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Saturday, October 25, 2008
More Fall Fun. . . .
Saturday we took Madison to Riley's Farm and Oak Tree Village in Glen Oak, CA and a couple of friends joined us, Justin and Nancy. It was a fun filled day of picking pumpkins, falling in the yucky dirt, taking pictures, petting horses, throwing apples, taking more pictures, riding ponies, petting pigs, feeding all sorts of animals, jumping around, skipping all naps and even more pictures! Madison picked out her pumpkin and we let her walk around, the first thing she did after she fell in the dirt was wipe her hands on her white top! I love the power of dreft!!!! After we paid for our pumpkins, we got a bag of apples and some yummy apple cider and headed off to Oak Tree Village a little further down the road. It was our first time at OTV so we didn't know what to expect. I knew they had a petting zoo because we actually met some of the animals the night before at a Fall Festival on base. So I came home and googled them. OTV, was a cute little 14 acres of country mountain fun in beautiful hills of CA. There was so much to do for the whole family. We walked through a reptile and marsupial house, with snakes-turtles-wallabies-rabbits-lizards-more snakes, then went to ride ponies, next was a petting zoo where we got to feed some goats and sheep, then on to a bouncey wonderland. We had tickets to ride a train but were told later that it broke down that morning, oh well you can never trust trains! We were all ready to leave and started to load up the truck, but I let the battery die! I had left our cooler plugged in and since my battery is 5 years old I guess it's time to replace it. . . .we got a jump off of some fellow 29 palms ladies and we were off. I was a little embarrassed but I will know to unplug that thing in the future~that's how we learn I suppose. The day was wrapped up with a stop at Chili's for some dinner and then up the hill to our wonderful desert home. It is sooo hard to imagine that we live so close to all that greenery and bounty when we see nothing but brown all around us everyday! Mommy and Daddy were just as tired as baby when we all got home from our long day of Fall Fun. . . .enjoy the pics and I also included some from the base Fall Festival.
Riley's Farm Glen Oak
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Oak Tree Village Glen Oak
FAMILY FUN FALL FESTIVAL
Love and Miss ya'll!
Riley's Farm Glen Oak
extremely
Oak Tree Village Glen Oak
FAMILY FUN FALL FESTIVAL
Love and Miss ya'll!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Some Fall Fun!
I wanted to post a few slides of recent things before I get way too behind. Fall is definitely a busy time for everyone. I do have a bit of info about our next move. We are scheduling our TMO for the first week of December. Hopefully we can arrange them to pack us on December 1st. If that happens we should be able to leave CA around the 3rd or 4th. That will put us in GA around the 7th or 8th. Tony and I are going to stop in AZ at the Grand Canyon but with the baby and the pets we will see how that goes. It actually may be nice to let Madi out to walk around a bit.
Tony and I went to Big Bear Lake for Oktoberfest. We left Madi with a great sitter; I was still freaking out though. My first time overnight away from her AAAAAH! We have always enjoyed going to Helen, GA and we always wanted to go to Big Bear to see what their festival was like in comparison. I think the difference was that it was extremely cold here in CA (it even snowed the night we arrived) and it was more of a folksie event. We were able to hang out with our friends and rent a cabin. I of course thought of Madison the entire time and even though I knew her sitter was fully capable of taking care of her we would have still had a great time with her there also. She would have had a great time too because she just loves to be out and about. A little Social Butterfly!
I finally got the house decorated for Halloween and Madison helped me! First she was a little spider and then I got her poodle costume out and she had fun with that. . . .too adorable
We had a fun Friday Playgroup Picnic at our local park. We met with Peyton, Martin and Olivia for some mid morning fun. Madison wore me out running around the playground and when it was time to go she rebelled against my authority. Already giving me a run for my money! She had a great time sliding with Olivia and swinging with Martin, and of course having lunch with Peyton.
Lastly, I hope this is our last annual Twentynine Palms Pioneer Day's Parade and carnival. I thought last year would be but I know with the Marine Corps you never say "never again!" This year's parade was awesome because I knew a lot of people in it this time! Madison had a good time watching all the displays and waving at people and the honking of horns. I think this is our last PDP though ;) but we will see!
