Much Needed Girls Weekend

Two weekends ago my friend, Marie, and I decided to take a girls weekend. Ian had gone on a camping and mountain biking excursion to Zion's with his buddies the weekend before, so I felt it was my turn to let loose!

I have to just share a few pictures of our fun weekend. The first night we stayed in a beautiful hotel right, and I mean literally RIGHT on the water in Laguna Beach! We had an awesome dinner and were pampered with massages the next day. After strolling around Laguna for a while, we boarded the ferry for Catalina and off we went.

The ferry ride to Catalina was PURE HELL! I've never been on a bumpier ride, I mean you couldn't even walk without being jostled around. Needless to say, I blew chunks (pleasant) in the bathroom and tried as best as I could to endure the rest of the 1 hour and 15 minute ride!















Once there, we shopped, ate and toured the town. Very quaint - practically everyone there drives golf carts instead of cars. We went up high on the island and saw some amazing views of the Pacific Ocean. And, Murphy's law - I stocked up on Dramamine and wore my sea sick wrist bands for the ride home and it ended up being as smooth as glass. I even took a nap. Oh well, we had a great time!

Kumpins and such

October, as it should be, has been the month of pumpkins (or as Connor says, "kumpins"). We've visited two different pumpkin patches, one of which was on a day that the temperature soared to a hellacious 97 degrees (very unnatural weather for pumpkin picking, I must say)! Connor also helped carve his first jack-o-lantern, which he was very excited about.

We love to visit the management office of our apartment complex, which is decorated to the nines, and a condo just around the corner from us. Connor excitedly points out the "kumpins", skeletons and spiders - he's really into Halloween!



Last week, I took him to pick out his costume. We (mostly I) chose Winnie the Pooh. He absolutely refuses to wear the cute lion costume that Uncle Phil and Aunt Camille bought him. Don't know why. He loved it for about a week, but now just treats it as a stuffed animal, giving it kisses and such. Anyway, he LOVES his Pooh costume! Even lets me put the hood on him! And I must say he makes the cutest Pooh bear. He wore it to his first Halloween party last night and it was a hit. Of course, it's so hot here that we had to unzip the back to give the poor little dude some ventilation, but he loved every minute of it!