Parks, Bikes and Riding the river

Aunt Jene, my sister, invited us to go down the river with her. Of course we took her up on it! We had a great time. If I remember right we were the only ones on the river that day! We ate lunch in the boat and had a great time spending time with Jene. Thanks!!


Have I mentioned how great it is to live in a neighborhood that has sidewalks and parks and so many fun things, so close to home to take the boys to. Below is actually 3 different parks close to our house. We've enjoyed many many days swinging, feeding the ducks, riding bikes, splashing in the splash pad, sliding down slides and reading time at the library. Yes, all minutes away from home! LOVE IT!!! With two active boys that would live outside if they could this is a dream for us!!
Most of you probably already know but Porter is loving bike riding. Brent had this ingenius idea to bend up the training wheels more and more till Porter was ready to have them taken off. It was quite a sight to see him biking with useless training wheels, but alas he would not let us remove them. They were his security blanket. Finally one day Brent ran over the training wheels with the truck ( I'm not saying it was on purpose, fate maybe ;) ) Clearly we HAD to take them off and Porter did just fine, as we knew he would. He loves bike riding! Some boys like sports, some like spider man but our little guy is loving his bike. He rides off road just as much as on. He really does well keeping up with dad pulling Mason behind in his trailor, Can you tell I'm a little proud? :)

Cali FUN!

Joyze has most of the pictures from this trip. We took Joyze and headed over to San Diego for the weekend (in November). We went to the beach, Balboa park and of course the main attraction we got to go to the Air show there. It was really fun and something we had been looking forward to forever! It was fun to get over there as a family and Joyze was a great addition! Hope we get over there again soon!!

Firetruck Day

We had fun day as a family! We love those craft days at Home Depo. The boys get to wear cut aprons and goggles and then handle miniature hammers and go at it. They went the extra mile and had firefighters and a firetruck come to the store. So after making the firetrucks we got to tour one and talk to the cool firefighters.

Here's the finished product. I love how Porter is imitating daddy and Mason's got such a sweet smile :)

Porter's getting that firetruck built!

Get working Mason ;)

Hey look!! We're in a firetruck!! :) :)

$1 Halloween

Our Halloween was FULL of fun!! We recently moved into our awesome ward that had a ward party and a friend in the ward that had a party and then of course our Curtis Halloween carnival!
This was, as you saw from the title, our $1 Halloween. I bought a $1 sports coat at Savers for Brent (but of course the sleeves were too short for him, so I took those in) Then I was able to get a lab coat from my brother that he didn't need anymore. I was able to take it in, shorten, take off the patches and reattatch the pockets. Then I used my scrubs and smartened up with some fake glasses. So who exactly were we? Dr House and Cameren, his assistant Doctor of course!! Brent, by the way, made an AWESOME "House"!! He was super sarcastic with everyone, was limping and popping pills all night!! He was great!!
Porter insisted on being a dog that I had gotten from a friend. It was a little small but it worked. So naturally I made a "Dog Catcher" costume for Mason. Used an old hat to say dog catcher with a picture of a dog and then found some of his old cargo shorts to make his vest. It worked really well actually, just cut the front open and the pockets for his arms. Then used all the patches from the lab coat! I felt somewhat creative. Not as creative as last year but it worked great!

(this is the best picture I got of Porters Dog costume)

The dog catcher is taking in the Dog!!

This was just too cute...he was actually cooperating when we were at the picture booth

My vest creation out of shorts

Porter in Preschool

Porter has a love hate relationship with preschool. Usually I'm dragging him in because he doesn't want to go, and then dragging him out because he doesn't want to leave. I'm so confused!

We started a preschool Co-op where we take turns teaching at our hosue and go on feild trips and such. It's so much fun and I love having a little time each week with JUST Mason!

This day it was at my house. We were learning the letter A and things that started with it. Animals, Aligators, Apples and learned a few songs. It was fun making our alligators!

Mason's recent obsessions

Here are Mason's most recent obcessions;

Soap- Getting on the counter and pushing soap onto his hand and then rubbing it into his hair, I'm constantly giving him a shower in the kitchen sink (so soap, water ad he LOVES washing his hands!!!)



Shoes- Trying on my shoes, well not just shoes but particularly my High heels and especially the colorful yellow ones I got

Naps-Porter was the hardest child to put to bed for naps or night time bed. Mason on the other hand is an angel when it comes to going to bed. When the time comes to go "nigh night" he will actually ask to go to bed. We will bring him into his room (actually, lately he's been choosing to sleep in the guest room) with his blankey and pacifier and he will practically jump out of my arms and into his crib. Then after singing his song as I walk out we play a little game.
Me- " ok Night night Mason, Love you"
Mason- " Night night, love you"
Me- "Love you too"
Mason- "Love you too"
Me- "love you more"
Mason - "Love you more"
Me- "love you Night night"
Mason- "Love you, Night night"

I sure love our little game!!

Copy Cat- talking, copying anything we say including saying prayers! So cute! He does a great job!

Brotherly Love

I'm so glad I captured this picture. (don't ask me why Porter's shirt is off...) It was so sweet. We were getting back to our house late one night and although Mason is the better sleeper Porter is the one who almost ALWAYS falls asleep in the car at night. I looked back and saw this sweet shot and by the time we got home Mason was still holding on to his brothers passed out hand. This just shows how much Mason loves his brother! These two love playing, wrestling, copying, sharing, taking toys away, giving hugs and kisses. I love when they have to apologize to each other. Not because they did something they weren't supposed to, but because they forgive each other so quickly say sorry and my favorite the hug or usually hugs! They are immediately friends again and ready to play!

I love these boys and all the energy and love they bring into our home. I love so much that they are friends and love each other.