Happy Halloween!!!

To start the Halloween festivities, the kids did their pumpkin carving.

Gettin' down and dirty in pumpkin goo!
Finished product: the pumpkins and their owners.

Rick and the kids went to some friends neighborhood for haunted houses and trick or treat fun.

The very original costumes of Keiley (a baby) and Drake (a hippie).

No, that is not Drakes real hair!

All the girls of the group...so cute and girlie

...And all the boys...not so cute, more like scary except for the happy hippie in the on the right.

Walkin' for The Cure!

Today we did the Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure here in Temecula at the mall. What a turn out!!

This is what it looked like in front of us as we waited for the race to start. TONS-O-PEEPS

...And this was behind us!!!

Because the cause in near and dear to my heart, I talked my inlaws in to joining me along with Keiley. Thankfully they all were glad to join in :)

Keiley has actually been my walking partner in several of these 5k walks....LUCKY ME :)

Kordick Gals in action!

Uncle Kevin giving Keiley some help as we draw near the finish line.

AND WE DID IT!!!

My Monkeys!

Fabulous Auntie Lindz is our roommate for the next several months and WOW does that have its' rewards. She was nice enough to take the kids to the Wild Animal Park! (it is kind of a treat for her too. Being from Montana, she hasn't seen much of the California "theme" parks)

The next few photos are of course the animal parks live ins. Keiley was snap happy so I decided to post some of her efforts.

How Time Flies

Some very dear friends of ours, Tony and Heather Turski had a BIG moment in their lives recently. Their daughter Chrisann was married a few weeks ago and MAN IS THAT WEIRD!
It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that Chrisann was only a 5 year old dancing and running around at our wedding 16 years ago.

When one of your friends children gets married, it sort of makes you think about the day your child gets married...YIKES right?!?!
Thankfully, we still have a while, but it doesn't discount that we are getting older and so are our children and it will be here before we know it.

Chrisann is a beautiful person and was a beautiful bride.

Keiley and Chrisann sharing a dance together..


Here they are posing (because the little girls were in awe of the bride in the princess dress) with a friend Kylah.

I forgot to mention that the Kordick men stood us Kordick women up at this wedding. Rick was on a trip and Drake fell ill very last minute so he too was unable to escort us ladies.

Thankfully "Uncle Tony" filled in with the dancing duties.

(Really, I think he was holding on to Keiley not wanting to let go because she reminded him of Chrisann when she was little......Super sweet huh.)

Apparently the newest fad at weddings is a "candy bar". Yep, that's right. The last couple of weddings we have been to, have had a "candy bar".

Keiley and Kylah are showcasing that very thing. The very place a kid would want to be right?

Ladies night out at the wedding....

WARNING!!!! BLOG OVERLOAD Y'ALL!!

For my birthday, two of my bestie gal pals kidnapped my kiddos (without my knowledge) and they all plotted together to have my kids do a "model" shoot for an album for me.

I must tell you, they pulled it off completely. I was super surprised! I even shed some tears of enjoyment.

According to my friends, my kids were great subjects, and I must admit....I AGREE!

Of course there are WAY too many pictures to post (like 200), but I picked a few to share with you.

Thank you sooooo much to Erin and Sarah for one of the best surprises ever. And thank you to Keiley and Drake for being the best kids ever! Love you all!!

Showcasing Keiley!

A while ago, Keiley was invited along with a couple of other students to perform in a variety show with Murrieta High Schools' ASL department. It was a very cool show and we are super proud of her for doing so well!

End of summer fun!!

We wound down our summer with some good ole' fashioned beach fun. We went to Carlsbad with a group of friends for a birthday bash.

Ian and Drake are getting ready to head out to boogie board
Bubbles! Kids never outgrow bubbles! Kayla, Ian and Drake are having a bubble blowing contest. I think it was a tie :)
Boys in action! They thought it would be a great idea to try and skim board on their boogie boards....Yeah...not such a great idea :(

Keiley and Marshal intensely digging for sand crabs.

Keiley and Marshal checkin out the waves.

Drake now has his turn with Marshal and is taking him for the ride of his life....YIKES!

Another adventure to end summer: We are fortunate to have Auntie Lindz living with us for a while, so we wanted to introduce her to some horse races at Del Mar race track.

We packed a picnic and headed south to place our bets....

We didn't do so well, but Keiley on the other hand knows her stuff. She won (a small amount) on just about every race!

Better luck next time for us :)

Auntie Lindz and Keiley

Keiley and Kelsey stiking a pose.

Us girls decided to dress the part of the horse races with our "fancy" hats all with flowers on them that Keiley had made for us.