Camping at El Mirage

okay so now that we have our trailer we try and go camping with our friends at least once a month!

So all of you who really know me know that I have a phobia of letting my kids get dirty! Well my hubby is determined that our little dude will be just that a little dude playing in the dirt and running a muck. I am very proud of myself I let my 9 month old baby boy sit and play in the dirt... I was having anxiety the whole time but I did it and he had a blast, and I have the proof!

We had lots of fun.. I love being able to get out of town and spend quality time with my family and our friends.

Here are some more pictures of our camp site and of all of us riding... Ashlyn was a big girl this time and went on a ride with the big kids and adults on her quad!

The HUNT!

So my little princess went pheasant hunting with her dad, I wash a little shocked that she actually went, for as big of a girl as she is she can also hang with the boys.....um I don't know if that's good or bad for future dating life! There is my princess holding a dead bird yes I did say a dead bird! Chris said she loved the pretty colors and how soft they were.... ewe! I must not have taught her anything about cleanliness! Ashlyn loves spending time with her dad and she loves the outdoors so they are a match made in heaven. The big bear with her is from school, all the kids get a turn with bubba bear and it was her turn. I cant believe how fast this year has gone its already almost thanksgiving..... Chris and I were planing to go to Idaho but with his work schedule the roads and saving money for Christmas we have decided to stay home and celebrate with our friends who have become our family here in So Cal! Happy Thanksgiving to all..... I am so thankful for my hubby and my two wonderful kiddos and that I have such wonderful friends who I love and who make living away from my mom and dad and sisters and brothers easier. We have our trials but all in all Chris and I get through them together and have a great life! I hope to see my family real soon.!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I hope that everyone had a good Halloween. We at the Durham house sure did, and now we are glad its over... bring on the Holidays!!!

Well Collin is crawling, so we thought it was fitting to make him a spooky crawling spider! Too cute... we just put him in pj with spiders all over them! Ashlyn was princess jasmine, I think she has decided to be a different Disney princess each year until she has been each one of them at least once.

We went over to our wonderful friends the Parkers! We had pizza and let the kids play and then took them trick-or-treating, after that we went back to their house and just hung out it was low key... and fun.... just the way we like it!

A big thanks to the Parkers for having us over on Halloween! We did manage to make it to the trunk or treat for our at our church but we had another party to go to as well so we didn't get to stay long but Ashlyn want to be Cinderella for this party so here are the costumes they wore to the trunk or treat that night.

They also had a blast carving pumpkins! We had a good time this year lots of fun activities that we did with the kids.... Chris got to be a part of most everything weather he liked it or not... its kind of different with his new detective hours! We had a great month hope you all did as well.