Star Wars, Fire Fighters, Dragons and Pirates

October was a very busy month for the Stoddard's and Sheppard's. We celebrated Colin's 7th birthday with a Star Wars' theme, trekked through the pumpkin patch, went to the High Desert Museum to see the Butterfly exhibit, and dressed-up for Halloween. So sorry about all the pictures and videos, but it was so hard to choose between all the cute photos and action shots of my favorite kids.

At the High Desert Museum we were up close and personal with butterflies and moths. The three kids were delighted and it was hard to get them to come out of the exhibit. It was spell binding! They also got to experience an old-fashioned Halloween with bobbing for apples, puppet making and a puppet show.


The pumpkin patch had a train ride, petting zoo, hay bale maze and a large ship made out of bales of hay. It was quite something to see!

They did take time out to get some school work in, a dip in the hot tub, and a shopping trip to fill up the Christmas boxes they do every year for some little boy and girl in Africa.