Sea World - October 2009

I love Sea World. I love the fact that we have been able to go back so many times this year. I just happened to stumble across a special AAA was offering....buy a one day pass to Sea World and get in for the rest of 2009 for FREE! That is the type of deal I am always looking for.

We decided to go back in October as the entire park was decorated for Halloween. It was a gorgeous day in San Diego. The temperature was in the mid 70s (one of the perks of living in Southern California). This was probably one trip to Sea World where we all had so much fun and laughed so hard. I love that the kids are getting older and yet I'm sad. They are so much fun to be around and make me laugh every day!

Our first stop was the Atlantis ride where we all got very wet. Then we watched a few shows, looked at some amazing animals and ventured over to the jungle gym type structure. We decided this day that each person got to pick one thing they really wanted to do and everyone would go along and enjoy. Well....Brandon picked the jungle gym. Let's just say those things are not designed for grown people to climb through. I had bruises on my knees for days after from all the crawling we did. I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time. I sure don't know how kids do it. I guess they just don't think about the pain!

We ended our day trick-or-treating through the park. They had stations set-up around parts of the park where kids could trick-or-treat. It was a really cute idea. They also had cupcake decorating. Mady was all over that. No surprise there since she wants to be a pastry chef when she gets older.

Note to anyone climbing in one of these things....

grown feet get stuck in the holes of the net very easily!

Scott and I laughed so hard while attempting to keep up with the kids in the jungle gym.

Here's what the kids looked like after the second time on the Rapids ride. Apparently the first time they didn't get wet enough. Let's just say on the ride home they had to strip down and wear blankets in the car because their clothes were so wet!

I just love my crazy family!

Pumpkin Carving

The kids love to carve pumpkins. I remember several years ago when they hated cleaning them out and Scott and I would have to do it for them. That's all changed. Mady loves pumpkin guts. We usually have to get her moving along because she'll just sit and squish the pumpkin goo between her fingers.

This year the kids went for simple designs. Sometimes they choose very difficult ones which do not always end up working for them. Brandon opted for a text message emoticon while Mady chose to do a text message saying; LOL (laughing out loud). I guess that's a sign of the times we are living in! It was most entertaining though and we all had some good laughs.

Brandon helping Mady get her top off.

I often wonder where the goofiness of Mady came from!

Everyone gutting and scooping their pumpkins.

"Got Guts"

The Chase pumpkin family!

Halloween 2009

Halloween left as fast as it came this year. I still find it hard to believe another one has past already. We did make the most of it though. We started our evening off by taking a walk to a local Mexican food restaurant. It was such a beautiful day for Halloween this year. Low 80's made the evening quite comfortable. After dinner we took a short walk to church to their annual Halloween bash. This year they did "trunk-or-treating." It was so much fun. The parking lot was filled with cars all decorated. The kids walked from car to car to "trunk-or-treat." They had music and bouncy houses and all sorts of other activities. The kids really enjoyed the night.

I think Brandon is officially past dressing up.

Mady...the candy corn princess!