15 MONTHS OLD!
She is learning so many new words and talents it's hard to keep up with them all! Her new word is WOOOW; she hears me say it all the time. In this photo session she also is doing this thing where she puts her head on the floor and her butt in the air. This is a new trick, but I don't quite get it LOL! She is truly amazing and growing up so fast. Well I have been working on this all day and I have other stuff to get done so I better close for now, love and miss everyone!
Tony and I went to Big Bear Lake for Oktoberfest. We left Madi with a great sitter; I was still freaking out though. My first time overnight away from her AAAAAH! We have always enjoyed going to Helen, GA and we always wanted to go to Big Bear to see what their festival was like in comparison. I think the difference was that it was extremely cold here in CA (it even snowed the night we arrived) and it was more of a folksie event. We were able to hang out with our friends and rent a cabin. I of course thought of Madison the entire time and even though I knew her sitter was fully capable of taking care of her we would have still had a great time with her there also. She would have had a great time too because she just loves to be out and about. A little Social Butterfly!
I finally got the house decorated for Halloween and Madison helped me! First she was a little spider and then I got her poodle costume out and she had fun with that. . . .too adorable
We had a fun Friday Playgroup Picnic at our local park. We met with Peyton, Martin and Olivia for some mid morning fun. Madison wore me out running around the playground and when it was time to go she rebelled against my authority. Already giving me a run for my money! She had a great time sliding with Olivia and swinging with Martin, and of course having lunch with Peyton.
Lastly, I hope this is our last annual Twentynine Palms Pioneer Day's Parade and carnival. I thought last year would be but I know with the Marine Corps you never say "never again!" This year's parade was awesome because I knew a lot of people in it this time! Madison had a good time watching all the displays and waving at people and the honking of horns. I think this is our last PDP though ;) but we will see!
15 MONTHS OLD!
She is learning so many new words and talents it's hard to keep up with them all! Her new word is WOOOW; she hears me say it all the time. In this photo session she also is doing this thing where she puts her head on the floor and her butt in the air. This is a new trick, but I don't quite get it LOL! She is truly amazing and growing up so fast. Well I have been working on this all day and I have other stuff to get done so I better close for now, love and miss everyone!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Some Slides and Yes I am a little behind.
I know it's really early in the morning here but I did get up even earlier; at 1am. I should be sleeping but I took some allergy medicine after breathing in all the dust from the circus tonight and the medication has woken me up. I slept about 4 hours, I should be good to go; NOT! Oh well, what can I do about it? Blog right? I should be doing laundry or something but I don't wanna! I have been blogging and making slides since 4am.
So, Our house is probably not going to sell and therefore we're beginning to wrap our minds around the possibility of renting it. We will have no choice in the end anyway. Only the future will tell what will happen with Congress, the economy, the election and so forth. I have a few more plants to get in the ground (plan to do that tomorrow, if I am not sleeping) in the front and then I will take some pictures of the out side of the house. It is really beautiful now, some of our friends have even commented about being jealous and needing to spruce up there curbsides too! We certainly can't take credit for it though. We only paid for it to look good!
Yes there are still a few things to do inside (grout in the bathroom, and closet guides in all the bedrooms), as well as, me unpacking and getting stuff stored again. Seems like a waste of time because we are moving soon but it's really not. It is no more work for me to pack it all back up again because next time someone else will do it. We are going to let the Marine Corps deal with all that headache; they will pay for moving and packing. I have this urge to get rid of some of our excess baggage anyway!
Well for the last 4 days Miss Madison has been rotten. So difficult, in fact that I made an appointment to see a pediatrician, but tonight the reason finally revealed itself. More teeth coming in! I don't really know how many she has because the little booger bites hard if you stick anything near her mouth. If it's food and she doesn't like it (which is everything), she spits it right back out. I find that with my finger though she won't let go until it thunders; just like a snapping turtle. So needless to say I just keep my fingers away from that little snapping turtles mouth! I am still going to take her to the appointment I made just to be sure nothing else is going on. . . .
