Thanks Jessie!

My friend Jessie gave me this idea. I want to try to blog for 30 days. Hope I can stick with it... I'll start today!

Day 1 - A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 2 - The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 3 - A picture of you and your friends
Day 4 - A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 5- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 6 - Favorite super hero and why
Day 7 - A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 8 - Short term goals for this month and why
Day 9 - Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11 - Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about Blogs and why you made one
Day 13 - A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15 - Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16 - Another picture of yourself
Day 17 - Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20 - Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21 - A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22 - What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23 - Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25 - What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27 - Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29 - In this past month, what have you learned
Day 30- Who are you?

Fall is here?

Here are the events of the last couple of weeks.

We ended the summer season by going swimming at our little pool for the last (sigh) time. The boys loved it and so did I. Sorry Dave that I forgot to bring your swimsuit :( At least we got some good pictures of our last swim because "the photographer" was bored sitting on the side of the pool in his work clothes...

On the drive home we saw not one but 2 rainbows! Can you see it on the picture? Which provoked a heated discussion between Alex and I because he couldn't see the second rainbow and he kept arguing with me. Well, I'm not the one to give up easily so the argument lasted the whole way home, which made Babulya a little mad :)

Nicholas started crawling.

Last weekend we went to the Oktoberfest- our annual tradition. Alex got really into it this year. He dragged me to dance on the dance floor every time the German music came on and he even participated in the kids' contest. He won a little toy :)
We had lots of fun with our friends, but my camera stopped working so I don't have many pictures.
This past Saturday we went to the Dahlia flower show. It was right up my alley! Some of the flowers were just so gorgeous!

The pink flower that Nicholas is checking out was literally double my head size. I've never seen such a big dahlia and I grow pretty big dahlias myself!
Alex is being silly as always :)


We scored some gorgeous dahlias and free desserts! Mmmm, delicious brownie!
Right after the flower show we went to the Pumpkinfest. Alex got his face painted.
While Nicholas and I chilled in the shade. I can't believe how hot in was at the end of September!
We bought a small pumpkin there that I'm going to cook for Nicholas and maybe some of us will try it as well :)
Alex, there is a pumpkin on your face! Ha ha ha!
I love little local events like this, which we always try to support.
Next stop: Engh Garden's Annual Pirate ship and pumpkins! Stay tuned!

California- Day 4, La Jolla Cove and Sea World

The next day we started our journey with going to the La Jolla Cove. What a beautiful place it is! Despite cloudy sky, the temperature of the air was actually very warm and it felt just perfect outside. I loved all the humidity that we were surrounded by!
The tide was going in and out and Alex and I got our feet wet a couple of times while trying to climb the rocks.

The little cove was full of divers and snorkelers. I SO regretted not having our snorkeling gear with us that day... It just means that we'll have to go back there another time.
Then we found a little cave to the side of the cove and we went in.
On the other side the cave opened up to the ocean and it was a breathtaking view!
The tide there was also fluctuating and we had to watch where we step so we don't get washed out into the ocean :)


This was the view of the ocean from the cave opening:
Alex did so well! He had zero fear climbing rocks and going into a darker cave. I was very proud of him. There were other boys before us and they were both scared.
My mom is a "prisoner" of her own imagination :)
Our next stop that day was the Sea World. We went to see the killer whale show, of course.
We all loved it but the boys especially did. Alex was in awe of all the tricks that these majestical animals could do!



The killer whales splashed everybody in the lower section and we were kind of excited to not be sitting in the splash zone (well, Alex was actually bumped about it).
We then visited the Seals show. This was the view from the top of the stadium. I so wished I was there right now!!!
It was very cute and Alex enjoyed it very much!
Flamingos are always beautiful to look at and they have these funny-looking beaks. When they eat something out of the water, they have to tilt their heads to the side to pick it up :)


We all went on the Atlantis ride, even Babulya. You can see her sitting in the front row in the pink shirt and Alex is next to her in a green shirt.


When they were done riding it, Babulya said: "How did I end up getting so wet? I asked Alex to not get wet and that's where he dragged me" :) We just laughed because everybody knows how much Alex likes to get wet so he convinced her that the front row is the place to be to stay dry :))) Sneaky Alex :)
The Blue Horizons show was also great. Dolphins are so beautiful!

Before we headed back home, we stopped by the San Diego temple. It truly is a beautiful building. While Nicholas was eating, the rest of the family had fun taking pictures next to the temple.

It was another beautiful day in Paradise.