All in a Saturday

We started out the morning with a 5K race.  Well...Reese did.  He ran the Providence Days 5K.

As you can see, he got the blue ribbon because he won his age division.  He was 5th overall!  Mason and I loved cheering him on...I don't think Jaylee really knew what was going on.

After the race, we headed to the Open House at the Logan Airport last Saturday and here are some pictures of our time spent there.

 Mason flying the plane.

We were able to see some great looking planes.

Even some WWII aircraft.

Mason was also able to fly in a helicopter stimulator.

He was actually doing a good job and didn't have any help from me and he had very little help from the simulator guy.

At the end, we were able to watch a helicopter take off and land several times because it was taking people on rides (for $20 a person) and also see a helicopter and dirt bike race.  The dirt bike won even though we were cheering for the helicopter.

Believe it or not...Mason IS asleep in this picture.  Let's just say he had a good time at the airport.

Later that day...

 We also did a little trimming around the yard and Mason was eager to help take the clippings to the backyard.  He left playing with his toy airplane and swinging in his swing to come help me.  What a good kid!

I didn't post the same picture twice, I just wanted to show that Mason is now doing silly poses for pictures.

Heading to the back to dump the clippings.

Who needs a wheelbarrow when you have Mason and his Gator for helpers?

The End of May

How cute is this?!?!?  Mason feeding Jaylee her puffs.  He taught her how to share too by taking some for himself.

This is what you look like when you are about 7 months old and try to eat bananas a strawberries by yourself.

I looked outside and found Mason picking "flowers" for mommy.

Then he blew all the seeds away.

Picture taken by Mason.

We have some neighbors whose cat just had her litter of kittens.  So we stopped by to say hello.

Mason really liked them but not as much as dogs.  He was the most gentle kid that was there petting the kittens so they literally flocked to him.

We kept Jaylee away from the kittens and let her chew on the camera case instead.

The patriarch of our family watching over us to make sure no kittens make their way into our pockets to be taken home.

Jaylee LOVES being outside almost as much as her brother.

Here's a picture of those front teeth.  She moves around quite a bit so this is the clearest picture we got.

I was just getting ready when I looked in on Jaylee just being cute as ever in her room.

And who's this big kid?  He looks like he just graduated from kindergarten!

Jaylee's 7 Month Photos

Mason and Jaylee out in the yard enjoying the sunshine.

Jaylee is 7 months old!

She is now crawling and has 2 teeth.  She is now reaching for us to pick her up too.  She refuses to giggle!  We will tickle her like crazy but just squeaks and hols in the laughs.  At least she is mostly smiles all the time.

She likes puff treats, swinging, ANY of Mason's toys and hardly any of her own, eating paper, Popsicles, any time spent in the water, feeding herself, being outside on the grass, people watching, having 100% of your attention.

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I came home from shopping for myself and by myself to zero dishes in the sink and all of them hand washed!

Reese you are amazing!! Thank you for giving me an evening to recharge my batteries.

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May snow storm can be a GOOD thing

The May snow storms that have been happening are leading up to what looks like great water levels at Lake Powell for this upcoming summer!
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Grandma & Grandpa Schroeder Come For a Visit

Eating out at Callaway's Bistro in Smithfield.  It was pretty good but kind of pricey for a family night out.

Grandma enjoying the fact that Jaylee takes a bottle.

Back at the house letting our food digest.

Jaylee loving her Dad's feet.  As you can see she is sitting up all by herself now and it is awesome!

The next morning we had crepes and Mason mixed up a special drink of strawberry and chocolate milk. 

Sounds gross but he seemed to like it.

 We all enjoyed the crepes and Reese enjoyed them on his face.

So did Mason...who wants to be just like dad.

Grandpa and Jaylee just hung out and watched the crazy boys.

Jaylee sitting with Grandpa.

Grandpa and Mason throwing around a Frisbee disk in the kitchen.

For some reason all the rules get bent when Grandma and Grandpa are around...like no sitting on the counter and no throwing in the house.  Oh well, we like having them around anyway.

New Camera!

Reese bought me a new camera for my birthday and I absolutely LOVE IT!!  Mine is black though.

My other camera just turned 9 years old.  It was cutting edge when I bought it's 6.1 megapixel beauty-the price reflected that as well.  Thank you older camera for helping me document my life for the past 9 years.  You did a wonderful job.

So now here are some pictures of the first pictures I have taken with Sonny (I like to name things, so this camera's name is Sonny...we'll call the old camera Cher ;-)

Yep, I can't believe it either....this was the first picture I took with my camera.  It will be deleted off my computer shortly after this posting but I just wanted everyone to see what I chose to shoot first.  (At least this shot will make all the other ones I take look really good, right?)

 There's a panoramic feature on the camera and as I was taking the shot, Reese turned his head so that's why it is a little artistic looking.

I love this man so much!

Isn't she cute?

Yep...definitely cute!!

I think Mason's pretty handsome too!

I love this kid.  He makes me laugh.  Most of the rocks that he wanted to throw in the small stream were cemented down because of how big they were.  He still found some to throw in though.

Here are the rest of the pics taken of the kids at the park.

Reese came to save the Mason and Jaylee from me and my camera and took us all to dinner.

I'm telling ya...he's the best!!