Ashlyn's Ballet Recital

Ashlyn had her first ballet recital a couple of weeks ago with her two little friends, Lilly and Karson. It was very informal, nice and short on a street corner in Escondido. She did great and loved wearing her red ballet outfit as she shasayed down the sidewalk!

A little this a little that....

We have been keeping busy on the weekends doing lots of fun Christmasy things. Last weekend we took a hike around Lake Hodges to one of my favorite spots in the fall (can you guess why?) And the following night we went downtown to watch the parade of lights on the waterfront. Lots of sail boats decorated with lights...Ashlyn's favorite was the one with Santa on it. She was shouting "Hi Santa" from the sidewalk. So cute.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

For the third year in a row we kept our tradition and hiked down to the Christmas tree farm with our wagon 2 weekends ago. We got a fabulous tree (not pictured...oops!) and the kids had a fabulous time playing hide and seek!

A perfect day in Coronado

While Rob's Mom was here we spent the nicest day of November in Coronado. It was GORGEOUS..sunny, blue skies and 80 degrees. We enjoyed the beach, the DEL and some yummy food!

Thanksgiving week continued...

Auntie Lisa ended her trip with a round of happy birthday before going to the airport. Ashlyn apparently very much enjoyed the cake...and the plate. The following day, Nana arrived! We had a lovely week with Nana with pretty much perfect weather. Nice and toastie (in the 80's for 3 consecutive days). More pictures to come...

A special weekend for the birthday boy...

We celebrated Rob's 40th birthday this past weekend. Rob's sister, Lisa flew out as well as my brother. I threw him a surprise (sort of) party with about 25 of his friends at one of his favorite local places, Urge. We spent the rest of the weekend hiking Torrey Pines and enjoying the beach.