Halloween & Oktoberfest

Roxy waiting for bath time

Farliegh at Oktoberfest

One of our great hosts, Joe

That's me at the party

Aren't I scary

Scary Jason

You're next

Here we come

On Friday, Jason and I went to a Halloween party in Citrus Heights. It was at a friends' of a friends' house. It was kinda creepy because it had a very long driveway and it was really dark. I think we were the best dressed at the party (of course I think that). Jason did most of my makeup and he did all of his. I made the blood at work, and we wore my old scrubs from my days at the vet. We did have a lot of fun. I made my seven layer dip and it was almost gone by the time we left. It is very popular.

On Saturday, we went to an Oktoberfest at a friends house, also in Citrus Heights. The three hosts dressed up in lederhosen. Everybody brought a lot of beer and there was so much food. I never knew there was so many different polka songs. There are a lot! The food was so great! We met some very interesting people. We had another great night!

On Sunday, it was a busy, but lazy day. It was time for Roxy's bath. She always knows when she is dirty and is need of a bath. She doesn't really care for the bathing part, but she loves to be dried off. She always turns in a constint circle while I'm bathing her. After she's mostly dired, she runs up and down the hallway occasionally growling at us as she passes at us (playfuly). She is now passed out in the game room. She's had a hard day!

Special Olympics

Today I started volunteering. I really do enjoy doing it and have missed it for a while. I filled out all the paper work, took the online quizzes, and passed the background check. The Special Olympics are having their soccer tournament this weekend. I've signed up to help out. This morning, I was a score keeper and met a lot of really nice athletes. It was really nice to help out. I can't wait to go back tomorow!

Batting Cages

On Saturday, we took a break from our busy errand running day to spend some time hitting some balls at the batting cages. It was pretty fun. Since I've never been to the batting cages, I wasn't sure how it worked.

Jason did pretty well (he use to play little league). I tried baseball (at 65 mph) and slow softball pitches. Softball sucked! I couldn't hit anything. It was sooooo slow, it took forever to get to me. Both of us were disappointed by that. The baseball pitch was so low to the ground, it made it difficult to hit, but we managed. This was a nice, little break from our crazy day.

We were able to pick up some free firewood from a co-workers' neighbor. We have fires for 1 more year!! We had a fire that night. It was so cold outside, when we got back from walking Roxy, we needed a fire! I love that smell. Mickey cuddled up on Roxy's bed, right in front of the fire. While, Roxy cooled off in the kitchen. It was such a nice way to end such a busy day. We love nights like these.

Santa Cruz & Jason's Birthday

After dinner on the wharf

A drink the bartender made while we were waiting for a table

Sunset from the wharf

I could stay here forever



Looking at the boardwalk from the wharf

How cool!

Lots of barking going on

Almost sunset

On the roller coaster

Getting ready to go out

This is where Cruz came from

What great aim

It's a trick

So many people

So close

Fun shooting

On the beach

Jason's castle before the tide took it over

Last weekend, we went to Santa Cruz. We went for two reasons. The first, I've never been there before. The second, it was Jason's four day birthday. We booked a cheap little hotel about a 1/4 mile from the boardwalk. We wanted to make sure we could just walk where ever we were going.

On Saturday morning, we woke up early and left for our little road trip. It didn't take us too long to get there. It was such a nice drive. I loved all the trees and how green it was. We got lucky, it was the perfect weekend to go there. It was about 83 degrees during the day, and sunny. Of course, at night, it was very cold.

When we got there, we were already wearing our swimsuits. We just dropped our stuff off and headed to the boardwalk. As I've seen on TV, lots of people and lots of food and games. It was such a perfect day! Our deal was, I was to let Jason build his sand castle, if he went on a roller coaster with me. I did that. He finished just in enough time. The tide took it over, just after he finished and let some kids try to protect it.

We went back to our hotel and Jason dropped off his stuff, and we hit up the boardwalk festivities. As our agreement said, he went on a roller coaster with me. It was pretty weak (I'm use to Great America roller coasters), but fun. Jason played some games and won me my little duck. His name is "Cruz". I love him! It was getting pretty cold, and I was still in my swimsuit, so I needed to get back and get cleaned up, so we could eat.

We walked the wharf, and saw lots of animals. There were a lot of sea lions, and one bird that didn't care how close you came up to him. So cool! We found this little place with great clam chowder. If you know me, you know I'm not a big fan of sea food. The two thing I"ll eat are crab cakes (my fav!) or halibut. Of course, I got crab cakes. They were great. I also tried their clam chowder, and it was really good. After dinner, we headed out to find something to do. (It was sooo cold.) We ended up playing some arcade games and won a lot of tickets. We got some toys! This was a weekend of being children (which is the best!).

The next day, we left to go home, but needed food so bad. We wanted to at least get to San Jose before we ate. I guess we missed all the food, because we went straight to Milpitas and finally found a Denny's. We were starved! The drive home was long (as it usually is when you just want to get home). We finally made and were so tired. My mom was still there, from watching our child (Roxy). Thanks, mom, for watching her, and our TV.

Such a great trip and I was able to mark something off my list of CA things to do before we move. More places to come (hopefully sooner than later). I know there are a lot of pictures, but I love taking them and I love to share them!