Mason's Birthday Party

Mason had his 2nd birthday party on July 10th. We celebrated a few day's early so grandma Lomax and Shalese could be there. We had a BBQ in our backyard and had all the family over. Mason and his cousins played in the pool for a while. They were all squealing and splashing each other.

Ellie, Mason and Evan

Mason loves Curious George so we got him a George cake. He really loved it. He was so cute when we sang happy birthday to him. He smiled so big and then he blew out his candles.

Pay no attention to the big fat pregnant lady. I tried to avoid pictures at all cost but it couldn't be totally avoided.

Mason got lots of fun getting presents. He got a new wagon, puzzles, a toy buldozer, a sandbox and a big wheel. He loved opening presents. Cameron even jumped in the wagon with Mason to help him open presents.

Mason can't quite reach the pedles on the big wheel yet but he still liked it. It will be great for next summer when he can reach better.

Swimming Lessons

Mason was able to have his first session of swimming lessons this summer. My bosses kids teach swim lessons so I thought I would take advantage of that. Mason usually likes the water so I thought it would be a good idea to get him started now. He did really well. The first time we went to the pool he jumped right in to Colby (the teacher). By the end of the session he could float on his back for a few seconds, blow bubbles, go underwater and pick up the rings. Mason would only really let Colby or daddy help him for about 10 minutes tops and then he wanted to go to the stairs and play with the rings. Overall I think Mason did wonderful. When we ask him if he wants to go swimming he will say "Swim with Colby fun". Next summer he should be even better!

4th of July

Our 4th of July started out with Grandma Lomax and Shalese coming to visit us from Oregon. We were really excited to have them visit us. On the morning of the 4th we went to see the Centerville parade. It was a little disapointing because there was only 1 float. The rest were advertisements on the sides of cars or boats. Mason did like the one float. Hopefully next year will be better.

Mason just sat on daddy the whole time and relaxed.

That night we did some fireworks in the backyard for Mason. This was really his first year we did much with fireworks. Mason really seemed to like them. He wasn't too sure about the sparklers but he did like throwing the poppers and stepping on the ones that didn't pop. He also really liked the smoke bombs.

Surfing

Shane loves to go surfing at the flowrider. He and Ryan (my sisters husband) went this afternoon and Mason and I decided to come along. We meet up with my sister Mandy, Ryan and their kids Ellie and Cameron. Shane has been practicing so he was a lot better. He was fun to watch. Last time I took Mason to watch he was only about a year old an he did not like it at all. It was too noisy for him so we stayed out most of the time. This time he really liked to see daddy in the water and the noise didn't bother him so much even though he did tell me a few times that it was noisy.

When there was only about 15 minutes left on their session me, Mandy and the kids went over to the Pizza Factory to hold a table. On the way over we stopped and let the kids play in the water fountain. Mason loves water! It doesn't matter if he is fully dressed or not he will try to jump in. He kept trying to drink out of the fountains! Mason and Cameron like to climb on the blocks to get to the water. The kids were so cute and loved playing!

Shane kept telling me to get a video of him surfing because he was getting better. Every time I turned on the camera he decided to fall down, but this one was pretty good.

It's Orange

Mason's favorite color is orange - at least we think it is. That is the only color he will say. He used to say blue and green and point to the right color. Then he discovered orange - now everything is orange no matter what. We have farms around our house so there are a lot of horses we pass any time we go anywhere. Mason will shout "horsies!" We then ask him what color the horse is and he always says "orange!"

If we see a cow anywhere Mason will call it a "sheeps". He used to say cow when he saw one and would say moo but now he says it is a sheeps. He is so funny about it too - if you try to tell that it is a cow he is very insistent that it is a sheeps. And of course the color is orange. One day I was trying to tell him it was a cow and he would tell me no sheeps. We went back and forth for a minute and finally he yelled at me "no mommy sheeps!" I just had to laugh. He may have daddy's temper but daddy says he has mommy's stubbornness!

Running Through the Sprinklers

Mason loves water - so him and daddy decided it would be fun to run through the sprinklers. Daddy had just gotten home from work and was cleaning out his bucket and Mason decided to help him. He was having so much fun helping that daddy decided to turn the sprinklers on. Mason loved it. He would run through the water screaming when the water hit him.

The water was getting a little cold so daddy had to rescue Mason.

My two big boys completely soaking wet!

Memorial Weekend at Bear Lake

On a spur of the moment decision, we decided it would be fun to spend Memorial weekend at Bear Lake. We had a lot of fun. Mason slept most of the car ride there so the drive went by smoothly. We stayed at a little cabin just outside of Garden City because there was no was I was camping. Camping isn't my favorite - even when I'm not pregnant! Mason like running around the cabin and jumping on the beds. We got our swim clothes on and lathered up on the sunscreen and headed to the lake. Mason LOVED the water even though it was only about 65 degrees outside and the water was pretty cold. There are these little pockets of warm water around the beach that we tried to stay it so it wasn't that bad. I had to get a maternity swim suit for this trip and when we were at the beach Mason kept calling it mommy's dress! It did look like a dress but I didn't need to hear about it. Daddy thought it was pretty funny. I will too in the future - once I not longer need to wear it. We had a great time and hopefully we can go back in the next year or two.

Mason & daddy

Daddy trying to show Mason where the seagulls were.

Mason loved to dig in the sand. I got him this orange bucket because orange it his favorite color (the only one he will say anyway)

Daddy actually got the red shovel for himself so he could help Mason build a sand castle but Mason decided he like the red one better than the orange one.