Halloween

Deiana had a couple different costumes this year for extracurricular activities.  For a Halloween gymnastics meet the girls dressed as minions.  For her girl scout party she was a "cat".  The girls had gymnastics practice on Halloween, but cut it short and went trick or treating together. Jon had Halloween off this year and was able to trick or treat with us, in a fun neighborhood!  It was lots of fun, and lots of candy.

The team girls, Deiana is the minion on another girl's shoulders

 

Cute Kitty

 

Fall Gymnastics

I know I post a lot about gymnastics, but that is what we do!  Deiana has so much energy she needs to channel it into something productive, and she loves gymnastics.  She works out four days a week from 4:00 to 7:30, but its more like 8:00 because the girls don't want to leave!  With meets on the weekends its a huge block of time. The team she is on is very close and their young coach is very dedicated and enthusiastic.  This is great for a girl that has no siblings or neighbor girls to hang out with.

 

 

 

 

 

Deiana is the third one in line.

We are well into the meet season, and the girls look really good.  Deiana has won medals at all the meets but not the first place sweeps we got use to last year.  She is in a higher level and the competition is a little tougher. There are several girls on her team that are her biggest competition.  I actually think she is having more fun and feels less pressure to be perfect all the time.  I will post more pictures when I have them all on my computer.  I am having trouble getting good action shots with my camera!  I'm too far away and they move too quickly.

Fall Trip

My Sister, my Dad and I took a fun trip this fall.  We went to Monteray, Carmel and San Francisco.  These are places my Dad has enjoyed visiting throughout his life, and with my Mom.  We started out in a Spectacular Victorian Mansion Bed and Breakfast.  I slept on the little sleeping porch which was very cool. I was hoping it was haunted but didn't seem to be! The weather was beautiful and we did a lot of walking and sight seeing.

We had some great food along the way.

And good drinks

 

Beautiful weather in San Francisco too.

 A bit chilly on the boat ride though.

 Deiana did fine with me being away from home. School and regular activities kept her busy.  She did however decide to "trim" her hair while I was gone.  She apparently pulled it all to one side and attempted to trim the ends.  When hanging back down it was severely uneven.  After I trimmed it straight she lost several inches.  It needed to be trimmed anyway, but I thought she was beyond the self hair cutting stage.  Two years ago when I went away for a father daughter trip she got her hair stuck in a round brush and cut a chunk out at the front of her scalp! That took a year to look normal! 

 

 The finished product, not too bad.....