April Birthday Boys

Both Mason and Reese had birthdays in April. Mason turned 2 on the 10th and Reese turned 27 on the 23rd.

Happy Birthday Reese and Mason!

Easter

I know I am at least a month behind on posting. Oh well. I figured I should get some pictures up before Reese and I head to the sunny, sinful 91 degree Las Vegas! I hope all of you enjoy your Utah rain. Ha ha! Just kidding. I will be thinking of all of you while we are buffet hopping.

Anyway, here is what we did for Easter this year. We went to my Grandma & Grandpa's house in South Jordan and had a hunt for eggs. Mason was loaded up with candy. He was the youngest hunter and did awesome. We should have taken a picture of his load but forgot. It was full of packs of Jelly Bellys, Airheads, several bottles of bubbles, and over $4 in change! The kid did very well for only his second hunt.

There will be more slide show pictures coming soon. Mason turned 2 on April 10 and Reese turned 27 on April 23rd! Lots of pics to come...someday...

Finally some pictures from Sunny Sun City Arizona

Just a preview

I know that everyone is out enjoying the sun today, including Mason and myself, so I thought I would just put up a picture of the fun time we had in Arizona 2 weekends ago.

This was while we were at the Wildlife Zoo and Aquarium feeding the birds. Mason loved feeding and petting them. We also fed other animals...I'll post those pictures soon.

All About The Boys

Here is Mason making his tough face and basically telling me to get the camera out of his face! Such a tough guy!

It's now Spring (even though looking outside right now reveals inches {that means more than 1 inch} of snow) and Mason is getting ready for the sun to eventually come. Here he is trying on a new hat...
Looks good bud!
He just kept running around the house taking it off and then putting it back on.
It made Reese smile!
As you can clearly see, it is the box to our Baby Einstein DVDs.
Love the ears in this picture!
Mason not only sports unusual hats but also is a VERY serious baker. Here he is making sure everything is mixing according to the recipe for chocolate/peanut butter chip cookies.

BIG NEWS:
Mason is now in a toddler bed. Last night, I decided that the wall was coming down. Mason's crib is one of those 4-in-1 beds that will eventually turn into a full-sized bed, but for now he is officially in a toddler bed. He did so great last night. We put him in bed and he stayed there like a good kid...of course, when we checked in on him right before we went to bed he had rolled to the middle of the room, but it wasn't on purpose I'm sure.
He is so happy about the transition that he has played on or right next to his bed all morning. We went to visit friends because he wouldn't leave his "new" bed all morning. Doesn't he look so happy?
This is how cute his smile is when he isn't holding anything in front of his face.

Also, he is down for his nap right now and I must say that it was easier keeping him in his crib than I thought it was going to be. We (Reese was home for lunch at the time) only had to put him back in bed twice. Hopefully, he will sleep for his entire nap time, which is usually at least 2 1/2 hours instead of cutting it short.

Another "Also," Mason and I are searching for the sun. We are headed to Arizona to visit my mom's side of the family. We'll be there until we get a great tan and some nice warm-looking pictures. Now don't be too jealous ;)

Mason

Mason is a pretty silly kid. Lately, when Reese or I get the camera out to take a picture of him, he thinks that we are trying to take a picture of what he is holding. This is not the case. So we end up with a lot of pictures looking like this... Grilled Cheese sandwich anyone? He just got out of the tub only to be covered in crumbs, oh well.

Here he is relaxing the day away on our Ceragem (pronounced sara-gem). It is a massage bed that has rollers go up and down your back. It's great! Mason turns it on, sets himself up, and then lays there with a very relaxed face.

Close up picture of what Bliss looks like...

As many of you have heard or witnessed first hand by living in Logan, we recently had about 1 1/2 feet of snow. I enjoyed it because I know this would probably be the last snow of the year. So Mason and I went out to shovel and play in the snow. He was a great helper!

Once I finished shoveling the first 8 inches off the driveway, I was about to put the shovel away and noticed another inch or two had already piled on where I just shoveled. So I went over it again really quickly. While I was doing this, our neighbor across the street got out his snowblower and started to clear his driveway. Mason kept sitting and watching him until he got up disappeared into the garage and came out with his Little Tikes lawnmower. Mason was probably wondering why I didn't just use the lawnmower to get rid of the snow like our neighbor did. So after I finished shoveling, Mason mowed the driveway.

He's such a great helper.

Downstairs Fun

Just last week, I finished painting the downstairs bedroom. I have noticed that I love to paint. Probably because I am very particular on how it is done. I am always happy to rip all the blue tape down too. I painted during Mason's naps so it took me a couple days to get it all done. But here is the one picture I have of the room...Ta Da! Does the color look familiar? It should because I used the same paint that I painted the upstairs since I had over 2 gallons left over. You can't see it very well but the texture that Reese and my dad did in this room looks awesome! I might do a glaze over this color one day...just to lighten the room and give it some pizazz!

