way back in May.

i'm getting back onto the blog as assigned by my dear Janica. 

we have had a LOT of happenings in the last few months. 

in May: 

we had a quick trip to Flagstaff for "Weeyawm's" graduation. 

and shortly after, we celebrated Gabe's graduation. 

and we closed out the month with our Girls Weekend Extravaganza 2014. we watched the girls while Mike and Janica visited TX. 

happy birthday, dear ava!

last weekend was Ava's 2nd birthday! we had a fantastic time celebrating our sweet daughter!

Ava in mommy's tummy 2 days before birth, Ava's first mugshot, 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, 18 months, and 2 years

saturday, we went to disneyland... (us along with the rest of southern california)

after disneyland, we headed to ruby's for dinner... and Ava got a birthday sundae.

sunday we had a small party with our families.

pumpkin carving party.

yesterday was our annual pumpkin carving party. it was a blast!

the girls loved playing in the unfinished sandbox.

allyson is a crazy driver!

katie and lanny. digging in.

allyson guilted mike into carving. :)

granny lanny and her pumpkin masterpiece.

Piper was pretty proud of herself with her brownie.

emily checking out the pumpkin she made with her momma. 

left to right - mike/allyson, verlanne, katie, seth, janica/emily, rachel, gabe.

love that little lady's smile. :)

left to right: mike/allyson, verlanne, janica/emily, rachel, gabe

hope everyone is having a great halloween season!