KITE FLYING & FAMILY SOCCER

It was WINDY again today so we decided we would take MASON to go fly his kite. He has been wanting to fly it for awhile and no better day to go than today!

Running as fast as he could go but we were having a hard time getting the kite high in the sky. We are not very good kite flyers.

This picture just worked out that they were all there. Mason was showing off the kite.

When your going to go out in the sun you better grab your shades or aleast your moms. CHASE loves to play with the glasses.

A photo of us watching DARREN and MASON playing soccer and CHASE WATCHING ME. I think he thinks I am weird looking in these glasses. Which they are weird but they work.

MASON is a huge sports fan! He loves to play them all and is always playing in our house. So we took him to a soccer field and he was in heaven.

Scoring a goal on his dad!!!!

Getting ready to kick the ball!

LOOK AT THAT FACE! VERY SERIOUS.

COME ON MASON! YOU CAN SCORE ANOTHER GOAL ON DAD!!!!!

CHASE EXPLORING HIS STROLLER. HE SAW SOME FOOD IN THE SEAT AREA AND IS TRYING TO GET.

Now they are ALL out playing! This is when the game got good!

CHASE GOT THE BALL! GO CHASE! GO CHASE! Score a goal.

Darren took the camera and thought that there should be a picture of me playing soccer. Mason even scored goals on me.

It was almost time to leave and MASON WANTED TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL. I guess it works like a net.

CHASE LOVED TO PLAY AND STAND! HE LOVED EATING THE DIRT! (gross)
Check out the Hair do here!

Most of you know how MASON loves to climb the door frames in the house well he LOVES to climb anything. Here he is climbing the soccer pole. We then took MASON to get a HAPPY MEAL at OLD MCDONALDS but we went through the drive threw because the play area grosses me out! Also to be safe with the SWINE FLU. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT THE FLU for journaling. This was another fun DAY OFF we were able to have with DARREN and no one being sick. We love to do stuff as a family.

FUN IN THE SUN

We decided to pull out the slip n slide after we had gotten all the chores done around the house. CHASE LOVED IT! He just crawled back and forth. While his older brother would......

SIT at the end of it in the pool area. MASON hated the water splashing him in the face.

Here was the picture of CHASE making it to the end and getting ready to turn around. But still MASON is not wanting to do it.

CHASE would just let the water hit his face on purpose. There was times when CHASE would choke on the water but most of the time he loved having it fall on him.

I just loved this one of CHASE just sitting there letting the water hit him and as you can see his brother never left his spot. Mason did go down one time, by just laying down and standing up. MASON asked if we could get out the pool and put away the slip n slide. WHICH WE DID!

SO then MASON came alive. He was all over the pool sliding around and even put the slide in to slide into the pool. CHASE would still just crawl from one side to the other and then would try to stand.

CHASE has the happiest face ever. There is even enough room for DARREN to join in the fun.

JUST A SHOT OF THE SWIMMER AND THE CLIMBER. CHASE WOULD MAKE ME NERVOUS WATCHING HIM CLIMB BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID HE WOULD SLIP.

SPLASHING IN THE WATER!!!! MASON looks cold but DARREN actually took warm water from the kitchen sink to fill the pool with. DARREN said, "I am not about to get in the pool with cold water." MASON really was wanting his dad to get in the pool. Which was even better for someome to watch CHASE.

THEY ARE SO CUTE AND THEY LOOK VERY INNOCENT. Look at the hair, CHASE'S goes flat to the head and MASON'S still stands up in the front.

CHASE loves the camera and always is trying to grab it when taking pictures.

This was VERY funny! DARREN had CHASE facing him to take off his shirt when CHASE REACHED UP AND PINCHED ONTO DARREN'S NIPPLE. CHASE did it alot and even stuck both hands up and grabbed them both at the same time. I just had to take a picture!

This photo shows what a hot body CHASE has. You can even see the water dropping off his stomach. Today was very fun and All three boys loved playing in the water.

ALL ABOUT CHASE

This picture was taken by MASON and it actually was good. CHASE sometimes thinks his brother is funny. I LIKE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT SHOWS CHASE'S WILD HAIR AND HIS TEETH.

Most of the time you will see CHASE like this. CRYING AND CRYING! I think that he cries some much because he doesn't get his way.

He always wants the spoon to feed himself but he doesn't know how too. This time I gave him the spoon and he loved having it.

This picture CHASE is making the NEW FACE that he does ALL THE TIME. He also makes a noise with it. It sounds like he is sucking in all the air he can. DARREN AND I LOVE THIS FACE A LOT!

