The Roblee Blog: Whoa-vember!

The first week of the month was packed full of merriment! We started off with a trip to Wild Animal Park. Ryan's preschool goes every year and the kids always have a great time. Ryan got to take a sweet picture with his class and his awesome teacher, Ms. Katharine. Also, Mike went on the Daybreak Men's Getaway with our church while I stayed home and did life with the kiddos. We had soccer games, birthday parties and more! While Mike was on his trip, he busted his eye playing football with the guys. Ask me if I felt bad for him. The answer is no. But still...it WAS pretty cool...and chicks dig scars!

The second weekend of the month was even more jam packed with fun events! I had a wine tasting trip in Temecula that I planned for our La Costa Moms group. My dad agreed to drive the Dalcorp One so that we could fully "enjoy" our trip. While we were away, Mike took the boys camping and my mom watched Alana. Everyone enjoyed themselves and I think grandma tired Alana out nicely. You'll see in the pics. My friends and I had such an incredible time just laughing and drinking wine together. No topic is off limits with this gang and I love i! Blessed to know such special ladies:)

The week of the 17th we made some great memories. First, auntie Erica came to visit the kids and decided that baking some sugar cookies would be a good idea. After all, it was our parents' 41st anniversary...what more could they want than sugar cookies decorated by my kids? I think the pictures most DEFINITELY speak for themselves. Erica, thanks for visiting, but maybe next time we can just bake a cake. HA!

On November 20th, Dane had his second Jogathon at Magnolia. He raised $276! Thank you to all who donated and supported him. He was so proud and completed 23 laps, which was 3 more laps than last year. Woot woot!

Thanksgiving this year was so different than in the past. We of course had it at the Heublein's home in Valley Center, but even though there were 30+ people there, it had a very chill, relaxed vibe. We had quite a few guests this year, including Bart's best friend Henry from New York! We met Henry in St. Croix at Kim and Bart's wedding, and much to our surprise (and joy) he accepted our invitation to come out for Thanksgiving. We loved getting to hang out with him as he was such a pleasant guest. We shared a lot of laughs and got to know him better. It was such a fun time. Thank you to Colleen, Debbie and Bill for putting on such a beautiful Thanksgiving event (as usual). The food, decor and drinks were all TO DIE FOR and I had the best time. Mike texted me later that evening and said, "What a great time that was." Indeed...

After Thanksgiving, the kids and I headed up to LA to visit with the fam (and Henry and Kimmy) a little more. We did the "gingabread" house contest, tree shopping and just got to veg out and play games all sorts. We also celebrated Erica's 31st birthday in style as she had a couple days off of work!

It's always hard getting back into the swing of things after a near perfect holiday, but I'm excited because Christmas is right around the corner. More fun times ahead! Blessings to you all!