Twilight Night... Edward!!

We had our long awaited Twilight night on Friday and it was worth the wait! I have never been in a movie where people screamed as soon as the movie started... it was hilarious! Everytime Edward or Jacob come on the screen the girls just went crazy. It was so fun and it was definitely worth the wait. But I have to say, at first, Edward wasn't my favorite (not MY Edward) but he grew on me and I'm excited to see it again. We had a great night and yummy CPK food! Can't wait for the next one... Love these ladies... Kristin, Kelly, me and Amber

Introducing...

the newest Briscoe boy to our family. This is Cody Shawn Briscoe, born Oct. 30 (I'm a little late with this post) around 3 in the morning. He was 7 pounds and is such a cutie! His mom, Amanda, is doing great and recovering from a c-section and his dad, Brian, is SO proud.

I love it when they are all swaddled up!!Taylor, Jack, Nate, Cody and Brian (maybe Uncle Cooper will bring us some girl cousins, Taylor)

Halloween 2008

Finally... here are the pictures from Halloween! We had such a great time with the kids this year. Nate now knows what Halloween is all about... he ran house to house saying his version of "Trick or Treat" and said "Thank you" to everyone that gave him candy. He wouldn't put his Thomas the Train costume on but he let Brandon paint his face after seeing his big brother Jack get his done. So Brandon made him look like Jack Jack from the Incredibles and I put his spiderweb jacket on... so it worked out. We stayed in our neighborhood and hit all the fun spots which is the house with the cotton candy (the guy has been doing this since Brandon was little) and the Haunted House house, which is just a blow up version that looks scary in the dark. They gots lots of candy and they were in bed by 8:30!!! Success!

Cotton Candy house

Haunted House

Did you know...

if you put pumpkin seeds in a bowl they will grow?!? The night we carved our pumpkins, I decided to keep some seeds to roast later, but never got around to actually cleaning the seeds. So a couple of days later... we started seeing little buds growing from the seeds. I started sprinkling water on them every other day and this is what has happened! Amazing, huh? No dirt or anything else.

Happy Birthday Babe!

Brandon's birthday was on Sunday... but we started his birthday on Thursday by celebrating at the Melting Pot! Yummy! If you've never been... you HAVE to try it! Fondue heaven! But I'm so bummed because I forgot my camera so we have no pictures from the event ! But I got a few shots of his little family party we had on Sunday. He requested a chocolate cake with pudding in the middle. So I made that with homemade cream cheese frosting with a little orange food coloring to make it a little Halloweeny! The kids decorated the rest of the cake! Happy Birthday babe - we love you!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday at Irvine Park. We've never been to this Pumpkin Patch before and there was so much to do! We mainly did all the free stuff and didn't stay very long because it was SO hot! It's supposed to be cooling down here in Cali but not yet. We are still in the high 80's and are really ready for some fall weather. But the kids had fun and that's all that matters, right?!?

My three cuties!

Patrick & Mika going into the Haunted House... and them coming out!! She hated it!

Jack, Alex, Nate and Taylor (I love their faces in this pic)
Jack and Hannah

Brandon pushing Nate... that was hard work. I did it the first 3 laps!

Nater!

Powder Puff Race for the Cure 2008

This past weekend was SO much fun... we took 5th in our class!! It's my second year racing this event for Breast Cancer and it was huge success! There were over 200 cars. They have raised over $120,000 the past two years from this event. I had a new co-driver this year... my good friend Kim Dunn. She was a firecracker!! She did awesome and we had a blast. Amanda, my sister-in-law, was my co-driver last year but she is 8 1/2 months pregnant with a new Briscoe boy!! We missed having her with us... but she needs all the rest she can get!

Getting ready for the start...
Coming out of the pits... here we go again!
My cute family...

I just want to thank Brandon... he is the best, most supportive husband in the world! He has built two race cars in the past 3 years and I have raced them both... not him and he couldn't be happier. He, along with Kim's husband, Bob, our friend Justin, my father-in-law Larry, and my brother-in-law Brian worked many long hours trying to get our Arcticat in tip top shape! And it was... nothing went wrong at all... we finished all 88 miles with no problems. Thank you so much team for your hard work. And thank you Kim for being a great co-driver! "Go left, Go left... No my left!!"