He kept the spoon and just decided that it was faster to feed his face with his HANDS. He is very independent.

Another one of MASON'S famous photo's! BUT I LOVE THE HAIR! This is really what his hair does everyday. We have even tried hair gel. But know such luck.

He has started to stand a lot more and he even stands by himself. I thought that he was going to stand but he just walked pushing the trash can along.

Finally I was able to get a picture of CHASE standing. He was holding the remote to the TV and I thought he was changing the channels.

HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THAT HE IS STANDING! He just keeps his eyes on the TV. WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT CHASE IS MAKING. He is getting so big so fast.

ALL ABOUT MASON

I thought that I would post some of the WILD things MASON does so that everyone can see what we go through in a day. Here is MASON upside down on the recliner. He gets a running start and then just dives into it, and flips up.

Just wanting to show me that he can do it with ONE HAND. He thinks he is the coolest ever. Everyday he is coming up with new tricks he can do.

Some how MASON seems to think that it is quicker for him to climb on the counter top in the kitchen and walk across than to jump down and come. He is always on the counter playing with the water or trying to eat his food up there. He really likes to jump off the counter as well.

Most of the time when DARREN is at home, whether he justs gets off work or home all day, you can find him and MASON wrestling. They are constantly messing with each other. I think that it really WINDS MASON up because after wrestling he is always in a fighting mood. MASON DOES LOVE PLAYING WITH HIS DAD.

RAPIER FAMILY REUNION 2009

This is the lost picture

Saturday April 25 was the RAPIER REUNION at a park in Mesa. I had gotten there a little bit early and was having car problems. So I went to Brandts house to take my car to the tire place and have them check them out. But they were to busy and the guy told me I needed 4 new tires and a 4 wheel alignment. I had just gotten my tires rotated 2 weeks ago but I guess they didn't align it when I had the rotation. I notice something was wrong because driving on the free going 75 mph my car was shaking and I thought me tires were going to fly off. But I made it home and will get an appointment to get it all fixed after pay day.
So this is a picture of CHASE playing with ADDY'S doll before we left.

CHASE loved the Jungle Gym. HE thought HE was so big and smart that HE could climb up the whole way and even slide down the slide. (no picture of the slide because I had to catch him)

Climbing the stairs and looking to see how far HE still has to go.

HE just saw me and was so excited to show off to me and everyone watching him. GRANDPA staying watch by the stairs.(Should've gotten the face, sorry Dad)

MASON sad because no one was pushing him on the swing. I have been trying to teach him to do his own legs but it is not working very well. But he had alot of fun Playing with REMY and a boy he met named CARL. So MASON was never around for picture taking because he was always off running, playing baseball, basketball, volleyball, any thing there they could do he was doing it. He told me on the way home, "I had one of my best days playing with REMY. I want to live by REMY." I wish family could all live closer.

CHASE made it to the slide!!!!!! HE was trying to get me through the holes, it was so funny and cute!

We had a bring food to share and then dessert would be provided. This year they had a soft serve ice cream. CHASE loved the ice cream as you can tell. I was a hit for every one. It also was a good way to cool off. Even though it was really windy.

As you can see from our hair (mom especially) it was windy. But I wanted to get a 5 generation photo. This has my GRANNY RAPIER (90 years old), GRANDMA HOWARD (GREAT GRANDMA), MY MOM (GRANDMA), ME, MASON and CHASE. Not to many people can take 5 generation photos so when we get to see my GRANNY with everyone I always want to snap one.

CHASE'S GREAT GRANDMA loves to hold him and give him kisses. Which he loves to be held!

Just another shot of my GRANNY who can't see and doesn't really remember people but acts like she does. She was talking to BRANDT and told him you are sure a handsome young man. CHASE sitting on his GREAT GRANDMA'S lap.

Toward the afternoon CHASE was getting tired but was having a hard time sleeping. So he started with GRANDMA holding him, ME trying to get him to sleep. To the most successful one of the bunch......

MY DAD - GRANDPA! I think that GRANDPA might be sleeping as well???

I lost the picture that went here when I saved my posting. I can't get it back here, so it will just be missing.

Time to say GOOD BYE and of course CHASE still sleeping, and MASON not wanting to buckel up. So he said, "let's take a picture." We Had a fun day spent with lots of family. We love FAMILY REUNIONS because we get to see all of our cousins that live far away. (DALE and KAREN FAMILY from California especailly). Side note: Rapier is my GRANDMA'S maiden name. So this Reunion was all of her brothers (4) and there families. There was alot of people that we hadn't seen for awhile. I missed last years because I had just given birth to CHASE. They only do this once a year. So over all it was worth the trip.