My attempt at the perfect sibling photo...

Ben had a chance to get away with the guys and go fishing up north in Bishop and Mammoth. So where did I head to ensure I had some extra hands???? Down to my mom and dad's...they were happy to have us (at least when we showed up) and my mom even planned some fun activities. On Friday we headed to Sea World. I still don't have a decent picture of Shamu and the girls for you I'll keep trying. We hit the Shamu show, lunch, the starfish, and lastly Elmo's 4d movie. Then headed back to the house to make a salad to keep papa's tummy busy while my mom and the girls went to Cay Cay's football game.


Natalie thought first off that Cay Cay was playing/cheering for the Chargers (remember my previous post) she also kept saying soccer, which was confusing. After Natalie got the hang of it...we sat in the front row of the bleachers so she could watch the cheerleaders do their thing- she enjoyed it. Caitlyn is a co-captain so she had to call out the cheers and Natalie would try to call back to her. The team lost miserably, but Natalie had no idea what everyone was doing behind Cay Cay anyway, so it didn't really matter. Darn it I wish I had taken some shots of this...


On Saturday morning, once Caitlyn got home because mom and I aren't cool enough to hang out with on a Friday night, we all drove to the pumpkin farm. It was one of the coolest farms I have been to. It had a full produce stand, plus a pumpkin patch, ponies, bounce houses, tractor/hay ride, in June they offer strawberry picking, and watermelons. It was fun! I tried to get some shots of the girls together, not so easy.

I ended up with some gourds, Indian corn, pom pumpkins for baking, 2 carvable pumpkins, zucchini, and an exotic green squash that the farmer said was the tastiest. I got a jar of Strawberry Fig preserves, and my mom took home a potted herb garden. We'll come back next year for sure...


That night dad BBQ some ribeye steaks and my mom, Natalie and I went in for a night time jaccuzi. It was dark and drizzly, Natalie had a blast.


All in all we made the most of Ben's "guy weekend".
The top two photos are my attempt of capturing the perfect sibling picture. I was fully prepared, had the matching outfits, but not too matchy. I had the perfect back drop but would still seem candid enough to be a snapshot. The whole idea of the perfect family is to appear effortless. In reality, my kids needed a nap, they had not had lunch yet. Even though they are dressed in "fall outfits" and we are at a "fall event" it was over 80 degrees, so we were all a little sweaty. The only truly good shots I ever get are by complete accident - isn't that my luck. I'll hold out for the perfect sibling photo - you just wait and see....p.s. the only good photo here is the group shot of us on the hay ride. It was taken by sister's friend...figures:( p.p.s. the solo one of Ally shows off her Ptosis "droopy eye" it really is apparent when she is tired...