Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Fall Fun and Lots of It!!!

We've finally got it together and updated this blog with the fun things we've been able to do through October! It's been a rough couple of months over here due to Katie being sick from the pregnancy. After being to the doctor and getting some medicine to help, she started feeling better about 2 weeks ago-thank goodness! Although Katie hasn't been feeling well we still tried to do some fun things for fall.
Towards the end of September we took Molly to a real farm so she could see all the fun animals. Katie's mom has a friend from church that works and lives on a farm in Moorpark, so we headed out there to check it out. Molly LOVED it! She has no fear of any animal. She fed goats, went in the chicken coup and picked eggs, pet the horses, checked out all the dogs etc.

Then, Katie's dad and Terri came out for a visit for the weekend and we all went to the pumpkin patch! It was great to see Molly experience all the fun there and wonderful to watch Papa and YaYa enjoy seeing her (they hadn't seen her since July!)

After that we went on a mini-vacation with Katie's mom to Ventura Beach. We had decided to do this trip a little bit after Darryl passed away. We all thought it would be nice to get away from the norm and relax. It was a nice time and Johnny was able to work still and come stay at night at the hotel. This was actually a turning point for Katie in her sickness too!!!

Lastly, was Halloween! Katie has a mom's Bible study that meets on Thursdays, so they had a Halloween party and got all the kids dressed up! Good thing they did because on Halloween, Molly was sick from teething and didn't even make it into her costume :( We have a front yard party every year on Halloween and visit with our neighbors. This year was great! We met some new neighbors, ate dinner together, took all the kids around trick or treating (Molly made it to a few houses but that was it) and finished with smores over the firepit!

All in all it has been a busy month with lots of good memories! We look forward to the things to come. Hope you enjoy the fun pictures!
Grammy and Molly feeding the goats at the farm.
Our brave girl picking up the eggs (mommy was in the background squealing)!
Taking a break.
Mommy and her girl :)
Crazy!!!!! Daddy would say that she gets that from mommy!
Getting ready for Halloween. Molly at the pumpkin patch! Can't believe how big she is! Can you say basketball . . .
Molly with her Papa and YaYa!
Choo Choo - she loved this train!
So big and looks just like daddy.
Squeeze in :)
This reminds me of the good ol' days! Love it :)
Papa and Molly feeding the goats.
Taking the hay ride!
Oh Papa . . . you're a fun guy :)
Ventura beach - a good time of relaxation.
Molly and Grammy.
Me and Mommy (and 2B)!
Playing on the porch! So cute!

Molly watching Grammy play cards.
Daddy an Molly playing in the water.
We're cool :)Molly was Jesse from Toy Story! Howdy Cowgirl :)
The back of "Jesse's" hair!Mommy and Molly waiting for all our friends to come and play!Molly had a bit of a drama moment - love that we caught it!
Her first painted flower from a Halloween party she went too!

Big Mama and her 50's man!Bree and I are so sexy!"Grannie" holding the sick one.

Monday, September 27, 2010

BABY # 2 (or 2B as we call it) is on the way!!!!

Well, our family is growing by one more come May 10th, 2011! We are very excited and so is Big Sister Molly :) We just got this picture - it's a little hard to see, but our little bundle is in the yellow box! Here's Big Sister Molly!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Pidge/Lyons Family Tahoe Trip!

This was the Pidge/Lyons family trip. We've never really done one, but always talk about doing it, so finally we did. We headed up to Lake Tahoe where our brother-in-law's friend let us use his beautiful cabin. It was fun to have the kids together and enjoy the outdoors! Here are a few pictures from our adventures!
Daddy and Molly mad because Mommy was taking their picture with the flash :)
Johnny and I took the kiddies to the car show while John, Kim and Mema went to gamble a bit.
This is a Boss 302 Mustang. My stepdad, Darryl, (who recently passed) has one of these but in army green. We took this picture for him and I showed it to him in the hospital a few days before he passed and he said "awesome"!
This is the visitor we had on our PORCH! Needless to say there was screaming :)
A beautiful view from a place we just came upon during a walk :)
Molly feeling free with the wind.
The kids.
Photo opp!
Doing a little site seeing.
The Cabin . . . it was pretty nice!
Pool time for the cousins on the front porch.
Cooper relaxin' in the pool!
In the gondola - Molly fell asleep in the car before we got on the gondola and slept until about half way up and then freaked out when she woke up :( After she woke up a bit, she like it!
John, Kim, the boys and Mema in a gondola on our way to the top of Heavenly in Tahoe.At the half way point going up Heavenly. We got off the gondola and walked around and took pictures of the beautiful scenery.Molly doing some exploring!Kisses!!!Such a precious face :) Love her!Hangin' out at the top of the mountain.

Our friend came back to visit on the day we were leaving, which caused us to not be able to leave for 45 min. because we were taking pictures and running from the bear :) silly us.

Memories from Summer!

These are some random pictures from 4th of July until now. We have had a great summer and have made lots of fun memories! Enjoy the show :)
Molly and Sara in their chairs at the beach just relaxing.
This is my FAVORITE picture of Molly from the summer! It looks like a painting :)
We took Molly to the duck pond for the first time :) She loved it and was so amazed by the ducks that she would forget to toss them the bread. Molly feeding the ducks for the first time :) She has a good arm! Daddy and his girl - so sweet!
Mommy and Molly trying to get the ducks to come closer.
Mommy and Molly went to visit Great Grandad & Grandma & Great Great Grandma Jo (in this picture) in Arizona.Molly in her two piece from Mema!
Johnny and the girls.
All smiles on 4th of July!
All the kiddos!

Molly and Sara :)Bree & I on the 4th.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Sneak Peak at Pidge Family Pics!!!

Hi all! John and I and his family went up to Lake Tahoe for a few days and while we were there we had a friend of mine photograph all of us. Cierra is a friend from high school and we reconnected at our 10 year reunion. She did an amazing job and we wanted to share the pics with you all :) Hope you enjoy, just click on the link below . . . there will be more to come!

http://cierraperaphotography.com/blog/?p=832