Boing Boing Boing!

This year, instead of doing the usual bounce house for Mason's birthday party, we decided to chip in a little extra money and just get a trampoline as his present. This way, the fun never has to stop! So Jim and my dad set out this morning to construct this massive thing in our back yard. They worked tirelessly until it was finished...and the kids are having a blast already!


They make a great team!

How the heck are we supposed to stretch this thing?

I think there was about a million of these to put on!

Time for fun!

2 Year Check Up

Two posts about Mason in one day? Geez....what does he think? That it's his birthday or something? :)

Hannah and Mason started swim lessons yesterday at the gym we go to and they LOVED it! I was worried that Mason wouldn't even wanna get in the water because he seemed a little unsure at first. But once he got in, he was a HAM! He did everything the instructor told him to and loved every second! Hannah's class was next and it's like she never skipped a beat since swimming in our pool last summer. She got a little cocky at one point though...she let go of the wall when the instructor wasn't looking and had a heck of a time keeping just her nose above water. Since I was holding Mason way across the other side of the pool, another mom ran to assist! Hannah told her daddy later that, "I almost DROWNED!"


Here's Mason getting ready for his lesson...I didn't get a picture of Hannah since I was busy dealing with Mason in the hot tub when it was her turn!

Mason also had his 2 year checkup today...conveniently timed on his 2nd birthday! Our fast growing boy is 31 lbs, 35" tall, and is in the 95% percentile for his head size. For those who know his daddy, that last measurement should come as no surprise. Dr. Lorenzen said he's a very healthy perfect boy...and she is "blown away by his vocabulary"! I guess I'm used to well-spoken toddlers with Hannah as my first experience. But Mason wasn't shy to use sentences with the dr and she was quite impressed!

Here's Mason...sleeping peacefully in his car seat BEFORE the appt.

And here's Mason AFTER 3 vaccines and a finger prick to test iron in his blood. He did better with the 3 shots than he did with the little finger prick! Oh, and he HATES bandaids!

After having a COMPLETE 2-year-old meltdown in the car on the way home, I guess he was a little sleepy.

Happy 2nd Birthday Mason!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my little "baby" Mason! Time has flown even more quickly with him than it did with Hannah! It's hard to believe that he's old enough to potty train, drink out of a cup, and talk in sentences! What happened to my little baby?



Newborn Mason
1st Birthday

2 Years Old!


Mason H.A.T.E.S when I sing to him (or ever, really). So I thought it would be funny to sing him Happy Birthday this morning :)

Party of Five

I did my first family-of-five shoot this past weekend and we had so much fun! Corey, the dad, is a crack up and kept me laughing the entire time. It was really good practice with Sophia and her clan and I am thankful for the opportunity to have gained more experience...but I think the demand is high enough now that I'm ready to get this business off the ground! We'll see how it goes!

At Last

After many months of waiting....well, actually FOUR YEARS of waiting if you wanna get technical....we launched our new boat yesterday! It was a beautiful Friday afternoon with a light breeze blowing....ahhhhhh. The kids had a blast and I think they're gonna enjoy spending weekends cruising around Saguaro Lake this summer. Hannah LOVED going fast...Mason, not so much! :)


I think I almost got choked up watching Jim put the boat in the water for the first time. He put so much blood, sweat, and tears into this whole deal!

Mason loved looking at the ducks in the water!

Hannah kept wanting to go "faster Daddy!"...even in the no-wake zones!


I had to include this picture of Jim telling Hannah one of his famous and highly requested "monster stories". Apparently (by the looks of this picture), the monster in this story had horns???


Ahhhhhhh, it's so good to be back out on the water.

It's getting Hot Hot Hot!

April...and it was 102 degrees yesterday...

But the kids are loving it!.....

Is this really happening?

Is today FINALLY here? I can't even believe it! Jim left about an hour ago to pick up our boat in San Francisco! YIPPEEE! This has been a long long process and we're very excited for it to be over.


We spent the morning outside with Jim while he put the final touches on our empty-but-soon-to-not-be boat trailer. Mason loves anything to do with tools...so he was having a blast helping Daddy.
I think this picture would make a great ad for Dewalt tools...don't you? :)

And just a pic of a little visitor on our beautiful cactus blooms in the front yard!