SURPRISE - All about October!

OK, so, since I had the day off today and spent much of it doing homework, I thought I would take a minute to blog... (Yep, Pops, hell is freezing over.)  I can't believe the last time I blogged was in September!!! What use is having a blog if I don't use it?  I've actually been thinking about blogging for quite a few weeks now, but honestly, there isn't much to blog about when life is consumed with work and school - for all 4 of us.

So, let's start back in October.  Maybe I can find SOMETHING to blog about from then.  I will just use my pictures as a writing prompt.  OH!  October!!!!  I remember now.  I got to spend 4 LOVELY days in California.  It was AMAZING!  It was so nice not being surrounded by buildings, it was almost euphoric being able to breathe the clean air and see the views of the Pacific Ocean.  Oh, California how I love thee!

I spent some time with my Aunt Debbie, Uncle Scott & Cousin Casey.  I had lunch with Aunt Nancy and did some quick shopping.  She actually found my ball gown!  I went "grape stomping" with  some  of my BFF's in the whole wide world.  I have to say, my trip home was MUCH needed.  I don't know if I have written about this before, but Mexico City is a VERY  difficult city to live in.   I will just leave it at that.

Me & Izzy

Chris, Me & Lola

Our group (minus Izzy)

Even if I am not very fond of Mexico City, I am EXTREMELY fond of the people this city has brought into my life.  In October, we went to Puebla for the night, went hiking in a local reserve, and to celebrate Halloween, we went to a local cemetary to celebrate Dia de los Muertos.  Yeah, we do have some fun here.  We even take pictures to capture our adventures.  (All shared below.)

Hiking with friends in Desierto de los Leones

Brian, Jorge & Eddie

Yes, we do take wine on our hikes.

Our group - the friends that Mexico brought together.

Have I said before how difficult of a city Mexico City is?  Well, if not, it is.  Especially for this Southern California girl who grew up in a town where in 2010, there were 77,982 people.  Back in 1990, my little town had 59,967 people.  Living in a city with over 23 million people is a little difficult, so you take every chance you get to get the heck outta dodge.  Well, one night in October, we did just that.  We headed to Puebla.  I have to tell you this little town is BEAUTIFUL!!!  I actually cried when we left...seriously.  I could stay in Mexico forever if I was living in this town.

24 hours in Puebla:

Rainbow on our way to Puebla

Of course, Halloween on this program just isn't the same without a party at the Marine House.  Boy did we have loads of fun.  The Marines had a haunted house for all fo the kids and then later on, they had a party for all of the adults...of course, some kids stayed and partied like rock stars.

Halloween at the Marine House:

Beauty & The Beast
aka
Kyleigh and Brian

Bigfoot
(yes, the a lot of the kids still call him Bigfoot)

Pirate Andrea

Curtis as Spartacus

Cedeno as a Joker

The group that was left at the end of the night.

Halloween night we spent the evening at some friends house and after trick-or-treating was said and done, we decided to celebrate Dia de los Muertos Mexican style.  We packed up the kids and headed to the cemetary.  Unfortuantely, we just missed the band that was playing, but we did get to walk through and take some amazing pictures.  This was defintiely an experience

Dia de los Muertos:

So, that was October in a nutshell.  Maybe if I can jump on this blogging bandwagon again, I can get a November post in here very soon.