Happy Halloween!!!

Is it a bird?  Is it a plane?  No...it's CAPTAIN AMERICA and his trusty sidekick...Miss Bumblebee! 
Happy Halloween from the Rich Family! We hope yours has been as much fun as ours has been!

Pumpkin pickin'...

We had half days all week last week!!  So Richie took a half day at work and we decided to something "fall-ie".  After a bit of scouring, I finally found a decent pumpin patch!!  (Although I just found out that there is a REALLY good one in Redlands...maybe next year.)  We headed down to Irvine on Wednesday and checked out Tanaka Farms.  We had a lot of fun!  We got to go on a hayride, pick pumpkins, run through a corn maze and pet some goats.  Jaxon didn't really want to touch the goats, but Ella would have given them a wet kiss if we would have let her!  It was a great fall daY!



Look at all those pumpkins!!



The corn maze!  It made us laugh to run around in green corn...it wasn't dead yet.  Weird.



On the Hay Ride.




This pretty much describes Jaxon's love of goats.




"Come here little goat...I need to kiss you!"




My punkin's




A....DORA....BLE.




He is so handsome.



Right now...

1. The days are getting a little cooler...by that, of course, I mean it is in the low 80's.  It feels a little bit like heaven.

2.  I fall a little more in love with my children every day.  Sometimes it catches me off guard...and I cry.

3. Jaxon is reading...really reading!!!  It is so amazing to see your child learn to read. It makes me want to learn how to do something new...and become really good at it.

4.  I have cooked dinner every single night this week. 

5. I think we are becoming true Californians.  I wore a sweatshirt yesterday and it was 77 degrees outside.  I was cold.  Oh geez.

6. I am in charge of a booth at the elementary school's Fall Festival and I am in charge of our church's Trunk or Treat.  I have literally about 150 things to do, and yet here I sit...blogging.  Oh geez.

7.  Ella turns my day happy every time I look at her.  I can't wait for her to wake up from her naps every day. 

8.  I love, love, love buying little girl clothes. It puts a spring in my step.

9. I miss my food blog.  Must return to it.  After Halloween.  Fur reelz.

10.  Richie brought me flowers this week.  Fall flowers.  Happy flowers.  I love him. 

Jaxon...we love him.

I was snapping pictures of Ella the other day...trying my hardest to get her to open her mouth to see her cute new little teeth.  I just kept taking pictures of her, and caught this one of Ella looking at Jaxon as he walked in the room.

I think it pretty much sums up how much she loves him. 

Something is a little different...

 I like to think she is saying... "Look at my teeth, mama!!!!"  Oh my gosh...can she get any cuter???

The Green Lanterns

Jaxon is playing soccer again this year...and believe it or not...he likes it!  He made his first goal last Saturday!!! He still loves to look at the airplanes and anything else going on around him...instead of the ball...but he is improving. 

I love it that he waves at me every 10 seconds during the game.

 Personally, I would rather have the wave then the goal. :)

Drinking Powerade is very important in soccer. (according to Jax)

So cute.

Sealing Day

On September 23rd, we had a beautiful day.  That was the day we were sealed to little Miss Ella for time and all eternity.  We went to the San Diego Temple (which is so beautiful), and dressed in white, we were sealed to our little girl.  It was such a wonderful day. It was filled with such joy and love that my words just cannot do it any sort of justice.  To be in the temple with my husband, my children,  my family and friends, was the most beautiful experience. 

Ella looked like a little angel.  Her big blue eyes sparkled.  She was so happy that day, and despite her lack of a nap, (and a tad of separation anxiety), the sealing was so perfect.  Jaxon looked so handsome in his white clothes. 

It was a day that I will remember for the rest of my life.  I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for his plan.  I am so thrilled to be sealed to my children for eternity.  They are the most amazing kids...and I fall in love with them a little more everyday. I am so grateful for a husband that leads me and guides me and supports me in all things.  I am so happy.