October has come around too quickly!  I cannot believe that we have already chosen our Halloween costumes and are now receiving Christmas catalogs in the mail!  WOW!  

Joe and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary on October 8th. It is such a wonderful feeling to celebrate this milestone and still feel like I met him yesterday.  This is a good thing!

We planned a get away to Santa Barbara to celebrate our anniversary, but our plans did not work out. We decided to drive up Turlock and visit Joe's sister Theresa to celebrate our nieces' birthdays, Izzy turned 3 and Maggie turned 1.  Our family had so much fun taking a 5 hour car trip with the girls and spending every moment of the weekend with them.  It was a wonderful weekend, Audrey and Olivia loved playing with their cousins and all 3 dogs!

 Before we went home on Sunday we drove to a nearby park to take some photos.  With 4 girls under 4 it was difficult to get a good shot.  This is one of my favorites with Grandma Kathie.

This shot is funny...look at Maggie, she is having so much fun!

 Audrey and Izzy were climbing in the tree, it was nice to see them having so much fun together.  We were sad when we had to leave. 

Cousins checking out the ducks in the pond

Daddy and his girls + baby doll

Peter and Joe has to stop the girls from chasing the goose that was as tall as them.  Peter was sure that the goose would end up chasing the girls instead!

 Daddy and his baby girl!

I love them :)

Once we were home, life was back to normal.

Audrey and Olivia love sharing life together.  Audrey refuses to let us tie her hair back lately.  It drives me crazy.  Please note this for the future when she is old enough to see these photos and get mad at me because her hair is everywhere.  

Here are my 2 cuties playing outside after the rain.  Audrey is so proud of her "baby sister" and loves to tell everyone who will listen all about her.