Halloween Madness!!!

As time goes by my blogging skills seem to become worse and worse. I guess it's better to get the fun moments on here at some point rather than not at all right? so Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love the fall, candy apple making, sewing costumes,Halloween party's, trick or treating, and of course the candy! here is some pics of all of the fun things we did....

Per tradition we went Trick or Treating with My Sister and her family and Amber and Flint. We just love our little group and always have such a fun time. Here is beautiful Amber and her darling little Duck Arlo in his Scarecrow pumpkin costume. I think it turned out pretty good. He looked nice and scary just like he requested.

Hayley and her friend

William and Ethan...I think this might be the last year we get them out. They seem to think there getting to old...What? who is to old for candy?

Amber, Flint and River-so cute!

Dyl Sharing a sucker with Soph

Daddy and Dyl isn't he the cutest little crow ever? this little costume was so fun to make and turned out pretty darn cute (its hard to go wrong when your putting it on such a cute little boy)

Arlo and Dyl at Aunt Heathers

This is the Halloween parade at Arlo's school. He had a lot of fun.

His class in their cute costumes

Me, Dad and Dyl waiting for the Parade to start

Every year we throw a Halloween party a few weeks before the big day, light a fire in the backyard, let the kids run around like crazy people, carve pumpkins, roast lots of stuff and have a blast.

That was our Halloween. Gets me excited for next year

Dylan's Birthday Pics

I did a birthday post for Dylan a few months back with no pics of his special day! here is some below.

We kept it simple at my house. Just decorated in Spider man made some cupcakes and had the family over to celebrate.

Here's cute Dyl being extremely enthralled with his bat mobile.

He was So excited about his new batman guys!

Me and the boys eatin some cupcakes

Dyl getting ready to dig in

Daddy and Dyl

This expression sums up Dyl perfectly!

Birthday at Grandmas...yummy chocolate cake

She puts these signs on them with the birthday person's name in "paranthasis" which has kind of become a family joke, but we love you grandma

Opening more presents

Lots of fun had by Dyl. We love you

Arlo's special Day

On Arlo's birthday we celebrated by heading to Tracy Aviary with some of Arlo's favorite people; my Sister, Sophie, Hayley, Ethan and our good friends the Warner's. Arlo just loves Vince, Julian and Lucy. It was a great day from start to finish!

Here's Arlo with his presents! . We made a bird feeder for the backyard in the spring and it really sparked both of our interest in birdwatching. We love to investigate what type of birds come to visit. I thought he would really enjoy a bird book and some binoculars. The basketball is for Jr. Jazz, which he gets to start this year, And of course his favorite things in the world are transformers, so we got him a very cool one he has been wanting.

After presents it was off to Tracy Aviary. We got to watch a bird show, walk around and see some really cool birds and have a yummy lunch. Everyone had a blast!

What a fun day....We love you Arlo

Arlo's 5th Birthday

We had so much fun on Arlo's 5th birthday. I can't believe how big my boy is getting. This has been a year of a lot of changes and growth for Arlo. I have really enjoyed the sweet, capable, and inquisitive boy he is turning into. Grandma Dilley always has a party at her house for the grandkids. She makes their favorite dinner and cake. This year we decided to host the dilley party at our house. It turned out really fun.

Arlo loves chocolate and peanut butter. This year I tried a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and Reeses crushed up on top. It was so so so yummy!

Uncle Doug, Aunt Lisa and Cousin Tess

Grandma and Grandpa Dilley

Cousin Will & Brae

Cousin Erin helping Arlo with Presents

A happy birthday boy!

Good Times with Good Friends

We have a great group of friends (The Warner's, Torro's, Burnsides, and Petersons)that we have been fortunate enough to keep in touch with over the years. We always try to plan a summer camping trip together. This year we made it happen and the kids had such a blast. I am so thankful to have friends that we can always be real with, laugh with, and complain with. I have loved watching our kids grow up together and have such great memories of christmas party's, date nights, and campouts. We love you guys! Heres some pics of the weekend

Now that it's December the 4th and 24 of July were great!

I am pretty bad blogger these days. I know it's been busy around here but really! Sooo, better late than never I guess. July is one of my favorite months! I look forward to the 4th all year. We always have such a good time celebrating with family and friends. We usually start the day off at the Magna parade with Clint's family. This year my Momma joined us so that was fun. After the parade we head over to the Dilley's for a pool party. Lots of family and friends come and we always have a great time.

Here's my cute guy's chillin before the parade starts

Me The back of Dyl's head, Arlo, My Momma and Clint's mom and Dad

Dylan sitting with Grandma Richards at the party

My Beautiful Sis and Mom in Law

Arlo Gettin out from a dip in the pool

Every year on the 24th we head over to Eric and Heather's and light fireworks with the kids. Eric's family usually comes into town and we have quite the fun party. Arlo looks forward to the 24th all year because he gets to see his best buddy in the whole world Teagelet.

Momma with crazy Dyl

Cousin Ethan showing Dyl a few things on the piano, and the cousins having a great time in the kiddy pool

Arlo and Teague getting ready for the fireworks show.

And having a great time watching it!

Dyl Dyl being Mezmerized