We took her to the Carson & Barnes circus tonight and it's still over 100 degrees out here. It was pretty hot under the big tent. She got hot when we were standing in line but as usual she spit her water all over her shirt and that cooled her off! It was a 3-ring circus and it was so much better than the first one we took her to! They had Elephants, Camels, Poodles dogs, Horses and Ponies, and a petting zoo. . . .we did let her ride an elephant. That was amazing to say the least. Just from riding on it's back for about a minute you could feel how warm the animal was! We could have let her ride a Camel but it was time to find a good seat before they were all taken. I think we found some good one's for watching all the shows. It was hard to keep up with all that was going on, a top notch performance overall!
Last weekend we took Madi to Landers, CA and visited the Integratron. You can google it for more information but it was Tony's and Madi's first trip. Our friends Lindsey and Joey Buffamonte came with us (also their first time). It was my 4th time going but I wish we had booked a private tour it would have been more enjoyable for Tony. He didn't care for the "public soundbath" either, so he took the baby downstairs while the sounds were being played on the bowls. He conducted a self-guided tour for all the Science Fiction information regarding "The Dome". As he was doing this the baby helped herself to someone else's juice YUCK and everyone's shoes ALSO YUCK. I prayed she wouldn't get sick from the desert dwellers and foreigners looking for spiritual enlightment HA HA HA (and so far so good)! I have always wanted to take Tony to see it and I am glad he go to experience it before we leave CA this winter. . . . . .After wards we went to Pioneertown and had dinner at Pappy and Harriets then walked through the old movie set/town. We didn't realize the shows in Pioneertown didn't go on Sunday's anymore; so no show. Next, we thought we would go to Target and let the guys drive go-karts. So we dropped them off at Boomers and us gals headed across the lot to shop. The guys came and found us to tell us that Joey couldn't do the go-karts because he was wearing sandals. So we looked around a bit and then headed for home. We decided to stop at Sonic but that was a disaster from the beginning! Long story short, we waited for 45 min and I made two trips there that night because part of my order (the babies food) was missing! It was a long day of disappointments but it was enjoyed with good company! We all rolled with the punches; I can't wait to do it again soon~without all the bad parts.
Here are the pictures from our trip to Chuck E. Cheese in Oceanside too from my last blog. Enjoy!
okay well I am finally sleepy and the baby is waking up gotta go!
So, Our house is probably not going to sell and therefore we're beginning to wrap our minds around the possibility of renting it. We will have no choice in the end anyway. Only the future will tell what will happen with Congress, the economy, the election and so forth. I have a few more plants to get in the ground (plan to do that tomorrow, if I am not sleeping) in the front and then I will take some pictures of the out side of the house. It is really beautiful now, some of our friends have even commented about being jealous and needing to spruce up there curbsides too! We certainly can't take credit for it though. We only paid for it to look good!
Yes there are still a few things to do inside (grout in the bathroom, and closet guides in all the bedrooms), as well as, me unpacking and getting stuff stored again. Seems like a waste of time because we are moving soon but it's really not. It is no more work for me to pack it all back up again because next time someone else will do it. We are going to let the Marine Corps deal with all that headache; they will pay for moving and packing. I have this urge to get rid of some of our excess baggage anyway!
Well for the last 4 days Miss Madison has been rotten. So difficult, in fact that I made an appointment to see a pediatrician, but tonight the reason finally revealed itself. More teeth coming in! I don't really know how many she has because the little booger bites hard if you stick anything near her mouth. If it's food and she doesn't like it (which is everything), she spits it right back out. I find that with my finger though she won't let go until it thunders; just like a snapping turtle. So needless to say I just keep my fingers away from that little snapping turtles mouth! I am still going to take her to the appointment I made just to be sure nothing else is going on. . . .
We took her to the Carson & Barnes circus tonight and it's still over 100 degrees out here. It was pretty hot under the big tent. She got hot when we were standing in line but as usual she spit her water all over her shirt and that cooled her off! It was a 3-ring circus and it was so much better than the first one we took her to! They had Elephants, Camels, Poodles dogs, Horses and Ponies, and a petting zoo. . . .we did let her ride an elephant. That was amazing to say the least. Just from riding on it's back for about a minute you could feel how warm the animal was! We could have let her ride a Camel but it was time to find a good seat before they were all taken. I think we found some good one's for watching all the shows. It was hard to keep up with all that was going on, a top notch performance overall!
