Look-a-Like?

During our trip to Paso, I found this old photo of Tim in the cabin...


Am I crazy or does Dylann really resemble her dad? Check out those matching eyebrows!

Gobble! Gobble!

We had the best time on our Thanksgiving adventure!


The kids were gems and geez, what TROOPERS! Every night in a new place and they still kept smiles on their faces! Davis loved to see animals on our drive and Dylann turned into quite the car snoozer, sleeping warm and bundled in her carseat, WHEW!

After a quick night in Santa Barbara, we spent Thanksgiving at Grandma Kate and Grandpa HoHo's cozy home in Paso Robles - We had such fun catching up with family and feasting with friends.






It was animal overload at the Atascadero Zoo Friday. Davis asked for tigers, parrots and flamingos and we were shocked to actually see these animals here... In mid-40 degree weather, what!?!




The coolest thing about Paso are all the crazy things we get to do - Fishing at Grandpa HoHo's secret pond was classic. After an off road excursion through ranches, woods and grazing cattle, we came upon a calm watering hole to cast out. HoHo gave Davis his first fishing pole and though we didn't catch a thing, we loved navigating the banks and soaking in the scenery.





I see more fishing in our future...


Back at the Dubost Cabin we started the fire and got warmed up by Ted, Sarah and Raymond! HoHo cooked a feast and we snuggled around the fire for the night - Tim, Dylann, Davis and I ALL crammed into our queen aerobed to keep warm! BURR. That was one cold (and noisy) night - With 3 dogs and some mysterious snoring by the only bearded guy in the room, it was surely memorable, ha! ;)



How cool to have your own personal horse riding instructor in the family? Sarah pulled out all the stops for Davis, who rode Cowboy the pony like an old veteran. Sarah led Davis into the big ring with the gorgeous galloping giants and little cowboy went over a couple "jumps" while Davis held on tight!




Paso Robles Dubosts.... We are thankful for YOU!




Next stop? Avila Beach to visit Uncle John, Aunt Debbie and cuzzies Cole, Kendall and Casey!




I could have played tarzan on their rope swing all day...


And big Uncle John was pretty entertaining too ;)


Davis could have played with Casey all day, and in fact, he did!



WHAT A TRIP! We are so thankful to have family, near and far and everywhere in between - But most of all we are thankful for the two little turkeys we call ours :)

How's the Weather?

Davis has become quite the weather man, at every chance telling me what the day looks like...


"Momma! Bootiful sunny day!!!!"

"Oh momma, weally windy"

"Burrrr, cold"

"Oh no, weally froggy outside"

"Momma look! Beautiful moon!"

"Uh oh... Stormy outside Momma!!!!"

How observant you are my little weatherman!

Happy Turkey Day!

We are toting our mashed potaters to Paso Robles for the long weekend!


Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!

6 Months

Dylann Jane, 6 months looks good on you!



Dylann, you are a generous audience, always good for a smile or giggle when we get in your face! You like to eat baby food and gnaw on toys, big pretzels and even rice cakes! The thing that kills me is you really like to chew cardboard and books, which is JUST what your goat brother did (and still does...). You may look girly, but honey, you are one tough cookie who loves to roll around with your brother!



Dylann, you make our family complete and this Thanksgiving, we are extra THANKFUL for YOU! XO

Oldie But Goodie

On a recent trip to Grandma NoNo's house, we ransacked the garage to find heaps of Tim's old toys and books - What a goldmine! Davis' eyes were wide as saucers watching his Dad masterfully put together these oldies - Talk about muscle memory! 20 years later and Tim instantly reconstructed this giant, complicated castle which has been the toy of choice for the last week. I must admit I too like this monstrosity... And actually find myself mindlessly "cleaning" it up, aka rebuilding it, when the kids are napping ;)

Thumb Sucker

Be it sleepy, hungry or just plain bored, this sweet little thumb is never out of place!

Choir Practice

Grandpa Ho Ho stopped in for an overnight visit Saturday, and got the privilege of a front row seat to a chorus of crying kids from 11pm-6am... Davis and Dylann were unsettled and let themselves be heard! Teeth for Dylann perhaps? No chompers yet. Davis hopped up on sugar? Probably! Either way, the noisy nights around here make me think I should offer house guests ear plugs upon arrival... ;)

Zoo Zoo Pet

Each morning this week the convo around here has gone like this:

Colleen: "Good morning sweet boy!"
Davis: "Hi Momma... What we dooooing?" (as in what are we doing today)
Colleen: "Um... errands and laundry! Woo hoo!"
Davis, with a pleading expression on his face: "Animals pleeeeeeeease? Zoo? Zoo please? See the animals please!! See birds? See sheepies? See zebra? Zoo please?"

Well, I finally gave in and our threesome perused the penned up at the Orange County Zoo.


Davis ventured solo into the goat paddock, brushing and petting while Dylann and I watched from outside the gate. This kid likes animals. So much so I honestly think he can speak their language cause they really like hime back. Eventually I coaxed him out so we could see other things, but before we left we fed them some grain...


Davis: "Sticky tongues momma!"
Momma: "Oooh yeah, funny!" (as in Yes, feeding goats is kinda slobbery/gross actually)


After the zoo (they have a great FREE storytime I highly reccomend! The docent read books on bears and we got to feel real bear fur which even I thought was cool) we played in the leaves, ate snacks and checked out the ducks before our drive home.



Happy Friday!