Cabin Time

Summertime always means it's time to go play at the cabin that Mason's parents have by Kolob reservoir. We love it and always have a blast. We went last month for a quick little getaway, just the four of us.  It was too quick we only stayed one night, but crammed in as much fun as we could before we had to leave. We sure love that place!

Boys will Boys!

Cooper REALLY wanted a picture with Dane, but Dane wouldn't cooperate.It made Cooper pretty upset.

Cooper always loves finding Horny Toads at the cabin.

We went for a really long ride and Cooper & Mason ran out of gas.

Luckily Mason got it going again and made it back with just enough in the reserve tank.

That sure was fun!!

Such a wonderful Example

Mason & I lived in Utah when this car accident happened, I remember hearing about it on the news. Such a heartbreaking story.

This video is deeply touching, it's absolutely inspiring to me.

I think it's so beautiful when he says "I'm grateful that God allows tragedies and trials to occur in our lives, not because they're easy or because they're desired, but because they help us love."

Mason is Super!

I am so lucky to be married to Mason! He is the greatest Husband & Father, and I just love love love Him!

Cooper & Dane love their Daddy!

We had fun spoiling Mason yesterday.

He works so hard for us and we are grateful for all that he does for us!

All of the boys were excited about Mason's new saw.

This is what happens every day when Mason get's home from work.

It's time to wrestle!

One of the things I love most about Mason is how much he loves our boys, they're his little buddies and he is our hero. We love you Mason!

I Love Being a Mom

Here it is just a few days before Father's Day and I'm just now posting these pictures from Mother's Day. I had a wonderful Mother's Day, and Mason spoiled me as usual.  Mason made me a Mother's Day feast for breakfast, he made me yummy Waffles with fresh Strawberries & Whip Cream, Orange Juice, Bacon, Eggs and Cinnamon Rolls! Every year he makes me so much food for breakfast that I don't know how he expects me to eat, but it sure makes me feel loved, I am one lucky lady. 

I love being a Mom, I love my two crazy boys more than words can say. I am so thankful for the blessings that they are in my life. Their sweet smiles & innocent sense of humor has helped carry me through these past few months. When my sweet sister, Jalidia passed away in March, my heart broke and I didn't know how I would smile again. Cooper & Dane quickly brought a smile back to my face and helped me rememeber that each day is blessing, life is to be lived, cherished, and to have fun! Cooper & Dane, I love you! I am so blessed to be your Mommy!

Mason gave me a Flip video camera. He said it's for capturing all of my Mothering memories. I thought it was such a sweet idea, and I love my Flip, it's fantastic!

Father's & Son's Campout

Last month Mason & Cooper went to their first ward Father's & Sons campout. Mason said it was more like sleeping in a tent in a big grass field than it was camping but they still had fun.  This year it was at the county fairgrounds, hopefully next year it will be a better camping spot. Cooper still talks about their camping trip all the time. Next year Dane will get to go too, but this year he stayed home and partied with me.

Our New Home

We bought our first house & moved in the beginning of April! We love it, and we are all so happy to be here.  We were in a 2 bedroom apartment before, and Dane was sharing a room with Mason & me...well really, we were sharing a room with Dane and he was not sleeping well at all.  On his birthday he got his very own room and magically slept through the night! Woohoo! Cooper loves our new house too, he has been a much happier boy since we moved in, because he has more freedom and lots of new friends. It is great, we love our house!

We've been doing lots of painting since we moved in.

The boys love their new backyard, it's pretty small and nothing but dirt so far, but they love it!

You can tell these pictures were taken back in April because it is definitely not sweatshirt weather in Las Vegas anymore. I love how Cooper is helping Dane with his hood, he's such a good big brother. It was super windy that day, check out Dane's rad hair!

Easter Post in June?

I know it's June & these pictures are from Easter. I've been neglecting the blog a little bit, better than neglecting my boys though.  We had a really nice Easter. We watched General Conference, and both sessions were two of the most beaustiful sessions I have ever heard, full of strong testimonies of our Loving Savior, Jesus Christ and the reality of the resurrection. It was absolutely beautiful, and exactly what I needed.

Then we went to Mason's parents house for a yummy Easter dinner & Easter Egg hunt for the kiddies, and another little birthday party for Dane. It was great!