October 2009.....Where Did It Go?????

Grandpa D Turns 93! - October 2, 2009
What a day for my sweet Grandpa! His daughters threw him a birthday party at the Assisted Living Center on Friday afternoon. Brent and I got down there to help celebrate, but the boys weren't able to get there until that night.We spent Saturday just kicking back. Brent, Cam, ReyAn, Sammy, Erica, Jake, Whitney, my Dad and Abby (his dog) went for a ride up Elsinore canyon. They weren't gone too long when it got cold and they headed back. Abby is a hoot with her doogles and hat. With all the dogs and trailers, it's quite a scene when we are all there.
That night, we went over and played cards with Grandpa. He wasn't up to going out for dinner, but wanted to play a game. It was fun, but he was tired, so we didn't keep him too late. Time there goes way too fast. Before we knew it we were packing up the truck to head home. It was our first outing in our new 5th wheel. It's so nice I didn't want to go outside!!! (LOL)

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Elsinore - October 23 - 25, 2009

We went down to visit Grandpa. It is so beautiful down there. The leaves falling, pumpkins on porches and in gardens, quiet country roads. I love it there! A sense of peace just falls over me when we come out of Aurora and onto I-70. It's amazing and so healing. We arrived to find a fall welcome from our old oak tree. It had dumped quiet a load of leaves but no where near the acorns that had come down. And the tree was still 3/4's full!!!! I raked and raked on Saturday. Then the wind blew all night long bringing the "plunk, plunk" sound of acorns hitting the top of the trailer. Alas, I raked about the same on Sunday before we left for home. The clouds coming over the mountains were awesome. I LOVE FALL!!!!Grandpa was doing really well. He wanted to go out to try a new mexican restaurant in town and then we played a game of Phase 10. Brent won with Grandpa right behind. It was fun and so great to see him feeling so well. I love him so much.

On the way home, we stopped at my folk's to watch the annual pumpkin carving/decorating festivities. Sharisse and her family, Darren, Cameron and the girls were all there and very busy.

It was a fun time for all. Then we headed home. Great weekend!!
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Halloween 2009

The month ended in the usual festivities. Cameron decked out his house and we went over there to look it over. Brent got very involved in his "spooking" the trick-or-treaters. Cameron was able to focus on making the Grim Reeper function, Brent snuck up on kids in his usual face mask and camoflauge.

I relieved ReyAn's mom from handing out treats while ReyAn took the girls out to get their treats. They looked so cute.
After that, we went over to trick-or-treat at Jake's and visited for about 1/2 hour, went home to check Jen's blog to see how their Halloween was (she hadn't blogged yet) and then I crashed. It was a big week at work and I was worn out. Another month gone. Great times and memories. But, we miss Jen, Patrick & the boys. It's so weird not having them here. We love you guys!