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2023 Spooky Season

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Carrie

We got back into the holiday swing of things this year with a month of Halloween celebrations. I have to say, though, we kept it all pretty chill this year. I will no longer go to pumpkin patches in SoCal on the weekends, due to crowds, so we went to a few favorites during the week and mostly celebrated with friends in our neighborhood and town. Continue reading →

Posted in Baby & Kids, Holidays, Sightseeing | Tagged chili, cowgirl, dinosaur, dragon, Fall-O-Ween, Halloween, Harry Potter, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Hermione, Home Depot, Irvine Park Pumpkin Patch, Irvine Park Railroad, OC Zoo, Orange County Zoo, Outlets at San Clemente, SUP, Tanaka Farms, The Home Depot, trick-or-treat | Leave a comment

Halloween 2022

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Carrie

The 2022-2023 holiday season has started! First up – Halloween – which begins now at the end of September, ramps up starting on October 1, and then abruptly ends at midnight on October 31. As usual, we did all the things this Fall – some annual favorites and some new activities. Continue reading →

Posted in Baby & Kids, Eating, Holidays, Sightseeing | Tagged All Hallows' Festival, Baker Ranch, bat, black cat, Carved, chili, Descanso Gardens, dragon, Environmental Nature Center, Fall-O-Ween, Great Park, Great Park Balloon, Halloween, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Irvine Park Pumpkin Patch, It's the Great Pumpkin, KIDZ BOP, Lake Forest Beach & Tennis Club, Lake Forest Sports Park, Odyssey Park, potluck, pumpkin chocolate cheesecake bars, Pumpkin City, pumpkin patch, Red Guardian, Roger's Gardens, Sally's Baking Addiction, Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church, Spooktacular, sugar cookies, Tanaka Farms, The Home Depot, trick-or-treat | 3 Comments

A Full Fall

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Carrie

After a low-key Halloween season last year, in which we only went to one pumpkin patch while on vacation, we celebrated a return to mostly normal this year with visits to multiple pumpkin patches, festivals, Halloween events, parties, and more. Continue reading →

Posted in Baby & Kids, Eating, Hiking, Holidays, Sightseeing | Tagged Autumn, Autumn Harvest Festival, Baker Ranch, Boo at the Bay, cat, chili, cookies, dolphin, Fall, Grandma, Halloween, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Home Depot, Irvine Park Railroad, jammies, kitty, Norco, OC Zoo, October, Odyssey Park, pajamas, panda, Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, preschool, Pumpkin City, pumpkin patch, Pumpkin Rock, pumpkins, Sally's Baking Addiction, Skyforest, Skypark at Santa's Village, Snow White, sugar cookies, tradition, trick-or-treat, Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve | 2 Comments

The Great Western American Road Trip

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Carrie

The Chambers family embarked on their first big road trip in October 2020 – through Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and California. Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Arts, Baby & Kids, Drinking, Eating, Hiking, Sightseeing, Travel | Tagged antelope, Antelope Island State Park, Arizona, Autumn, Bass Lake, bats, Bellagio, Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, Bend, Big Cottonwood Canyon, biking, Blondie's Pizza, Boise, Boise River Greenbelt, Bonsai Sushi Fusion, Boo at the Zoo, BOOtanical Garden, buffalo, California, Canyon Overlook Trail, Canyon Trail Rides, carousel, Cascades Lake Byway, Castle Dome Cafe, coffee, coronavirus, COVID-19, Crater Lake National Park, Curry Up Now, Deschutes National Forest, Deschutes River, Drake Park, Ducey’s on the Lake, E Street Deli, Egg Island, Esther Simplot Park, Fall, Fielding Garr Historic Ranch, Flying M Coffee, fountains, Freak Alley Gallery, Gobble, Halloween, Harmon Park, Hidden Falls, Holiday Inn, horse riding, hot tub, Idaho, Idaho Fish and Game MK Nature Center, Jack’s Sports Grill, Julia Davis Park, Kernville, Kolob Canyons, Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park, Lady Finger Point Trail, Lake Shasta Caverns, Lakehead, Las Vegas, Lower Emerald Pools, McMenamins Old St. Francis School, Middle Emerald Pools, Mirror Pond, Nevada, Oakhurst, Oregon, Oregon Observatory, Pa'rus Trail, pandemic, picnic, playground, pool, pregnancy, Pumpkin King Pumpkin Patch, Ray Atkeson Memorial Loop Trail, Red Butte Garden, Rim Village, Rim Village Cafe, Rim Village Walking Tour, Rivernook Campground, road trip, Rupert, Rupert City Square, Salt Lake City, Sandy, Santiago Calatrava, Shasta Dam, Shasta Lake, Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, Sierra Sky Ranch, Sin City, Sparks Lake, Springdale, Sundial Bridge, Sunriver, Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory, Sweet Lake Biscuits & Limeade, swimming, teaching, Temple of Sinawava, Temple Square, The Mirage, The Neon Museum, The Still, The Strip, Timber Creek Overlook Trail, trick-or-treat, Tsasdi Resort, Utah, Virgin River, volcano, VRBO, white tigers, Zion Canyon, Zion Lodge, Zion National Park, Zion Pizza & Noodle, Zoo Boise, Zoom | 1 Comment

