Go Beavs!

We've been lucky to have a beautiful fall here! 

Which has made for some sunny Saturday's at Oregon State Beaver games! 

We've been having so much fun!

Go Beavers!

Celebrating Dylan! (Birthday Recap)

 Dylan's actual birthday was on a Tuesday, a few days after his party. So naturally we had to celebrate again! Ryan ans I decorated Dylan's room with balloons the night before while D was sleeping, he woke up on his birthday to his room completely filled with balloons! It was priceless! He absolutely LOVED it! (and so did we) We will definitely be making this a tradition!

 In the morning we went to the Corvallis Sports Park and Dylan had a blast running wild and kicking the soccer balls! We packed a picnic lunch and went to Avery park, climbed on the "big train" and "dinosaur bones"! In the evening we ate pizza, opened presents and had cake(again)! I think overall it was a fun filled day!

The Farm Party

Better late than never?!

Here's a few photos from Dylan's Birthday party we had in September! It was a warm fall day and luckily we had shade in the back yard which made for the perfect backdrop to his Farm Party! We celebrated with 20ish friends and family, what a great party! Wow, I still can't believe he's TWO!

Happy 2nd Birthday Dylan!!!

 Wow, I can't believe it's been two years already!

What a blessing you are to all of us Dylan! We love you very much!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Long time no see!

Okay, so I guess I've been slacking just a little these past few months....okay, a lot! Here's my attempt at getting caught up and in hopes of continuing to blog more frequently this summer!

Click on the slide show to view some photos of the last few months!

Also, here's a few bullet points I'd like to mention: (if you have any questions feel free to leave a comment!)

* We moved (again) in February to a house in the country! 9 acres!
* Celebrated Easter with a fantastic Brunch/Egg Hunt with family and friends! (see photos in slideshow)
* We enjoyed watching Kara compete in track, she went to State in 3 events! Took 2nd place in the 100 hurdles
* I got to see Wicked, the musical, with some friends! Awesome
* Ryan took on a 2nd job, Primerica
* Dylan is now 21 months old! Talking a ton! Feeds himself, with his left hand! LOVES cars, trucks, tractors, and motorcycles!
* I ran my first 5K with my best friend Amber in May! So much fun and I hope to continue running and go to many more races!
* Cody got sprayed by a skunk! All I can say is eeeewwwwww!!!!
* Ryan just got back from Georgia where he attended the Primerica conference for 4 days!

Anyway, that's about all I can think of right now...hopefully someone still reads this thing...  :)

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St. Patty's Day!

6 Months:

18 Months:

What a fun day! Dylan and I spent the morning with friends! 4 Mom's drinking lots of coffee and 8 Littles eating green fruits and veggies, what more could you ask for on this fine St. Patty's Day! (well some sunshine would be nice...) Anyway, I thought I'd pull up a photo of Dylan last year and compare! He has grown up SO fast! Look at those chubby cheeks he had, tall and skinny these days! Love, love, love him!!!

We're still here!

Hello!
Well, I have lots to catch up on!
Stay tuned.....

Christmas #1 Just the 3 of us!

Here's Dylan a few days before Christmas...he was really getting curious as to what was in those packages! He actually did much better than I thought he would do with the tree and presents. Only a few bows got taken off and one ornament got broken, I'd say that's pretty good for a curious 15 month old boy!


Christmas Eve morning. Santa visited our house a night early! Since we were going to be driving all over the valley to visit family we decided to make some special time for just the three of us! The night before Christmas Eve I (Santa) set out the stockings and Dylan's big gift, the Elmo chair!

We were SO anxious to see Dylan's reaction to the chair, and as we thought he was so excited! He ran right over to it and hopped on!



Stuffed stockings! Dylan' wasn't really that into them. He was more into the packaging of the little cars and Elmo soap.

Presents! Dylan is completely spoiled and has no idea! I think it was more fun for us to give him the gifts, and relive our childhood!

That's one happy little guy on Christmas Eve morning!

Dylan needed a little help with the 4 foot tall basketball hoop Daddy bought him! He loves playing hoops now, even though he can't reach! He claps for Daddy when he makes it ans loves to be held up so he can put in the ball! So cute!