friday fun in st. george

I had taken Mason up to my parents on Sunday and left him there so Grandma could take care of him while I worked this week! So Thursday after work Brooklin and I headed up for a sleepover - I was missing my boy. He was so sweet when he saw us to - he ran up to both of us and gave us a big hug and kiss!
Friday we did a little school shopping and then met Chrissy and her kids at Antigravity! The kids had a blast and Chrissy even got a good workout - I opted not to jump cuz I'd probably pee my pants!

Everyone worked up an appetite by jumping or watching the jumpers - so we headed to Cafe Rio! It was delish and didn't disappoint :)
Sam jumped in the car with us and we headed to the Washington Rec Center. Mason has wanted to go swimming and going through withdrawls since having his tonsils out so today was the day! We had a fun afternoon and ended up sleeping over at Grandma Kaye's again!

loving the lazy river

skating

My mom came down for a couple days when Mason got his tonsils out to help out! Gotta love moms who live close and who don't work the month of July :)  Brooklin wanted to do something fun while she was here so we took her skating and Sam met us there. They were so funny and didn't really care about skating, just wanted to play games!  Mason came to watch them skate but ended up playing games the entire time...

this outfit is rockin!

score!

brooklin and sam

tonsils & adnoids are gone!

So today was the big day - Mason had his tonsils and adnoids removed! He did great and was a trooper the entire time we were there. We got to the hospital at 7:00am and was home by 11:30 :) He didn't throw any kind of fit until he wanted his dang gown off, he wanted his clothes back on... silly boy!
Dr. Jones said his tonsils were huge and so were his adnoids. He said, "Mason was snoring when we put him out but no snoring now!"
In recovery he just wanted to be held so I was all for that! He needed to eat a popcicle, some pudding and jello before he could leave - and he must've wanted to get home cuz he inhaled everything. And he wanted his IV out, that was bugging him afterwards. Mason had awesome nurses that took care of him - admitting RN; Sue, post op RN; Deanna and Diana!

He's acted just like normal today, wanting to run around and eat Cheetos! I was hoping he'd be calm for a few days... Hopefully it's a speedy recovery!

waiting to be called back

george got in on all the action too!

mama's sweet boy

all ready to go!

trying to take the gown off!

awesome hat!

in recovery

let's go home!

swim meet #2

Brooklin had her 2nd swim meet on Saturday (7/9/11), she was doing 4 events - freestyle, backstroke, breast stroke and a relay. The freestyle relay was first and their little team tried hard but one girl didn't finish so I'm not sure how they place that. Then she did the backstroke (29.34) and kicked butt, she did really well. The breast stroke (32.82) was next and she won but totally cheated cuz she just kicked her legs instead of doing the right kick but she did great! Her last race was the freestyle (26.68) and she took 2nd, the girl who beat her was super fast but you can't win every time, right?
We're so proud of you Brooklin - she just loves swim team and I'm so happy she enjoys it so much! Thanks grandma, grandpa and Kirst for waking up so early on a Saturday to come and watch her - I know she was so happy to have you there!

getting ready for the relay

backstroke

4th of July

Mom and I wanted to get back from our trip so we could celebrate the 4th with everyone. The rec center did its annual water activites so we just headed over there around 10:30am. Kasey and his crew along with dad came down so the kiddos could play together and go swimming.

i'm not too sure about this girl sometimes!!!

mason sitting in the dunk tank - he went under!

 Later that night we did our own little firework show with the kids and watched the big ones with our neighbors. Nothing too exciting but it was perfect for us!

throwing their pops

smoke bombs

mr 4th of july

lady liberty

happy 4th of july

little mermaid

While my mom and I was in Alaska - the rest of the crew headed to Little Mermaid at the Tuachan on Friday night. Kasey, Meridee, Jackson, Kirstin, Brooklin, Mason and Nick went - Mason fell asleep and Brooklin and Kirstin loved it... the rest of them thought it was too long! Dad stayed home with Addi since she was too little to go.

just a few more pics from alaska :)

ankau

my mama and i

the dangerous river

a landing strip on top by that little cabin

danielle and steph

quinn