Pumpkin Patch

Sunday we had our annual visit to the pumpkin patch with our friends, the Urbans. We met Lysa and Mark on the day our children were born; Natasha was born one day after Brodie. Our tradition of going to the pumpkin patch with them dates back to 1999 when we propped our infants up against hay bales and pumpkins at their first Halloween.

Brodie, Nik and Natasha had a great time lifting pumpkins, driving the wheel- barrows, running in the hay bale maze, and watching the Rotary Club flinging pumpkins 250 feet through the air to a splattery death with their Trebuchet, a type of catulpult.

After, we went back to the Urbans' newly-built home and were honored to be the first dinner guests at Casa Urbana, their beautiful Spanish style hillside house with spectacular views of the ocean and the sunset.

Sea Cadet Promotion

Brodie had a fun weekend at Sea Cadets. On Saturday his unit trained at the Gun Club on base at Point Mugu and participated in some skeet shooting. Each cadet shot at 5 targets with a 28 gauge shot gun; Brodie hit 2 of 5, shattering one and chipping one.

On Sunday Brodie was promoted to LC2 and now gets to wear 2 stripes on his sleeve. He spent part of the weekend learning to command the lower-ranking cadets and training them in the basics of drilling and marching.

Slip 'n' Slide Sunday

It's Sunday, 10/10/10, and 85 degrees in Ventura. Good day to bring out the Slip 'n' Slide.