Fusion Preschool Fall Activites

Fusion Yuba City Fashion Show

Christopher school changed the parade to a fashion show do to the rain we had that week. It was really cute to see the kids get on the table and do their little walk. The school set up a little carnival inside, with a face painting station, bean bag toast, coloring, dancing, and treat -or- treating. Christopher and I made "Mummy Wrapped Hot dogs" for lunch and they were a hit. After the children ate lunch, then came the goodies, like cupcakes and cookies.

Bishop Pumpkin Farm

In the middle of the month Christopher Preschool went on a field trip to the Bishops out in Wheatland. Christopher was not feeling all so great that day, so i did not get any great group pics. But he still had a wonderful time with his class. They all got to ride the train, go on a hayride, got to go down the slide at marble mountain, and at the very end we all got a fresh cup of apple cider. mmmmm All in all it was a great day, but it was so hot. I think it was in the 90's that day. So i felt bad for the children that did not have the parents with them. We luckily brought my water pack, and we always had water. Teacher Micheyl reminded the children that the must pick a pumpkin they could carry. Christopher was happy to find his little baby pumpkin right away.

Bishop's Pumpkin Farm

This year was Christopher 1st trip to Bishop Pumpkin Farm. I also learned it was Jaime's too. At the beginning of the month before things got to crazy we met our Ranger friends and family down in Wheatland. This farm is so much fun. The have a train, hayrides, petting zoo, pig races, grave tractors, a wooden train, steel rocking horse, slides, and even a old train that is real. The also have homemade crafts and food. The Bookholtz's and Jimerfields's met us down there to have a great time too.

The family picture, should have done it when everyone was awake and happy

The Train ride around the farm

The old train. Him and Dylan had a blast playing and running

The gravel pit tractors, this was a super fun one.

We bought Chris some food to feed the goats. The food was in Ice Cream cones. I was surprised he wanted to feed them. After awhile he was picking the baby goats up and carrying them around. After i left i seen a sign that read "Don't let your children pick up the animals" oh well.

They had this huge area were the laid down old mattresses and threw hay over it. The children could run, jump and bounce. It was really fun to watch.

This wooden train was pretty cool. We stayed here for a while

Ranger Tom, Josh, and Jaime got in on alittle rocking horse action too.

Dylan and Christopher were too cute. They wanted to try and pick them up, but as you can see they were way too big.

We all enjoyed the hay ride but Jaime, he was trying to get out of it the whole time. But it was fun watching Chris and the other boys pick  their pumpkins.

Marble Mountain was alot of fun, just big slides on the mountain. When its time to leave they give you alittle bag and you can get 10 marble out of the water. The kids just love it.

Pink October

Pink October: Geweke's Caring for Women Foundation.  Pink October started 13 years ago as a single 5K Race for Awareness. It has grown into 6 events. It is pretty cool that they have something like this in our area. I asked my mother to do it over a month ago, but she said, she would be working. So of course she waiting until the day before to tell me she was coming. It all worked out and the 3 of us had a wonderful day. Next year we might be alittle more organized. It is always hard going to a event for the first time. You never know what to accept. Last year they had only 720 people, this year they had over 1200. So of course they were alittle unorganized too. They ran out of shirts and etc. Luckily we both got one.

Grandpa Tom's Birthday

My father turned 64 on August 25, 2010. He was not feeling up to driving that weekend, so we did not get to help him celebrate. He decided to drive over Labor Day weekend. Christopher wanted to throw a birthday party for someone, so i told him we could do it for papa Tommy. That morning Christopher helped bake and decorate cupcakes. He wanted different color ones. I wanted to make a cake, but Christopher said he don't like cake LOL. Christopher was so excited to help blow out the candles. I put some trick candles on there for my dad and him. The harder they blew, the bigger the flame. It took both of them awhile to figure out what was going on. LOL my father he is just like a child too. We should have waited until Sunday to have the party. Because my mother and my in-laws showed up for our lunch BBQ before Jaime had to go to work. It was really nice to see everyone, and they are only an hour away. So they can drive up anytime.

Chimayo, New Mexico

Chimayo, NM will be my first blog post for the Espanola Valley. We visited the area in late early December while Jaime was training at Abiquio Lake, just north of Chimayo. The ground where beautiful, and we just had a winter storm the week before. The snow was still around in patches, but it was still in the low high 30's low 40's out. I did not take any pictures inside the church.
According to the story a farmer named Don Bernardo Abeyta, saw a strange light emanating from one of the hills near the Santa Cruz river, at Chimayó. The farmer walked to the light and started digging with his bare hands and  he uncovered a crucifix in the ground. The story says he left the crucifix in the ground, and ran to the neighbor homes to bring them back. They ended up calling the priest from Santa Cruz. They were going to walk the crucifix back to Santa Cruz. To their surprise it was gone, and then brought back without them knowing. After several attempts to walk the crucifix back to Santa Cruz, it was decided it where they found it and build a small building over it. And that is what they did. People come from all over, because they say it has healing power. Family members would bring the sick there and pour the sand over them. The small room that was build over the crucifix is called "The Room of Miracles". Me and Christopher visited the room and it is quit an emotional place. I remember crying all the way back to the Inn where we were staying. I wanted to say a healing pray in general for our family and friends but i remember i did not know any. I do remember telling Christopher has he ran sand through his little finger, that no matter why or how he got sick i hope he made a quick recovery and stayed healthy throughout his life time. They say on Good Friday, that thousand of people come. It is beautiful to see year around. We were lucky enough to see it in winter and summer. I told the story as i remember it being told to me. After writing this blog i looked up the website.
El Santuario De Chimayo:

Great Memories.....

Ok so someone was over the other day and asking about all our pics on the wall. Most of them were from when we lived in NM and did alot of traveling. There is so many great memories that we had, and alot of great places we got see. I always do some referring back to the movie "Cars" we lived on the old Route 66. Some of that movie was based on the little town we lived in. So I'm thinking once a week i will pick a picture and tell the story......