Pumpkin Patch 2010

We took the kids to the pumpkin patch. It's a must for the Fall!

The boys rode on the horses. Ride 'em, Cowboy!


Yee-Haw!

Hayden rode the John Deere power wheels. Poor thing had an allergic reaction last year when she rode the horses, so I'm glad there was another fun activity for her to do.

Our cute little kids.


Jude and his tongue! For those of you who see us often, you know this kid has his tongue hanging out of his mouth all the time! I love it!


Happy Fall Everyone!

A little of this and a little of that!

Biggest caterpillar ever! Joey and the kids found this huge caterpillar outside a few weeks ago! We played with it for a while then returned it to our yard:)


Hayden and one of her best friends, Anne! Anne's sister took this picture and I just love it!


Hayden started kindergarten on September 13th. I'm a little late with this post! She loves it! Her teacher is fantastic! I can't believe my Hayden is in kindergarten!!

Hayden and Joey on the first day of school!

Hayden and me on her first day, I'm wearing sunglasses to cover the tears! It was a great day but it hit me like a ton of bricks that she is getting older.

Wood Family Reunion 2010

We had a talent show on our first night. Hayden did a hula dance.


Link sang "Families Can Be Together Forever."


Spencer sang "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and...


he shook his booty in the middle of the performance!


My brother, Kipp, and Spence.


Joey found a long piece of kelp on the beach and we used it as a jump rope. There was a photographer there from the North County Times and a picture of our family jumping rope made it into the newspaper the following day!

More jumping rope!

Jude and his favorite person!

In line at Disneyland

The boys got to meet Buzz and they were so excited.


We went to a Giants/Padres game and the Giants won! Go Giants!! We also got there early enough for batting practice and Joey caught two baseballs, which the kids have now inherited.


Dede and Papa with 8 of their 9 grandchildren. We missed you Parker!

Newport News

We spent a week with Joey's family in Newport Beach a few weeks ago. We had a great time and felt like we were a thousand miles away even though we were only 20 miles from our house.

Here is Hayden and her cute cousin, Kylie, in their matching swimsuits.

Here is Jude playing with his cousin Jared. Jared is awesome with kids and we were grateful to have him there to keep Jude happy!

This is Jude's first time playing in the sand...

Jude finds sand and...


decides to eat sand! He probably would have continued to eat it had I not picked him up!


We spent a day at Disneyland and Hayden fought Darth Vader at the Jedi Training Academy! She rocked it!


This pictures is totally random and not from our trip but I love it! Lincoln wanted to play "pool" and I thought he wanted to put his action figures in a bin full of water, but no, he wanted to get in the "pool."

Family Pictures 2010

Thanks Tawni for the great family pictures!!

Jude's a sitter

Jude can sit-up, well kind of! Poor kid has a large head, in the 80th percentile, but his body is in the 30th percentile. It's tough to hold up all that noggin but he is sure trying! He doesn't stay up for long but he is sure proud of himself when he does!

Another Catch-up Post (I'll do better, I promise!)

Happy 4th of July!


Jude's very first merry-go-round ride. He tried eating the reins and I think he thoroughly enjoyed himself.


Joey's parents down from NorCal for the 4th of July. Here are Nonni and the boys!

We took the kids to the Santa Ana zoo yesterday. The highlight of the day was the camel ride.

I was nervous watching them, their left side was completely open (no rope, no bar, nothin'), but they weren't scared at all.

Spencer decided to take the zoo jeep for a spin.


Hayden and Spencer!

I am not a "take a picture of animals" type person, but these are the coolest birds ever! Their color was amazing.


Note to Orange County residents: Don't pay full price to go to the Santa Ana zoo, it's not worth it! They have tons of monkeys, two camels, a bald eagle, an aviary and that's about it. It is half-price after 2pm Mon-Fri., and you really only need an hour or two to see the whole place. That's my two cents.