A Busy October!

 October was a busy one with sports, school, friends and a LOT of Halloween parties and activities!

We kicked it off with a Jack Johnson concert!

Lots of flag football games

W visit from Napa and Papa!

Picture day!

Emmy went to multiple haunted houses and trails around San Diego with her friends

Me and Owen tagged along to the pumpkin patch with Emmy and her gymnastics friends

We carved more pumpkins than I could count because they all got moldy!

Gross!

Enjoyed scootering around the bay a few times

Weather has gone from cold to hot and cold again

Picking up Emmy from Gymnastics :)

Owen's first trunk or treat at Spreckels!

Ryan and Zach got the same costume - light up stick figures it was so cool!

Brubakers annual Claire-monster parade! If you watched the Padres Dodgers game when they were in LA you would know who the goose was - it became a mascot in SD!

He didn't intentionally dress like Clevenger but they looked identical. Ha!

We could buy Owen every costume in the world and all he wants to be in a Padres player.

Our friend Brian and the kid's friend Alex really went all out this year - it was hilarious!

All the boys - the older girls are too busy. Sniff. sniff. And I met some friends for dinner so didn't dress up and bailed early ;)

It was Owen's show and tell day and he brought his baseball from the Bluejays game and wore his jersey. We practiced what he was going to say - it was the sweetest!

And he was super star this month so was honored at the assembly for showing respect

We celebrated with in and out :)

Sadie - always making herself at home. She moved those pillows around herself

Pumpkin carving at the Preston's house!

Last flag football game of the season! Ryan caught and threw a touchdown! 

Yes, Owen wore and headband and an arm sleeve to his soccer game.

Toast

And toast

They slept for hours!

Guess who started playing an instrument?! Its a good thing I can't figure out how to get videos on the blog anymore. Ahahaha

Made us all breakfast one morning

They are always right next to each other, literally. 

Took advantage of a little sunshine and hit up the beach for acai bowls

 I snuck in this pic after I dropped them off at running club one morning.

And then surprised Owen to help with a Halloween project in this class

FINALLY - Halloween!

Emmy and her friends dressed up like the whinny the poo charaters. I loved it! Dodged a "sexy" costumer another year :)

I think this was half the group of hoodlums who ran around the UC neighborhood.

Meanwhile at the Lawrence house we had a mellow Halloween, just the 4 of us. Ryan's request :) 

Killer sunset that night!

We actually brought Sadie with us and it was a super quiet night

His costume was so cool but the thing stopped working 10 minutes after we left the house. Poor kid. 

But we still got plenty of candy! So now we fight with everyone everyday about how many pieces of candy they can eat. Aye. Until next year!

A Memorable Padres Season

 Never in a million years would I have guessed that I'd find myself watching a baseball game, willingly, alone. Ryan and Josh have projected their love of baseball onto me and now I am hooked! This was the first season since 1998 (ironically my first year in SD) that they have made it this far in the playoffs. Our family and all of San Diego have been routing them on. Since San Diego isn't really a big sports city, it has given us a glimpse into what a sports community is like.

Josh and Ryan were lucky enough to watch the Padres beat the Dodgers to win the National League Divisional Round (I just had to ask them to confirm the name - ha!) in San Diego. Josh not only scored some tickets through work, but they were in the home plate club - an experience of a lifetime! I watched on the couch - alone - and almost had tears in my eyes as I watched all the fans celebrate, in the RAIN! They lost today but what a special moment for those boys, I am so happy they will have that memory forever!

Trolley ride to the stadium

All you can eat crab!

And dessert!

He met the owner of the Padres and got his autograph. 

And he bumped into Preston and Joe!

Ryan met his favorite you tuber - Faze rug. AHAHA.

Those seat!

Padres WON! One of my favorite pictures of all time.

Back at it!

  Sports are officially back in full effect! Emmy started rowing a few weeks ago so between that and gymnastics she is committed to sports 5 days a week. Ryans shoulder is feeling good, so he played in both a flag football and baseball game this weekend! And Owen had his first soccer game - scored 5 of the 7 goals for his team. As crazy as it makes our schedules, it was fun to be back on the field this weekend :)

I don't have any pics of Emmy rowing but I did get to take advantage of this beautiful view! While Emmy and Madison were at rowing I walked 5 miles around the bay - pretty damn lucky!

Out the door for 2 games!

I couldn't watch Ryan's game because it was the same time as Owen's so action shots for the next post!

O-dog killed it on the soccer field!

It sure was good to see him back on the mound today! He loved up a division so the mount is further from the plate and the bases are also further apart but he still did awesome!

These two were happy campers with their nachos, its been a few months since they've had fake cheese - Haha

Kindergarten

Owen seems to be doing well at school other than the fact he told me that kindergarten is serious and it isn't fun :( Hopefully that changes soon... He does get to see Ryan and his friends all the time and I think Ryan is really loving his role of big bro. 

Ryan walks Owen into school every morning holding his hand. Melts my heart!

The other day Owen asked to wear his baseball uniform to school and I said of course! He used to wear it 3-4 days a week at kindercare so thought maybe he'd feel like himself again at school

Lunch with your love! I got to go to school and eat with him las week.

We start our mornings with a scooter rider around the loop. I don't know who loves it more - the boys or Sadie!

Owen's class was paired with a 4th grade class for reading buddies - Lucky Owen got paired with Ryan's buddy Trey  :)

And I learned it was Ryan's doing - he arranged the partnership with Mrs. Huntsman. Sweet boys!