Thursday, October 7, 2010

Mason 4th Birthday

Ok! Mason turned 4 yrs. old on Tuesday, October 5th!!! He really wanted an Ironman cake but I couldn't find any cake decor that worked. I think he was happy to settle for Spiderman. Please try not laugh too hard at my major lack of cake decorating skills! We did have a little family party for him and the grandparents stopped by with their gifts and hellos! Grandma and Grandpa Huber even brought their little dog Rosco to wish Mason a Happy Birthday! I think he had a good day!

Lindsey watches my boys on Wednesday's. Lindsey is soooooo sweet and threw Mason a little birthday party. Colter's cousins Livvy and Bailey were there too. (Mason just LOVES Bailey!)
They made birthday hats, had birthday cake and presents! I honestly don't know what I'd do with out Lindsey!! She is so thoughtful and very generous.
Lindsey found an Ironman mask for Mason! I looked in like 3 stores for one!!! Thank you Lindsey! (On the way home from Lindsey's house he wore the mask in the car and said, "I need to go get my Ironman gun now." (Grandma Faler got him an ironman supersoaker.)


Monday, October 4, 2010

Family Scripture Study

For the past couple weeks we've (as a family) tried really hard to read the Book of Mormon every night. Every night we have a bed time routine with the boys of reading books, family prayer and lights out! So Ron and I thought it'd be "easy" to just add our scripture study after the fun books are read. Mason had other ideas. EVERY time we get the book of Mormon stories book out Mason yells "NO! I don't want to read that. I want to pick a different book!" And he usually walks out of the room while we read to Noah. (Book of Mormon stories is a simplified version of the Book of Mormon with illustrations for children.)

Tonight Ron had a great idea. We got a couple flashlights, turned the lights out, and held family scripture study. It was the FIRST time Mason sat and really listened to the story and participated! What a fun success!!!! You can't really tell in the picture but the lights are out and both boys have flashlights. Not sure if this will work every night but I am just glad that we were able to have one successful session of family scripture time!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Our Butterfly Friend!

On our morning walk today we came across a butterfly!!! It was really pretty and my boys were both very interested in it. It didn't seem to be moving much so I kidnapped it (literally!) and took it home to snap some pictures! I think it was kinda hurt or something because it didn't fly away for quite a while!
The stroller compartment where the butterfly was trapped for about 5 mins:
Beautiful huh?
Kinda makes me think of the Children's Hymn:
"My Heavenly Father Loves Me"
The line that goes "He gave me my eyes, that I might see the color of butterfly wings... For all these creations, of which I'm a part. Yes, I know Heavenly Father loves me."

Mason's melt down when the butterfly finally flew away. Gotta love the drama!

Faler Family Reunion

Labor Day weekend we drove to Payson (Strawberry area) for our annual Faler Family reunion. This year we camped out around some land that Erica's family owned and had a cabin at. There was horses, goats, and plenty of dogs on some adjoining properties. All of which my boys thoroughly enjoyed playing with and petting! Overall we had fun (even in the 95 degree weather)! All of us except my dad that is. Poor Grandpa Faler! He got really sick and had to go to the hospital in Payson and then go home. We didn't even get to see him the whole weekend. He's doing much better now and recovering.
Monday morning one of the neighbors horses escaped their pasture. Mason and Noah really enjoyed interacting with the horses up close.

At one point Mason got a little too close! He was posing for a picture while bending over between the horses legs and head. He was even saying "cheese!" as I snapped the picture. When the picture took the horse had started walking and kneed Mason right in the FACE!
Mason's face says it all!
Mason, cousin Josh, and Noah making friends with the horses!
And of course what's camping with out getting completely covered in dirt!!!!!
YUM!
Kathy Merkley (Cabin owner) took the kids for a tractor ride at night! They had a blast!

Noah LOVED the trampoline! I don't know if he's ever really jumped on one before, but he caught on fast! And didn't ever want to get off!
Sunday morning as usual our boys were up at 5am! So we went for a drive and took a family hike!
I promise Mason didn't hit Noah here. Apparently they were both playing a game of "let's see who can hit the log the hardest!"

Monday, September 6, 2010

I'm in trouble!

A couple weeks ago we had our ward camp out. It's sad that there's not really any little boys Mason age in our ward. But he doesn't let that faze him!!!! At one point he found a tent full of girls hanging out. They were really sweet and let him invade their space! What cute girls!
I thought I had a least 10 more years before I had to start worrying about girl trouble!?!?! Uh-oh!

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Noah LOVES his ABC's

A couple weeks ago Noah was playing in the tub. We have foam letters in the tub so I decided that while I was just sitting in there I'd quiz him a little on his ABC's. I knew that he could pick out the letter O, M, and N. I'm always telling the boys that M is for Mason and N is for Noah. As I was randomly picking up letters I discovered he knew A LOT more letters than I thought. In fact almost every letter. I couldn't believe it. I was shocked and excited.

It's fun to go over letters with him because he really likes it. For some reason the letter N he says "Me!" I think it's because he doesn't really say his own name. He always calls himself "Me!" So instead of saying N for Noah he says "N for me!" Too funny. Also for some reason the Letter E he just says Eagle?!? Not sure about that one!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

It's Raining, It's Pouring...

Ron's hours have picked up at work lately. (It's that time again! Ron's mom calls me a Tax widow! :) So in the evenings I try to keep the boys occupied and busy so they will be tired but also get to see Daddy before bed. His job with Insight right now is so much better than his previous crazy job. So I really can't complain about 8 or 8:30pm homecomings. This week on Tuesday night I was trying to figure something to do with the boys. Then it started raining and I came up with a plan!!!!
BEFORE:
The boys were fascinated by the lightning.
Ok... so it really didn't "POUR" rain. But we got pretty wet anyways!


I love playing in the rain, especially with my boys!