Happy Birthday Weekend Mason!!!!

My little boy is growing up :( I told him he could invite a friend friday night and we would go do something fun to celebrate his birthday. He chose to take a girl!!! I was alright with this until watching my son in a go-kart at Boondocks and Cassidy and him were too much into driving side by side talking and not paying attention to the track and ended up crashing and doing 360's PHEW, counting my blessings that this birthday he was not turning 16!
Saturday was geared towards Dad Visit and earrands and my Niece Tina going through the temple for the first time. I decided to let Mason open one present Saturday night mainly because I needed to iron and get things set up before I had to go to Ward council early Sunday morning. He was so excited and thought it would be a new DSi....sorry dude! Seriously mom you got me clothes? Doesn't he look thrilled to try on his cute new Church jacket? Mom asked what the problem is why aren't you excitied to get clothes for your birthday? Mason said "Mom boys don't get excited about clothes." Thanks for clearing that up for me buddy! :) Then Laken, said "Duh that's dumb girls love to get new clothes!" This was Laken, cheering for New clothes. Ha Ha! I took the kids to Red Lobster, Mason's choice dang kid with Champagne taste!!!The kids were watching the Lobsters and lets just say it was "mating season" of course my kids are the kids standing at the tank loudly saying "Mommy, look at those two Lobsters they are having a piggy back ride!" While the rest of the lobby is giggling I'm finding a table to crawl under hoping to not have to give a lesson on the birds and the bee's when they start to notice gross other things!!! Luckily the manager was intune and ran over the move the Lobsters from the front of the tank to the back, and pulled a few out for the kids to see and to distract them! Can you say thank goodness for lots and lots of Purell and Handsoap before Dinner!

Mason wanted crab legs for his birthday dinner and Laken just thought they looked disguisting which I am totally fine with!!! Until she tried some of the meat and loved it! DANG IT!!! I love the picture of her being a geek looking at them! Ha Ha!The next day was Sunday hooray his actual birthday! We raced from doing sharing time to going to luncheon for "Baby Kate" my great neices baby blessing where I almost cried because my kids were not the "little ones" anymore they were the babysitters? I'm so use to them being the little ones needing to be pushed on the swing set and instead they were taking care of Parker and Millie and were totally self sufficent? WHAT when did this happen? Both Jill and I stood back in shock that our little guys no longer needed us? Talk about feeling lost!!! After a fun afternoon watching my favorite little "greats" we came home and I told Mason before he changed out of his church clothes I needed a picture. Little Miss thing ran to a rock and said take one of me first! When I told her to just stand infront of the plant bed she looked at me and said "Mom, this is a much nicer picture spot!" Um okay Ansel Adams? Can you say ATTITUDE written all over her face in this picture?
My little Man! I let Mason open all of his gifts but, the last one from me it was a video game he has been wanting and I knew we had a hectic day and if he had it there was no getting him to hurry and move to get ready to run from place to place. So he was dying to open it but, I told him he had to wait for Grandma. He thought he was going to die! Then Grandma called us from Grandma B.'s and asked if we would come visit. She has taken a turn for the worse with her leg, don't get me started on the tagent about idiotic nursing staff who neglected her pain for 4 days!!! Anyways we went and hung out with Grandma Bullard because she was sad she missed the baby blessing even though she still does not know who's baby it is and is convinced that Tina' has not had her baby yet, even though she was holding the baby in her arms when she asked that? Ha Ha! Mason brought his present to Grandma B. and asked if she would like to watch him open his gift of course she said yes!

Since Mason was so thrilled to get clothes the first time, Mom was a jerk :) and wrapped his game that he was hoping for and hide it the pocket of a new sweatshirt so when he first opened it he was really disappointed and said "More Clothes, Great!" little spoiled punk. So then I told him to check the pocket and he was happy. Even though it was a hectic weekend I hope he was able to have a fun time. I love you buddy you are the best kid!

Playing Catch up!

I know it has been a while since I have posted anything I feel like I have lost almost a year of my life and am in a fog with some things going on. But, I have to just brag about my sweet little kids who keep me going. Sometimes they keep me going straight to the nut house? But, usually the keep me laughing and are amazing examples to me. Laken, started Kindergarten this year I still can not believe 5 years has already flown by and that she is in school. :( My baby is growing up way too fast. She loves Kindergarten and everyday is so excited to come home and tell me how many new friends she has made, even though she has no idea what her new friends names are they are still her new best friends :)

I'm a bad mom and with all the craziness of life I did not take a picture of Mason on his first day of school :( He started a week earlier than Laken so I totally dropped the ball on that! OOPS! I have to say how proud I am of that sweet little boy. Last week was a hard week I had some serious medical scares. One of them being that they thought I was having a stroke. The Paramedics were called and they raced me to the hospital. I don't remember the whole ordeal because I was in and out of it for a while but, I do remember in the very beginning Mason came to stand next to me while my mom was calling 911 and he started to cry and said "Are you going to die?" I told him no I was not going to die. And then told him that I loved him so much. Meanwhile I was scared to death not sure I have ever been so scared in all my life? Later I remember I was in a room in the ER and there were about 15 people(the stroke team) all racing around doing things to me. I remember all of a sudden hearing Mason's voice and I just kept saying "I am so sorry buddy, I love you so much!" And that little 8 year old boy came and stood at the head of my bed and said "Mom, it is ok everything is going to be alright, You are going to be fine. I said a prayer and I know you will be fine because Heavenly Father loves you very much and is going to take care of you." WOW what a little guardian angel. Mason, I am so extremely proud of you and you manage to blow my mind constantly with your amazing faith and example.
This was taken a few days before school started. We went and saw the play "Suessical" which was alot of fun and the kids loved! Mason, in your short little life of 8 years you have had to endure numerous things that nobody should really have to endure. Yet you do it with a smile and you always show such amazing power and faith. You truly are one of my biggest hero's!!!! I am so lucky to be a mom to such great kids!

Teaching the Plan of Salvation one spider at a time!

My little Missionary Man Mason, is too funny. Earlier in the day he and his sister were playing with a Daddy Long-leg spider, EWWWWW don't even get me started on that, YUCK! I'm guessing the spider must have died because Mason in his sidewalk artwork drew the "Circle of Life of a Spider" :)

The Circle of Life!

Egg, Baby, Kid...

Adult, Death, Spirit...

Heaven & then Resurrection!
WOW He is listening in Primary I think I will let him do my Sharing Times from now on! Mason buddy you make me smile! You are such a sweetheart!