Last weekend we took Madi to Landers, CA and visited the Integratron. You can google it for more information but it was Tony's and Madi's first trip. Our friends Lindsey and Joey Buffamonte came with us (also their first time). It was my 4th time going but I wish we had booked a private tour it would have been more enjoyable for Tony. He didn't care for the "public soundbath" either, so he took the baby downstairs while the sounds were being played on the bowls. He conducted a self-guided tour for all the Science Fiction information regarding "The Dome". As he was doing this the baby helped herself to someone else's juice YUCK and everyone's shoes ALSO YUCK. I prayed she wouldn't get sick from the desert dwellers and foreigners looking for spiritual enlightment HA HA HA (and so far so good)! I have always wanted to take Tony to see it and I am glad he go to experience it before we leave CA this winter. . . . . .After wards we went to Pioneertown and had dinner at Pappy and Harriets then walked through the old movie set/town. We didn't realize the shows in Pioneertown didn't go on Sunday's anymore; so no show. Next, we thought we would go to Target and let the guys drive go-karts. So we dropped them off at Boomers and us gals headed across the lot to shop. The guys came and found us to tell us that Joey couldn't do the go-karts because he was wearing sandals. So we looked around a bit and then headed for home. We decided to stop at Sonic but that was a disaster from the beginning! Long story short, we waited for 45 min and I made two trips there that night because part of my order (the babies food) was missing! It was a long day of disappointments but it was enjoyed with good company! We all rolled with the punches; I can't wait to do it again soon~without all the bad parts.
Here are the pictures from our trip to Chuck E. Cheese in Oceanside too from my last blog. Enjoy!
okay well I am finally sleepy and the baby is waking up gotta go!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
So much to do and So little time
Time is one of those very elusive things these days. We have gotten through 98% of the renovations done from the flood on the inside; just a few minor details to go. Even though it was stressful of course it has turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The insurance finally came last week and we put the house up for sale again with a local Realtor. She seems very motivated and has a good grasp of what the market is doing in our part of town. We have had 3 cars stop to take a flyer since listing it on Friday! I am feeling pretty hopeful. No new construction with the Casino (down the street) as we were told would be, by the paper but still good activity for the buyers market. Keeping my fingers crossed! The yard looks amazing from where it was a month ago. Even better than it did a year ago really. .. I will post some pics once all the work is completed. Baby Madison has been my little trooper during this stressful business. She has been going on as if nothing has happened; her little world was not disturbed. We will pat our backs for that as parents! Poor Tony has been in a word EXHAUSTED and that is putting it mildly. He wasn't able to take any leave during the ordeal because they were short handed at work. So in his little bit of time off he has had to work at home and move furniture, boxes, cleaning, and parenting (and husbanding). It has been rough around here lately for us both! We are getting ready for a Caravan of Brokers for Tuesday and Tony will be overnighting in the field for the next three days. I have to finish unloading our storage unit by myself by Tuesday afternoon and get the house ready to show. It is CRAZY!
So Crazy in fact that I started a new business recently too; I am a glutton! Tony and I have been talking about me starting a home based business since July and I went for it. . . .I signed up with Close to my Heart as an independent consultant. I am selling paper crafting, stamping and scrapbooking products. I have a new website too: http://scrappyville.myctmh.com/ . Please feel free to stop by and check it out. Even if you don't like stuff like that I appreciate the feedback. I still have the same email for now. I will changing over my contact in the near future. I also have my first Home Gathering tomorrow night with a great friend. I am excited and ready to go! I am making a cute card project and I look forward to a little ME time. Lately that has been less and less. . . to say the least.
Okay Okay so on Labor day we took little munch to San Diego. On Saturday we all went to a Scrapbook Expo and I got to meet up with my friend Nancy. It Rocked and I got some cool new gear to play with! Baby Madison had a great time running around the hall way of the convention center; Tony was a little miserable.