Here is Reese getting things ready to install the door. (I should go downstairs right now and take a picture of his beautifully placed door and doorknob but I am upstairs all bundled so I'll get a picture later. This room is almost done! Next step, trim, closet doors, window treatments, and carpet.

Mason was the inspector of hte project. He made sure that the door was placed correctly.
He also went over to the downstairs family room to shoot some hoops.

He absolutely loves this thing! He would play on it all day if I could only trust him that he wouldn't try to get down by himself.

He found out that an actual basketball is a little too big, which he thought was hilarious.

Blog Tag

Go to your "Pictures" folder on your computer.
Choose the 6th file...
Choose your 6th picture...
Blog about it.
If you haven't done this tag yet then go ahead and git'r done!I found this picture in a folder labeled "Drawing Photos." It is of Mason with Angel Hair pasta all over himself. Look at his tan little body and his bright blond hair.

The folder labeled "Drawing Photos" on my computer is filled with pictures that we have taken that I want to maybe sketch one day. I really have been meaning to pick a picture of each member of our family and do a couple pencil sketches for our wall. One day I'll get it done.

Also, have you noticed how nice it was today? It is currently 52 degrees outside! Ah, spring is just around the corner. Can you smell it? The rest of this week is going to be rainy, maybe even snowy. So get outside NOW and enjoy the glimpse of warm springlike air before it goes away.

Reese and Mason's Weekend

While I was up in Logan with the girls (see what we did in the post below), Mason and Reese went down to Salt Lake to hang out with Reese's parents. On Saturday, Reese was invited by his Uncle Rick and cousin Cade to go snowbiking! They all had a blast! Reese said that it was tons of fun. He also said that a lot of people would stop him so that they could ask him questions about the snowbike. If you are wondering what a Snowbike looks like, well, you are in luck because Reese's dad took some pictures while they were on the mountain. Enjoy!Reese sitting on the Snowbike.

Reese's dad, Randy, Reese and Cade sitting on their snowbikes at the bottom of Snowbird's halfpipe.

Reese and Cade just chillin on the mountain.

Reese said that Mason was amazing the whole weekend except for one instance when Mason poured orange juice all over himself. Here are my boys sitting quietly in church.

Girl's Weekend Remodel!

This weekend Reese headed down to Salt Lake with Mason to go Snowbiking. (We will have pictures of this once we get them from Grandpa Hulbert.) So while the boys were away, my mom, sister-in-law, and sister and her dog came up to help with a bathroom remodel! Reese thought that we were going to do just a bunch of crafts. So this was a TOTAL SURPRISE to Reese! Happy late Valentine's Day!

It was a lot of hard work, a lot of waiting for paint to dry, and also a lot of fun to be with the girls. Of course I took BEFORE pictures for your viewing pleasure. So here they are:

Brown, oak cabinets, white walls, Hollywood lights, and a tri-fold vanity that blocked a lot of light from shining on the counter.

Here you can see all the brown oak and the horrid strip of Hollywood lights.

Ugly Cabinets and check out that tissue paper holder. It has a gold stripe down the middle, which you can't really see.

Boring towel rack.


The remodel starts!
We absolutely stripped down the bathroom. The light, the towel rack, and the cabinets. Even the toilet tank has been taken out. The cabinet doors and drawers are currently downstairs getting 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of black paint by my awesome helping hands.

This is the only picture that was taken with Sara, my sister, in it. Mostly because she was almost always downstairs painting. Thanks Sara that cabinets look great! Here is our mirror. It had some leftover glue on it from whereever it was before. So here is my mom and sister scraping it off. I was too nervous to do this myself because if you scratch it too deep, the silver comes off and you turn your mirror into a piece of glass.

My mom happily doing my job for me. What a sweetheart!

The walls in the bathroom look amazing because they were painted by Lynette.

Here we are holding up the mirror...making sure that it stays. If you glue up a mirror, please learn from our mistake...use Liquid Nails!

Drumroll please....Here is
The Big Reveal!!

So much better! We painted the cupboards black and the walls Benjamin Moore Wedgewood Grey (It is more seagreen than it looks in the pictures). We (and when I say "we" I mean all the girls) glued up the mirror and the molding around the mirror.

It's amazing how much larger the counter seems now that there isn't a vanity hanging over 1/3 of it.

Close-up on the framing around the mirror that we made from rosettes and molding.

Finished cupboards and new toilet paper holder. New cupboard with towel rack.

I am going to have a grand ole time changing the decor in and out on the new cupboard.New light fixture. Ahh, so much better.

Here is a list of details on the items in case you are wondering where I got it all.
Paint: Primer, Black paint, and Benjamin Moore Wedgewood Grey all at Bennett's Paint.
Light fixture, toilet paper holder, and cupboard: Walmart
Molding and Rosettes: Home Depot

Reese was so surprised! I had Sara hide behind the shower curtain and film his reaction. He said "Wow! This is really nice! You guys can have a girls' weekend whenever you want!"