Pinewood Derby!

This month Jeremy got to participate in his first Pinewood Derby!!

He and Daddy had fun together cutting, sanding and painting it.

Jeremy was so excited about his car!

It was fun to see how different all the cars were at the race!

The parents helped with the race, setting up and judging.

Daddy lined up the cars and let them go at the top of the track.

The crowd was intense!

Jeremy loved getting his certificate of participation.

He won Smoothest Finish.

Grandpa and Grandma were there to cheer him on!

 Root beer floats for refreshments, my favorite!

We can't wait for next year's race!!

Insta-Friday

Woo Hoooooo! I'm so excited to be finally joining Insta-Friday!!

I made lots of little green stems to put on our fabric pumpkins for a crafty Halloween bash!

Saturday we vistited the KB home tour and had free fabulous food truck fare from The Lime Truck...

...and our fave Longboards Ice Cream!!

The kids were pretty stoked on that!

Next we hit up Toysrus and found a free Cars lego event!

Jeremy and Daddy had fun assembling a car to take home.

Sunday we helped Grandma blow out the candles on her birthday pie!

Monday Jeremy's bestie was off school and we hit up Ruby's and the dollar theater to see Cars 2!

Tuesday was Daddy's birthday and we had a blast at Disneyland!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Jeremy and I got our sillies on.

And we couldn't leave without some Dole Whip!

I splurged and got the float!!

Thursday my fabulous bag came in the mail from Aubrey Plays!!!

I'm in love...with a bag.

Camp Spooky!!

Last week I got the most exciting email from Gigasavvy!!

Our family was invited to be part of the VIP Blogger's Event
at Knott's Berry Farm's Camp Spooky!!

Jeremy and Daddy LOVE Knott's and I was excited
to mingle with the other bloggers!

Jeremy was a spooky vampire!

Kelsey was a spunky Angels cheerleader!

Our fun day began at Lucy's Lunchbox!

We had yummy breakfast with a little monster on the side.

We hung out with Kyla and her fun family!

It was so great to be in the park before it open to the public!

The kids got to go on all the rides with no lines!

There were also a few crazy rides...

And trick-or-treating!!

 These girls had a blast together all day! 

It was a crazy good time for the whole family!

Thanks Knott's Berry Farm and Gigasavvy for a spooky great day!!

A Meier Adventure

My sister Susan and her family came down from Utah to visit in California for a week. They stayed with us for a couple days and we had a lot of fun enjoying the beach and hanging out together.

 I took them to experience their first Sprinkles cupcakes on the beach! We saw the free cupcake code on Facebook and rushed down to the store to get cupcakes for everyone.

Kelsey and I stretching our toes in the sand.

She's such a little poser!

The cousins had a lot of fun together burying each other!

He looks pretty comfy in there!

We took our Tic-Tac-Toe Blanket to the beach for the first time!

They left us Wednesday morning and headed down to my sister's house in San Diego. On the way they got in a fender-bender and Susan, who was 8-months pregnant, went into premature labor.

Not long after, Landon Christopher Meier was born!

He was tiny, but didn't need oxygen!

We scrambled to take care of their other 5 children before their daddy finally took them to other friends and relatives back home. Susan and the baby finally went home a week-and-a-half later.

It was quite an adventure, but fun to see them and meet Landon!!

Go Green Zombies!!

Soccer season has begun!

Although, I am not thrilled about the longer practices, additional practices, and all the games that interrupt my coveted Saturdays, I love the look of joy on Jeremy's face when he plays.

This weekend was the season opener and we had

a freak thunderstorm.

His game was canceled.

And then back on!

We hurried down to the field, but a lot of the kids didn't show up, so we had a scrimmage instead of a real game.

Jeremy had to play goalie for the opposing team.

It was kind of confusing for him. 

My team is coming to score, but wait, they're not my team??

Finally the other team's players all showed up and he got to rejoin his team and kick the ball!

Look at that form!

Kelsey entertained herself by practicing her long jump...

 ...and digging in the big hill of dirt and sticks behind us.

Go Green Zombies!!

Here's to another exciting season! :)

Chick-fil-A Aliso Viejo!!

We were so excited to hear Chick-fil-A was coming to Aliso Viejo!!

This location is the closest to open near our house

 and we were really hoping to get in!

As it turned out, Daddy had to work and couldn't camp with us, but I was picked and got to stay with the kids!

We love to eat the yummy chicken they give us all day!

Our playdoh is always a big hit with all the kids there!

My little cows enjoyed their lunch!

And put up with all my pictures, but don't they make cute cows??

 

I got a blood blister helping someone put up their tent.

It was ugly!! (The blister, not the tent.)

There was napping...

And as the sun went down hula-hooping...

Jeremy busted out his dance moves!

And we all had fun with YMCA!

The night was long with our leaky air mattress,

but we were rewarded the next morning

with hugs from our Chick-fil-A friends!!

Daddy's carpool partner camped out with his family and had fun.

 

Woo Hoo!! 52 free meals!!

We love the cow!

Oh the crazy things I'll do for chicken. :)

Thank you Chickfila Aliso Viejo!!!