I am loving November!

1. We found out Gracey is going to have a baby brother! YAAAA!
2.Twilight movie is coming out and Leanne has an amazing groupie party planned. Can't wait!
3.Taylor Swift's new album comes out. (Yes I know I am old, but I just love her!)
4. Cold Play concert with Erinn and Andrew
5. Thanksgiving at the Freeman Ranch with my family that I adore...

and everyday in between will be filled with Swim lessons, beach days, Costco runs and oh yeah FUN!

Little Mermaid



Grammy and Grandpa came to watch Gracey's swim lesson
on Monday. I love that she enjoys being in the water and has no fear!

Diving to the bottom to get a toy

TRICK-OR TREAT!



Our little peacock












Off to Trick-or-Treat at the Rose's house, next door.


The first time we walked up to our neighbors house Gracey turned around and ran away when we were almost to the door.Then she decided to give it another try and went and said "hi" to Riley the Rose's dog. There was no interest in their candy. She was content with her 1 sucker all night!


Sticky face!





Gracey spent the entire night moving candy. She loved handing it out to the kids
and transferring it from one bucket to another.Maybe the Trick-or-Treating will come
next year. For now, she was perfectly content at home!






Helping mommy hand out candy. She loved it!



The sucker that lasted all night. This will probably be the last Halloween she will be content with just one treat! I hope everyone had a great night.
Happy Halloween!

WHO DOESN'T LOVE PACKAGES?

Gracey received a special Halloween package from Uncle
Garrett and Aunt Whitney today. She had lots of fun opening
the gift and even more fun eating it!


First experience with Peeps.



Gracey gave her new spooky spoon a shot.Thank you Garrett
and Whitney for the sweet gifts! Love you guys!


Harmony and I took the kid's down to the beach today.
We are going on week #2 of high 70's weather. Lovin' it!

We are home!

Our trip to El Salvador was my favorite vacation we have taken! Rob and his buddies went last year for a surf trip, and if I would have known how amazing this place was I would have petitioned to go too! We enjoyed our trip with 10 of our good friends and mainly had the resort and the surf break all to ourselves.





We took a boat trip one day to another surf break up the coast and minus a few sea sick girls we had so much fun on the boat together hollering at the guys


Fruity potion:)






We took a hike up the hill to look out over the untouched coastline.


Our surfing spectators


I logged in many surfing hours...I am now having withdrawals.


My girls, Leanne and Katie



Dustin and Ashley...one of many snuggle sessions.



The food was amazing! For someone who loves food, this was a trip for me. Omelets of my choice every morning, my favorite lunch was fresh fish taco's and dinner was a 3 course meal sure to impress. I did not go hungry in this 3rd world country!
After dinner every night we would sit around the table and play games until a lightening storm would scare us inside.


All the decor was very modern and fun.


I missed Gracey and was so excited to see her when we got home but, this trip helped me rediscover what it means to relax. It was nice being just the 2 of us again!


Swim-up bar pool overlooking the ocean...can it get much better?
There was another pool down below with a spa.


View from our room...I miss you already El Salvador. I am already scheming another trip!

"ffff" is as close to flower as we get




Mama May...are you ready for this little ball of energy? Bring your sun screen because we don't spend much time indoors around here.


We leave for El Salvador in 4 days!!! Can't wait!

As many of you know our family spent my Birthday at Rady Children's Hospital last year with Gracey, as she under went Kidney surgery. A year has gone by, and I am grateful each day that we had such wonderful doctors and nurses that took care of my little girl. What joy and excitement she has brought into our lives! I'll keep having birthdays if being a mom continues to be this fulfilling. Thanks to all of my family and friends for the calls and emails today. They mean so much.

We just got back a few days ago from a family visit to Utah. This was Gracey's 8th flight and by far the best! She has figured out that we are actually flying and had so much fun looking out the window and eating all of jet blue's yummy snacks! I think if you would have told me 5 years ago that many of my vacations would include Provo, Utah I would have said "Heck No" but apparently, I have matured... and can now appreciate the beauty of Utah! We had so much fun hanging out with all of our family and had an exciting day with everyone at the zoo. We appreciate everyone stopping their lives for our visit!




On a walk through the river trail.





The White Alligator






"Come on Grandma let's get that peacock!"


At the end of our trip we stayed with our friends "The Kennedy's"!
It was wonderful catching up and so much fun watching the girls play together. They are about a month apart. We were glad to see that Amelia isn't reading novels yet or playing chess...maybe next visit:) Thanks for your great hospitality Kennedy's!







Before we left for Utah we had a beach day with my dad. The pictures were so cute I couldn't pass up the opportunity to post them.All the kids are back to school making the beach practically empty...just how we like it!