Pumpkin Patch

The family and an old friend made a visit to a Lakeside pumpkin patch to pick a trio of pumpkins for carving.  Before finally got around to selecting pumpkins Ellen spent a good 20-30 minutes in the bounce house and at least 15 minutes in the petting zoo chasing rabbits and ducks around.

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Los Dias De La Semana

Ellen has been singing the days of the week now for awhile.  More recently her pronunciation has gotten quite good.  This evening she must have sang it over and over at least 20 times at the dinner table.  I captured the last few renditions before she demanded that I hand the camera to her so she could watch herself.  Enjoy!

Gardening In October

Despite the late start on our garden we still managed to plant some warm weather plants and took of advantage of our moderate climate.  The tomatoes are just coming in now while we have already harvested lots of summer squash and eggplant.

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TGIF

Captured this image this morning before Ellen headed off to daycare
and Mommy to work!

Summer 2009

Its been a busy summer!  Here's a small snippet of photos from this summer, starting with a trip to Clovis in May and ending with photos of our garden harvest.  Mixed in between are images from Father's day, the 4th of July,  a trip to the zoo, SeaWorld and a group shot of Ellen's first camping trip to San Elijo St Beach.

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Harvest

First squash and eggplant harvest of the season. Princess Aurora AKA
Sleeping Beauty says she is going to eat them.

UPDATE: I grilled them up and they were AMAZING, Ellen didn't even touch them.

Ellen in the garden

After much neglect and a change of address I hope to begin posting
again soon.  Here is a pic of Ellen watering our recently planted and thriving
garden.