The Amazing Race!

I am so behind on blogging that I almost forgot to post about the Amazing Race that my mom, dad and I put on for Vanessa's big 3-0 birthday! It was so fun and it was great seeing everyone really get into it.

THE TEAMS:

The whole gang!

Enjoying the "mandatory rest period"

One of the tasks! Thank goodness for Lowe's employees!

The Winners!

A trip to the desert!

In November, we had a long weekend in Palm Springs. It was Mia's first plane ride and we were a little nervous! Mia did great. On the way there...she ate snacks the entire flight and on the way home...she slept the entire flight until we got the gate. It was nice to get out of the cold and put on shorts and tank tops.

Eating and happy as a clam on the way there!

Grandma and Mia at breakfast. It was so nice to eat outside with ducks walking around us. Mia loved the ducks.

Mia did a little swimming!

We had a nice dinner!

We also visited the Living Desert which also has animals.

We got to feed giraffes!! So fun!

So tired after a long weekend!

Happy Halloween!!

I have been having some problems with my computer so my blogging is very delayed! I'm going to try to catch everyone up on what has been happening with Mia! Mia was a duck (her favorite thing ever) for Halloween. Instead of trick or treating we took her to some family member's houses.

Auntie Lisa was a duck hunter and she's carrying her little duck!

Carmel

During my October break...my parent's, Mia and I headed to Carmel. Joey and my sister joined us for the weekend. We took lots of walks on the beach and visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Mia and Grandma on the beach

Mia at the aquarium

Always happy with snacks!!

A good friend's wedding

Back in October my girlfriend from high school got married in Lodi. She was a beautiful bride and the wedding was gorgeous! It was so nice to get together with the girls and enjoy an evening kid free. Meredith thought of everything and I loved the scrabble theme!

We all rarely get together without kiddos so we decided to make the most of the evening. We all met up at Rosewood for a drink and to hang out!

Joey and Joel made a friend at the wedding...