All We Did This Fall

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Carrie

Technically, it’s still Fall, but we mostly crammed all of our main Fall activities into late September and all of October, so that’s what this blog post is going to be focused on. Every year we do a few fun … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby & Kids, Eating, Holidays, Sightseeing | Tagged Acorn Day, Baker Ranch, baking, bat, Bayley Construction, Boo at the Zoo, Boo Bark, butterfly princess, Charlie Brown, chili, Cinderella, costume, cutout cookies, Delish, Disneyland, dress, duck, Ferris wheel, Food & Wine, Groundbreak, Home Depot, Irvine Park Pumpkin Patch, Irvine Park Railroad, It's the Great Pumpkin, LEGO, O'Neill Regional Park, parade, Phoenix, potluck, preschool, Procore, PTA, pumpkin, Pumpkin Cake Cheesecake, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, Pumpkin City, Pumpkin Energy Balls, Pumpkin Lasagne, pumpkin patch, Pumpkin–Cream Cheese Coffee Cake, Rapunzel, Sally's Baking Addiction, Santa Ana Zoo, Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary School, SeaWorld, STEAM-o-ween, sugar cookies, Tanaka Farms, trick-or-treat, Two Peas & Their Pod, Unikitty!, Zoomars Petting Zoo | 1 Comment

A Frenzy of Fall Fun

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Carrie

Fall is here (well, sort of…we live in Southern California near the coast). We skipped apple picking in September (you can read about last year’s adventures here), packed a lot of pumpkin into October, and are now 2/3 of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby & Kids, Holidays | Tagged Acorn Day, Autumn, Autumn Harvest Festival, Baker Ranch, Donatello, Fall, Halloween, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Jack Jack, Ninja Turtle, O'Neill Regional Park, Orange County Great Park, parade, princess, Pumpkin City, pumpkin patch, Rapunzel, Sofia, Spooktacular Fun Day, Tanaka Farms, The Home Depot, trick-or-treat | Leave a comment

Halloween: Pumpkins, Parades, Parks, Potlucks, & Parties

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Carrie

In an effort to keep track of our family’s activities, I will document that we celebrated Halloween throughout October. We did lots of stuff, dressed up in many costumes, and ate lots of candy. See? In addition to the above … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby & Kids, Holidays, Sightseeing | Tagged Baker Ranch, carnival, Great Pumpkin, Halloween, Irvine Park Pumpkin Patch, Irvine Park Railroad, Laguna Hills Mall, parade, pony ride, preschool, Pumpkin City, pumpkins, trick-or-treat | 2 Comments

It’s Fall Y’all!

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Carrie

It’s Fall – perhaps the best season of the year! Sadly, we don’t live in a geographic location where we can really feel it, but we still can celebrate it, and boy did we this year! We started our Fall … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby & Kids, Holidays | Tagged Autumn, Baker Ranch, Charlie Brown, Fall, Great Pumpkin, Halloween, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Home Depot, Irvine Park Railroad, October, Pumpkin City, Tanaka Farms, trick-or-treat | 2 Comments

Fall Family Fun 2015

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Carrie

It’s November now (say what?!) and our family has had a lot of fun participating in Fall-friendly activities, even though the weather has been anything but Fall-like. We got into the spirit of the season in late September while Dan’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby & Kids, Holidays | Tagged Baker Ranch, Fall, Halloween, Irvine Park, Irvine Park Pumpkin Patch, Irvine Park Railroad, Octoberfest, Pumpkin City, trick-or-treat | 1 Comment

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2023 Spooky Season

Halloween 2022

A Full Fall

The Great Western American Road Trip

All We Did This Fall

A Frenzy of Fall Fun

Halloween: Pumpkins, Parades, Parks, Potlucks, & Parties

It’s Fall Y’all!

Fall Family Fun 2015

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