we're pretty excited to spend Christmas here! I just about flipped out when I saw all the Christmas stuff out at Walmart! It seemed like forever that I've been limited to the stuff available at our base exchange store. There's so much stuff to choose from to decorate with and shop for!

Some random pics of Aaron

A day with the Reedy family

A couple of weeks ago, Aaron and I were able to drive down to see our friends: Debbie, Rachel, Andrew, and Julia. We know the Reedy family from Okinawa. Debbie's husband is also in Iraq. We had a good time eating together, and catching up with what's happening in our lives. I couldn't believe how big their kids have gotten. I used to babysit them before I had Aaron. Oh... the memories! I was blessed to see them, and I know we will see more of them in the days to come.

Sea World, San Diego

To celebrate Labor Day Weekend and Aaron's 3rd birthday, we went to San Diego and spent the day at Sea World.
Aaron remembers the Aquarium in Okinawa. When you first enter, you can hold different types of star fish and sea cucumbers in your hand. When he saw this at Sea World, he had to hold it!

Shamu up saying hello to the audience!

Watching the Shamu show. Look at how hot we were!

Summer Days are Almost Gone

I can't believe how fast summer went! Aaron and I spent the entire summer here in Corona. It's been very hot, but definately not as hot as Las Vegas! ;-) Here are some of the things we have done this summer.

Aaron and Nehemiah's party pics

Here are more pics from the party. The cakes. Nehemiah picked Spiderman, and of course Aaron got his Superman cake.

In the end of the performance, Chuck E. Cheese threw some tickets on the floor so the kids can grab them. I think Richard got most of the tickets. Good job, Richard!

Aaron is wondering why his Superman toy is on top of the cake. He's supposed to be flying on top of clouds, but Superman looks like he tripped and landed on a pile of whipped cream.

The boys "earning" their tickets. (They took turns putting the balls in the holes, rather than rolling them up the ramp.)

Aaron and Nehemiah plotting to get as much tickets as possible.

The boys are watching Chuck E. Cheese perform some songs.

Rosseline stopped by before work to wish the boys Happy Birthday.

Aaron and Nehemiah's 3rd Birthday at Chuck E. Cheese

We celebrated Aaron and Nehemiah's (Aaron's friend from church) birthdays at Chuck E. Cheese here in Corona. They are both 3 years old. Time really flies by fast. It seems just like yesterday that Janine (Nehemiah's Mom) and I were pregnant with the boys. Janine and I met while we were pregnant with Aaron and Nehemiah, and we became good friends ever since. We were very pleased with the turn out at the party. We invited the boy's friends from church (toddler class). I was especially happy to see my friend, Alicia. It was great to see her and her kids. She is a good friend of mine from the good ole' days from youth group at church. Royce was also there. He was a huge help with the kids. He helped run after all the kids while the moms sat and hung out together. The last picture is my favorite. It's a picture of Me, Janine, and Lizeth, and our boys. Lizeth and Janine has been a huge blessing as they help fill my days with laughter and good times while I am here in Corona, waiting for my husband to return home. Thanks to all who were there!

VBS-Game Day Central

This summer I am helping with Livingwater's VBS. The theme this year is sports, so we are all dressed in athletic gear. So far it has been a lot of fun. Patty Sedota is in charge of the VBS, and she is really talented. Pastor Pule makes games fun for the kids. Aaron is in toddlers class, and he loves being in there. Here are some pictures of last Wednesday night.

Gymboree Class

I enrolled Aaron in a Gymboree class so that he can play with other kids. At first he was really shy, but in the end he was having lots of fun. The teachers make the class real fun for the kids. This week they learned about Dinosaurs. In this picture, the teacher is pretending that she is a volcano that is erupting (blowing bubbles).