Hand over the candy!

All dressed up and ready to go out and do some serious trick or treating!!! Dyl wanted to wear the forest ranger outfit Pops & Grandma Dorothy gave him but it was a little chili out for that! Dyl made a cute little Batman!

Carving the Mummy...

Carving Dyl's pumpkin was an adventure to say the least. First of all, Mom has never carved a pumpkin before, secondly, Dyl picked the hardest pattern in the book...Third, add 2 curious, wild boys to the mix and this is what you end up with! By the way...the pictures don't do the mummy justice---He looked way better in real life!

Costume Parade @ Right Start Academy

Trick or treating at the Right Start Academy was a blast! Right Start Academy is located inside a 20,000 square foot building and is part of Black Diamond Gymnastics. The costume parade went all throughout the building with treats hiding everywhere!

This is Dyl with Miss Joanne. Dyl got to be the special leader for the costume parade!

Dyl says Hazel isn't his girlfriend...But he sure does talk about her a lot!

'Lil Punkins @ the Pumpkin Patch...

We sorta procrastinated on going to the pumpkin patch this year. Finally, when we were ready to go it snowed like mad! A couple of days later the snow was all melted and it was time for a pumpkin adventure! ...But it was FREEZING cold! The kids didn't seem to mind!

Shay had the bug and wasn't feeling so hot but she demanded we take her with us. She was quite a trooper and helped pick out the perfect pumpkin...But had to go back in the car when she couldn't quit coughing...

The face only a mother can love!

This is how much Dyl's pumpkin weighed...a whoppin' 22.2 lbs...

"Mom, hurry and take the picture...I'm frozen!

Scary or not...Here we come! In search of the perfect pumpkin: Mission accomplished!

Ghost Stories

Tonight Dylan drew some pictures and told me a few ghost stories. The first story was about a ghost who stole the snowman's carrot nose (It snowed a ton today.) If you look at the picture it may appear as if the ghost is flipping you off...But don't be offended...He's an innocent ghost who just wanted a carrot for lunch. Dyl also told a story about an apple and banana who wanted to eat each other and the pig who "tooted." Quite the imagination!

Handsome Young Thang!

Dyl was getting ready for school this morning and, as he was looking in the mirror and wetting down his hair, said, "Mom, I sure do look handsome today. It's a good thing I look so nice for the ladies!"

Breakfast in Bed...

I wasn't feeling well today so I told Dyl we should just lounge around and cuddle. He says, "Mom, you go upstairs and get in bed and I'll make you breakfast and bring it to you in bed." I heard a little bit of rumbling going on downstairs and, before I knew it, in walked Dyl with a peanut butter sandwich and a big smile on his face. "Here you go, Mom...I put lots of peanut butter on it to make it taste real good!"

Party Time!

Dyl loves to have his cousins over for sleepovers! He always pops popcorn by himself and makes sure he's a good host to his guests.

Rockin' Out

Just 1 quick question...Where is the babysitter?

Sweetness...

Tonight Dylan and I were lying on my bed with the blinds open looking up at the stars and finding animal pictures in the clouds. Dyl put his hand on my forehead and said, "Mom, don't you ever worry...I'm never going to let anybody hurt you." Not sure where that came from out of the blue...but I thought it was so cute that Dyl wants to protect his mama!

Harsh words and a sore thumb...

Dyl was trying to get my attention and pulled my thumb back. I had this throbbing pain shoot up into my wrist so I grabbed my hand and muttered, "AHHH!" This is what transpired next:
Dylan: Mom, do you want me to get you some medicine?
Mom: No, Dyl...I'm ok.
Dylan: Well you do you want me to get you some water?
Mom: No, Dyl...I'm ok.
Dylan: Do you want me to kiss it better?
Mom: That might be nice...
Dylan: Do you want a back rub?
Mom: That'd feel good.
Dylan: (With a pouty face) Do you want a new son?
Mom: Of course I don't want a new son...I picked you so you're stuck with me!
Dylan: Ya, 'cuz other sons don't hold doors open for their moms and other sons don't make homemade french fries with their moms and other sons don't give their moms great big hugs and kisses...And other sons don't take their moms to the movies or sing to them.
Mom: That's right, bud...That's why I would never, ever give you away...'cuz you're so special!
Dylan: Well can I go live with Grandma and Grandpa 'cuz it's boring in this house and there's nothing to do and no fun stuff. Grandpa likes popcorn and he'll share with me. Then if I started to miss you then I could just ride the horse over here.

Friends out of fear...

Today as I picked Dyl up from preschool Miss Joanne advised me that he'd been in a slight altercation with his friend, Ben. Miss Joanne assured me that Dylan didn't start the fight but, when Ben kicked him, Dylan kicked Ben back. Miss Joanne said that she'd talked to both of the boys when it happened but just wanted me to know the situation. When we got in the car I tried to offer Dylan some suggestions on how to better handle the situation in the event that it happens again in the future. Dylan's response was, "Mom, Ben kicked me in the chin so I kicked him in the leg and now he knows he's going to be my friend 'cuz he got hurt worse than me."

Apples 2 Apples...& More Apples!

We had apples growing out of our ears this year! The kids had so much fun climbing in the trees like a bunch of wild monkeys!

Scrumptious!

Chase & Dyl's idea of "relaxing."

It's 9:00 am and already time to take a bubble bath!

This is our sexy Grandma. She's awesome!

Leave it up to Dylan to find an apple that looks like a butt!

...And then laugh and joke about it for another 10 minutes!

Grandpa picked up apples off of the ground to take home and feed to his goats on the farm. Dyl was sad that he couldn't go home to Idaho with Gramps. Darn school!

No smoochin' in the trees!

Couldn't resist!

PJ's are perfect 4 apple pickin'!

Chase & Dyl worked extra hard! They can really be great helpers when it's something they wanna do!

Aunt Tracy always shows up for the fun stuff!