Sunday, October 30, 2011

Fall festival

 My mom and I headed to a fall festival at a church with our friends (Kyle was studying).  The kids wore their costumes all the time in NE for different activities, so I thought it would be nice to wear them more than once and of course they were thrilled to do so!  It was a little chaotic at first, but my mom and I managed and by the end of the night we were sitting around a table with friends talking!
Cambria LOVED being Cinderella!

The Castillo kids with Gavin and Avalyn!

Ava and Avalyn- these 2 get along so well!

Chase and Gavin!

 My mom and I knew we had to find a place for the babies after just a few minutes.  The gated playground worked well for some free time!


 A little karaoke..."the wheels on the bus"!  Avalyn was so proud that she got to hold a microphone!

 All the Castillo and Johnston kids in one picture!!!  The Castillo's worked with my college group at church and since Kyle and I got married during my senior year we just stuck with the group.  We became very close with the Castillo's over that year and loved being apart of their group!  Bianca (their oldest) was born that year. We have always stayed in touch over the years and visited when we were in town.  It is wonderful to be back and to have our kids all so close in age!  They love being together and since we haven't found a church small group yet, it is nice to know we have friends like them!

Powder-Puff

 Yes, there is Powder-Puff football in Med. school!  Who knew?  It was for charity and after some convincing Kyle joined the team.  It was pretty funny, but they did a good job and the kids and I had a few laughs.  It's wonderful how they encourage the students to work together, Kyle is so happy where he's at (even if it sooooo hard)!

Friday, October 28, 2011

Cambria's room

 This isn't quite all of it, but I finished the walls and the light "fixture".  I knew I wanted to do black and white for the walls and add color in the lights and other accessories.  It had to be a quick one, since Cambria doesn't adapt to change well and having her sleep in another room really wasn't an option.  I painted the walls bright white, the trim and door black, the bed black and then dandelions in black.  Of course I wanted to give her a touch of what she loves right now, so I painted a ducky on canvas.  Her ceilings are high, so I wanted to do something fun- after hours of adding tissue to some of the lanterns I hung them all with fishing wire and thumb tacks!
 Cambria walked in and said "good coloring Mommy!" It was so sweet, she LOVED it!  She calls it her dandelion room and her face lights up when she walks in- making it worth all the trouble!
 I'd have to say her reaction to the lights was even more excitement than the mural.  She was so excited!  Of course it didn't take but a few days to throw things at them till a few fall- I know this fun will eventually fade and she'll leave them alone!
Still in need of a curtain for the windows.  I will get pictures up eventually of everything done- including the bed made with her yellow bedspread!  I am just so happy she's happy!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Just for fun!

Our beautiful backyard, okay so it's not so beautiful.  The most beautiful thing about it is the FENCE!!!  I LOVE having a fence, I can just let the babies go and with absolutely zero landscaping, they can't harm a thing!



Cambria with the buffalo gourds in our backyard.
Ainsley loves steps stools and accessorizing!

We LOVE that we are close enough to have family members come visit for the weekend.  My sister and her family were in town for a wedding, so we got to play a bit!  The kids love hanging out with their cousins!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Sea World in Oct.

The kids had an early release from school on Fri., so my mom and I surprised them with a trip to Sea World!  It was a beautiful day, not too hot and very few crowds.  The kids enjoyed all the Halloween festivities and a few rides, always a fun time at Sea World!!!