F F L !!

That stands for the 4th annual

Madame Alexander Doll Collectors Club

Fall Friendship Luncheon!!

We look forward to this day all year long!Everybody attending the luncheon got the doll in the middle.

She's adorable!

The one on the left is the one Janice won in the raffle. She's Mexico.

The one on the right is Fern from Charlotte's Web --

I won her in the raffle!!

The 3 doll-collecting sisters and Ruth's friend Roxie

We picked a lucky table this year --

We were all raffle winners!

YEA!!!!

Sea and Land Adventure

Ok, I know it's time to change my blog.

Emily wrote an awesome

day-by-day recap of our trip on her blog

so I'm just going to add some pictures. The girls by the fountain in front of our hotel in Long Beach.

Where did that truck come from? Loved the birds of paradise that were everywhere.

Watching the girls get their pictures taken in one of those photo booths.

Is she wondering about what's ahead

or starting to feel a little seasick?

the birds' favorite island near Catalina Island
Catalina Island
the gated community where the really rich people live
Catalina from the window of our little tour bus
Flowers all over the place in October! Our ship out in the harbor

The beach in Ensenada, Mexico. We had to drive around

the point of land in the distance

to get to LaBufadora

Things we saw along the way . . . a truckload of onions,
the army in trucks with their machine guns,
and Costco!
Things we saw when we got there . . . a Mexican buy playing a flute,kayakers in the ocean,
the spray of the blowhole,

and a fun real authentic Mexican restaurant.

Back on land, California Adventure had the

cutest Halloween decorations!

So did Disneyland!
Even Minnie had a costume

High School Musical 3and the cast of "UP"

Who is that crazy driver in front of me?

Loved, loved, loved it all!!!

the end

Steamboat Springs!

Steamboat Springs is a great place for a vacation!
There is a bike path that goes along

the beautiful Yampa River.

One day there was a porcupine right beside the path.

This is the view from the top of the gondola.

We had a delicious brunch in the restaurant up there.

We stayed right at the base of the mountain.

Every morning we watched this hot air balloom from our 8th story balcony.

We hiked up to Fish Creek Falls. It was so pretty.

We attended the rodeo. (It was funner than the Days of '47 Rodeo

except we didn't know the queen here.)
On Saturday, Ryan and Lacey and Amy and Jayson came up to play with us.
We rode our bikes on the bike path, rode the alpine slide 3x,
swam in the hotel pool, and had a yummy dinner
in a local restaurant named Slopeside.
It was so fun to have them come up to spend the day with us.
We are definitely fans of Steamboat Springs in the summer!

Splish Splash !!!

We LOVE Highland's new splash park!!

Check out these pics of some of our grandkids having a super time!

It's a great way to cool off and have a blast! Come and try it out!

Highland was the place to be last week for a great kids night.

Logan ran a great race in the 3-4 year old group.

Mya came in 9th in her age group -- running barefoot

because it was easier than running in flip flops. Ouch!

Even a chance to climb into the new fire engine.

What a fun night!