Dylan turns 6!

Dylan's Birthday Bash

Ryan went to Dylan's birthday party again this year. He had a blast. This year it was held at Mcdonald's and was quite loud. Last year they held the party at the same McDonalds and you can read up on that here. Ryan got Dylan a nerf gun and some extra nerf bullets because he said Buster had been eating them and that made Dylan sad. Dylan looked ecstatic at the party though... Here's some more pictures:

Ryan arrives at the party!

The Birthday boy!

Everyones having fun!

All the kids together.


Lots of presents

Building the kennel

Our family decided Jack needed a bit more freedom... Not to much freedom but the ability to leave the house and come back in should he find the umm urge to go out. Yeah. So we have a fenced in yard but Jack is a digger and has always found a way out. To fix this we added a line from our small tree to the garage. This is great when its warm and we're out there but now that winter is coming its not ideal. Long story short: We decided to get a kennel and install a dog door.

Ryan was a big help, he installed the gate to the kennel buy himself and learned about bolt sizes and different wrenches. We finished the kennel and a staircase and managed to chop a giant hole in my house but there is still some work to do. (Trim, Extra fence for the staircase... etc) All in all it was quite a productive weekend.

Robyn's dad stopped by to help with cutting and carting. (Things just don't fit very well into a Nissan Sentra :) ) We discovered my house is insulated by what appears to be a 3/4" foam board, tongue and groove Plywood, clapboards and plaster along with some aluminum siding. Here's some pictures:

Halloween Night

Dad handed out the candy and mom went trick or treating with our neighbor. The got a ton of candy and had a lot of fun. Overall we didn't get as many trick or treaters as we did last year but we still had quite a few. Jack only escaped once or twice and he wouldn't wear a costume. Here's some pictures:

Dylan and Ryan

Great picture

Trick or Treat!

Better Close up of our Pumpkins