Fourth of July

We had a fun Fourth of July weekend. Mona-Kay, Spencer, and their kids came to Vegas, which is always fun. Friday night we met them over and Grandma & Grandpa's to let the kids play. Mason always has so much fun at Papa's. On Saturday, Mona & Spencer brought the kids over and we went to the park. Lucky for us, they were giving away free popsicles at the park. :)

They kept telling us to come back for more so Brad ended up getting a whole box to bring home. All the kids enjoyed their popsicles. I didn't get any pictures but Mona got some good ones so check out her blog.

On the Fourth we didn't get out of church until 5:00. Luckily it doesn't get dark until later in the summer. We headed over to Grandma & Grandpa Fabbi's house for some family fun.

Mason loves the backyard and can spend forever back there. Gavin and Mason had some fun playing together in the dirt.

Gavin and Mason took turns pouring dirt on each other's heads...Silly boys, but they had a blast!

All of the great-grandkids watching the fireworks.

Grandpa and Kent had some little truck shaped fireworks and everytime that they went off Mason would go, "Oh no, truck!"

He was very concerned about the safety of the cars :)

We took the opportunity to take a picture of all the Fabbi cousins that were there.

Once it got a little darker we did some more fireworks.

Mason liked doing the sparklers all by himself.

Grandpa Fabbi made all of the kids "fireworks" with their names on it. He sure does spoil these kids.

Mason loves his firework and wouldn't let go of it for the rest of the night.

After we finished fireworks at the Fabbi's, we headed over to the Lyman's for a few more. Mason was so tired, he just wanted to lay on the blanket and watch the fireworks. I can never turn down and opportunity to snuggle him because he won't let me very often.

Dylan and Mason...I think Mason got the better position in this picture :)

We had a fun Fourth of July. We love to spend time with family and we are so grateful to live in America!

Swimming

Last week, we invited Kelli, Dylan, and Jacob over to come swimming with us.

We got Mason a new swimsuit and after about 6 tries to get him to stand still, this is the best picture there was...oh well.

Laying out in the sun...so cute!

Mason started some swimming lessons this summer so he is learning how to put his head in the water and blow bubbles... He likes to jump in!

Jacob, Mason, and Dylan

After swimming we came back and made lunch at our house...I made the kids eat on the kitchen floor :)

Chalk & Popsicles

We have spent a lot of time playing outside.
Mason has decided that he really likes to color with chalk.
Mostly he likes to tell you what to draw with the chalk.
His usual requests are a bus, bugs, or dinosaurs.

So I gave Mason a popsicle one day while he was drawing
and he just looks so cute eating them.

Bowling

Kelli and Dylan invited us to go bowling with them. I thought Mason would enjoy it so we tagged along.

Mason and Dylan

Here is Mason getting ready to go!

They have these little ramp things where the kids can slide the balls down.

Mason thought it was pretty cool to push the ball down the ramp.

Waiting for the ball to come back...

After about 5 frames, Mason was way more interested in his snack than bowling...

I'm not suprised.

Park

A couple of weeks ago, Mason and I went to the park

with Kelli and Dylan. It was perfect...not too hot yet

and not too crowded. We were basically the only people at the park which was really nice since Mason likes to run all over the place.

Mason was super excited to chase the pigeons. He ran after them forever.

He would get soo close and then they would fly away again and he would get close again.

Every time the pigeons flew away he would just giggle

and chase them again.

The park had a little car that the boys loved, of course.

They looked so cute in their little sunglasses and hats.

He went on little slides...

And big slides!

Of course the boys had to have a snack at the park.

After the park we took the boys to Wendys for some chicken nuggets

and some Frostys. Thanks to Kelli and Dylan for spending the day

with us!

Pump-it-Up

Mason got invited to his friend Kinzee's birthday party.

They had it at Pump-it-Up, which is full of huge bouncy slides and

obstacle courses.

Brad took Mason down the slide first...

He wasn't too excited about it...

Then he watched all the bigger kids having fun and decided that

he did like it after all...and we couldn't keep him off of it.

He really liked the bouncy basketball court

And he really loved the cupcake of course!

Mr. Fix-it

A few weeks ago, I was vacuuming and the vacuum exploded...

Ok, maybe not really exploded but it popped and then started smoking...

It smelled sooo bad! Poor Mason was running around crying

and plugging his nose until he finally ended up hiding in the corner

with his hands covering his face...

Anyways, I thought maybe it needed a new filter and a new rubber cord thingy,

so Brad and Mason went to work to try to fix it.

Mason was a big helper with the screwdriver

He insisted on being right next to Brad

Unfortunately, all of their hard work did not pay off and the vacuum still wouldn't work and we had to invest in a new vacuum.

Mason is really starting to talk a lot now. One of my favorite things to ask him is "Who is that?", while I am pointing at Brad.

Mason always answers, "That's A dad." Not MY dad, just A dad.

It makes us laugh every time. He also insists on telling us every time he toots or poops. He pats his bum and says "I stink."

He is a little stinker :)

Mason's Mean Face

Mason has recently started to make this face

when you do something that he doesn't like...

Here he was mad because I told him he was a messy boy :)

I catch him practicing his mean face

in the mirror all the time..so funny!

Summer...Here we come!

I am officially done with school for the summer! I still have school work to do and a few one-day courses, but no consistent busy schedule! Yay! Halfway done with the nursing program, and so far all A's. :)

We took Mason to get his hair cut a few weeks ago. He saw my camera and started saying "cheese" so I had to take a couple of pictures.

My little baby is getting soo big! He is growing up way to fast and he is getting a little attitude. A couple recent conversations showed me just how stubborn he is...First, we were watching Little Einsteins and a turtle came on the tv. Mason turned to me and said, "That's a dog." So I said, "No, Mason, that's a turtle." He looked back at me and said a little louder, "No, that's a dog!" He repeated that 4 times until I gave up arguing with him. :)

Another day Mason was eating a muffin for breakfast in his high chair. The muffin made some little crumbs and he says "Look, bugs!" So I told him "Mason, those are just crumbs." Mason responded with "No, they're bugs!" And then he tried to eat them.

This little boy is so funny but we obviously need to work on his identification skills!

A little troublemaker...

One afternoon I was studying for a test and wasn't paying as much attention to Mason as he needed. First he opened the oven and kept using it to climb on...he was pretty proud of himself.

Later that day I was cooking dinner and noticed that it got really quiet. I started looking for Mason and this is what I found... He had found a box of powdered sugar in the cupboard and was able to get it open! I don't know how. I found him and he was just sitting there dipping his finger and then licking it. He offered me some from his finger...

"What did I do, mom?"

Then he saw the camera and started saying "cheese"

I learned my lesson that he cannot even play by himself for 5 minutes without causing some sort of trouble... too bad I had to learn it through a pile of powdered sugar!

I have 3 more weeks of this semester and then I will be halfway done with the nursing program. I think Mason will be glad when I am done for the summer so that he can have a little more attention. I will have to do some fun things with him this summer.