Harrowing Halloween

Okay, so really Halloween itself wasn't that bad. I think we had approximately three trick-or-treaters. The kids weren't even dressed up. It was the Friday before Halloween that the real celebration happened. We had our annual chili/chowder cook-off at church as well as our Trunk-or-Treat. Seeing as how I'm on the Activities Committee, I didn't have time to take pictures of my kids that night. Really it wouldn't have mattered except that Chase's costume consisted of some old gauze rolls that he threw away that night. Consequently, I have no pictures of him to share. I will say though, that it was fabulous and it won the scariest costume award at the activity. The two youngest Daltons were orphans during the entire activity because I was busy with the costume parade and Dad was off manning the donut eating contest. Luckily, we have wonderful friends who made sure my children were fed and well taken care of. Still, I felt it necessary to dress my kids up again and try and get some pictures. I also thought I'd throw in a couple of Mia and her pumpkining...


Here she is just diggin' in...



...and totally loving it! Look at that cheesy grin!



We have Pebbles...



...we have Bam Bam...


...and here we have them both, Bam Bam is attempting to give Pebbles a green bean as that is the only thing that would keep them near enough to each other for Mom to get a picture.

Spaghetti

I'll bet you're hungry now.

Ladybug Princess

I simply refuse to believe that my daughter is 1. I know that, technically, she's not even that anymore, she's more like 14 months old. I know that may not seem like much to some of you, but it's huge. Why, oh why can't she just stop growing?!? To me, she's still a tiny baby, just come home from the hospital...Except I have these incriminating pictures that show how we celebrated her birthday and she certainly doesn't look like a newborn...

Oh what a princess...



...with her ladybug cake...



...and a Ladybug Princess needs subjects...



...especially one with such pretty lips!!!


She was so excited for that cake! I'll admit that I was a little worried that she might be too dainty to really dig in...



Put your hands up-you've been caught red-handed with your face covered in cake!!



She just wants to share, that's a big cake for one little girl!



Awwww, thanks Mia, I'm sure Gama loved sharing the cake with you. I know that I loved sharing your first birthday with family. It was the best birthday that Mia's ever had. Really. Mia said so. She also said that she wanted to show everyone that even though she wasn't really walking on her birthday that she is now.

Planes, husbands, apologies.

My husband is officially a pilot. This happened months ago, but I've been too busy, okay lazy, to post about it. So, let me just begin by saying how proud I am of my husband. Denver, you are simply incredible. You're a pilot!!!! I know that we still have years before you get your commercial pilot's license and are able to be paid for flying, but you've already come so far and done so well the entire time. Now, I've got some pictures taken on the day that Denver became official. It was a lot of fun and I thought I'd share.

Notice how he's taller than the plane...Yeah, made me laugh too.


Corbin wanted a go flying the plane-we'll see buddy, maybe someday we'll get you in the air with Daddy.


Can't decide what I get a kick out of more-the look on Mia's face or the thought of Denver trying to maneuver the plane while his legs are hitting the controls....


Now for the apology portion of this post. I'm sorry that it's going to take me even longer to post about all the things that have been happening. I'm sorry that I have yet to get the pictures from Mia's first birthday up or the updates on Peach Days and our Utah trip. I'm sorry that when I post the Halloween pictures the award-winning mummy costume will not be featured because there are no photos. The mummy unraveled before he was captured on film. It truly was an awesome costume. I'm sorry that I don't have time to sit and continue on and on apologizing because, well, wait, I'm not sorry about that last one. I love being busy and having all these beautiful children that make it nigh on impossibly to post because they can't get enough of their mommy when she's home. So, I'll just leave you with this: I'm sorry that you're not all here to see this firsthand because I love you and I miss you.