HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

After all the snow and cold weather in October, Halloween day ended up being a gorgeous and pretty warm fall day. We took our beautiful Snow White down to the Cottonwood Club to meet up with her Witchy cousins for some Halloween fun. Without planning... Grandma Pat, Jodie, Bella, Berkley and I were all Witches! I'm not going to read into that at all! I was the Wicked Witch giving Snow White her poison apple of course! At the Cottonwood Club they put on a fun little carnival complete with games, a few bouncy houses, lunch etc. It was actually really fun, we enjoyed spending a little more time with the Buehners since they were heading back to Costa Rica the next day. We all went over to see Nanna Buehner later in the afternoon & she spoiled Coco with a few fun gifts for the holiday!

Coco carried an apple around with her ALL day!

BALI

Lapped the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, Bali is but one of 17,500 islands in the Indonesian archipelago, yet even among its colorful neighbors-and even after decades of tourism development-it stands alone in its lushness and incomparable beauty. Long, sugary beaches lead inland to hillsides terraced with jewel-green rice paddies; forests dotted with ancient temples abound. These centuries-old shrines-there are thousands scattered across the island-are evidence of Bali’s deep, enduring spirituality. For the island’s three million, mostly Hindu residents, daily routines are punctuated by prayer, blessings, and rituals-and it’s these traditions, even more than the spectacular landscapes, that make Bali such a compelling, authentic, and utterly singular destination.