We were going to go to the beach that afternoon but we didn't make it; we went to Chuck E. Cheese instead. So we got up early and went the next morning before check out of our hotel. Baby Madison had fun splashing around in the water and getting sand in every Nook, Cranny and Fold. The water was very cold but it was still a good experience. Tony said it was too cold for him but he had a good time anyway.
After checking out of the hotel we went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. It was humid and hot but I had a great time. We all did in fact. Baby Madison had a good time seeing the "KIDDY", "MUN-KE", "FUNTS", "RAF" and "burds". She got to ride on a carousel. She had a blast going round and round. When is stopped she kicked her legs and gave the sign for MORE! I would have to say her favorite part of the whole day was the Water Park Oasis. The park had a few static display animals that were actually sprinklers. She got soaked, which was a good thing because it was a hot day. It was a perfect way to cool off our little Munchkin. We had a good day and I enjoyed the park even more than the San Diego Zoo. The only thing I could complain about were the bees; they were swarming everywhere! I don't know if the park realizes what a problem the bees actually were; they didn't have any bee traps. I was pretty worried about the baby getting stung. But we all came out safe and tired!
Well hopefully we will have big news coming in the next few weeks with the house. Until then we will just keep on moving stuff! or something like that. . . . .
Love and Miss everyone and hope to hear from you soon,
Erin Davis
So Crazy in fact that I started a new business recently too; I am a glutton! Tony and I have been talking about me starting a home based business since July and I went for it. . . .I signed up with Close to my Heart as an independent consultant. I am selling paper crafting, stamping and scrapbooking products. I have a new website too: http://scrappyville.myctmh.com/ . Please feel free to stop by and check it out. Even if you don't like stuff like that I appreciate the feedback. I still have the same email for now. I will changing over my contact in the near future. I also have my first Home Gathering tomorrow night with a great friend. I am excited and ready to go! I am making a cute card project and I look forward to a little ME time. Lately that has been less and less. . . to say the least.
Okay Okay so on Labor day we took little munch to San Diego. On Saturday we all went to a Scrapbook Expo and I got to meet up with my friend Nancy. It Rocked and I got some cool new gear to play with! Baby Madison had a great time running around the hall way of the convention center; Tony was a little miserable.
We were going to go to the beach that afternoon but we didn't make it; we went to Chuck E. Cheese instead. So we got up early and went the next morning before check out of our hotel. Baby Madison had fun splashing around in the water and getting sand in every Nook, Cranny and Fold. The water was very cold but it was still a good experience. Tony said it was too cold for him but he had a good time anyway.
After checking out of the hotel we went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. It was humid and hot but I had a great time. We all did in fact. Baby Madison had a good time seeing the "KIDDY", "MUN-KE", "FUNTS", "RAF" and "burds". She got to ride on a carousel. She had a blast going round and round. When is stopped she kicked her legs and gave the sign for MORE! I would have to say her favorite part of the whole day was the Water Park Oasis. The park had a few static display animals that were actually sprinklers. She got soaked, which was a good thing because it was a hot day. It was a perfect way to cool off our little Munchkin. We had a good day and I enjoyed the park even more than the San Diego Zoo. The only thing I could complain about were the bees; they were swarming everywhere! I don't know if the park realizes what a problem the bees actually were; they didn't have any bee traps. I was pretty worried about the baby getting stung. But we all came out safe and tired!
Well hopefully we will have big news coming in the next few weeks with the house. Until then we will just keep on moving stuff! or something like that. . . . .
Love and Miss everyone and hope to hear from you soon,
Erin Davis
Thursday, August 21, 2008
ONE Year Photo Shoot
I know I have been promising to load up her One Year photos. Since my friend is watching her today because of the construction at the house; I have a little bit of time on my hands. The guys are painting so I didn't want her around the fumes; gotta protect her! We got her pictures made at the end of July so they are about a month old. Don't worry Steven I am sending you one all for you; you gotta give me a little more time though, SORRY! I hope everyone enjoys them as much as I do! I gotta get back to work but hope all is well with you. . . .
MUCH LOVE FROM THE DESERT!
MUCH LOVE FROM THE DESERT!
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