Fall things...

This has been a fun month so far!  Calli has her first tooth!  She has also started to crawl and pull herself up to standing position.  She eats really well and got through her first cold without major problems.

Here's some of our Thanksgiving decor...

It is in the eighties most days and just right to sit by the pool...the water is a bit cold but the kids still swim anyway.

Even Calli!  She doesn't make a peep about how cold it is and seems to love it!

Here's Calli at the soccer games...as you can see we have some wind.

On Friday Emma and her friend Ana Maria treated us (Marilola and I) to a surprise spa day!  They did our nails, soaked our feet, scrubbed our hands, smoothed with lotion, brought us treats and made us homemade lemonade.  It was so thoughtful and kind.  We really felt special and are GRATEFUL for our GREAT girls!

We had some friends over for a couple of days while their parents were out of town.  On Saturday Brett and I put off getting up for as long as possible but I soon regretted that decision when I came down and slid across the kitchen floor.  Derek and his friend were thirsty and thought our huge jug of olive oil from costco looked like apple juice!  Derek said, "we wanted some apple juice but it just kept spilling".  The kids and I squirted dish soap on the floor and scrubbed until we had to leave for soccer.  I think it is finally recovering after 3 moppings!  We had a good laugh, this was also the pair that went through a half a stick of butter in one afternoon...making 'toast'.  Oh dear...the kids had a ball and played so hard that I'm sure they worked it all off in no time!