Mason 6th Birthday Party May 21, 2011

Today we had Mason's birthday party since his birthday always falls on Memorial day weekend we weren't sure people would be in town. We started off playing the egg relay race...... Then we did a water balloon toss.... and water balloon fight....

Taking a break.....

We did a pillow case race.....

Had some lunch....

Had the Cupcakes that Mason made and Ice cream.....

Tom wanted to put his face in the Ice cream.....

Ty put his face in his cupcake........

Mason chose the Ice cream.....

Finn wanted his picture taken like this......

Pat did Ice cream....

Luke did Ice cream......

Chase wanted his messey face shown.....

They climb some trees.....

Then it was present time.... Spencer & Mason.........

Tom , Pat & Mason............

Ty & Mason.........

Finn & Mason..........

Luke & Mason.............

The party was fun and we are glad that everyone was able to come. It is hard to believe that he is going to be 6yrs old and in 1st grade.

Piano Recital May 20, 2011

Mason had his first piano recital and had to dress in church clothes. So what does that mean, Chase needed to dress nice as well.... Mason got to sit between 2 friends Sadie and Shacee Backus....

Donna Lindemier is the teacher......

I dvd the recital so I was unable to take photos. Not to mention we got there 15 min early and had to sit on the very last row. Mason was 3rd to go on the recital and she teaches 40 kids. So that made for one long night (2hrs). We got the program and there is the name: Mason Sharp.... I am now starting to think that she doesn't know his last name. He has the summer off from piano but when we start back we might need to let her know his name.
Mason played the song; Star Wars. He has only been taking piano lessons for about 3 months. So he did a good job. The best part of piano is afterwards the teacher hands out treats.

Father and Sons 2011

Friday May 13, 2011 Was our wards Father and Sons camp out. The boys were really excited to go and I was excited to have the house to myself. Here they are about to leave...... Darren said when they got there that Chase was fussy and wanted to come home to me. So he thought he just needed a rest....

Later that night Chase would end up throwing up and Darren drove him home about 11pm. Then was sick off and off for the night.

Mason got to stay and enjoyed himself...

Darren said that Mason thought that it was the best thing ever. I told Darren that he needs to take the boys again on an over night camp out so that Chase can do it without getting sick.

My Birthday

This past Thursday May 12 was my 28th birthday.... Here are the boys with their presents they picked out for me...

They got me these beautiful necklaces. They also got me a pedicure. We decided to go to breakfast that morning to Dennys. Chase wasn't feeling very well so he didn't eat but Mason got a jr grand slam which was eggs, pancakes, bacon. I got a grand slam since it was free for my birthday but I just ate the eggs and hash browns and Mason wanted my pancakes as well. We couldn't believe how much that kid ate. Then my friends came by later that day and brought me another pedicure. I got cards with money that is always nice. It was a great day.

Mothers Day! May 8 2011

This is a picture that Mason made at school for me and he wanted to take a picture of me holding it.... Here is Mason with his gift to me...... It is a pencil holder that he colored the paper and wrote; I love my family and I love you.....

Then on Sunday the boys gave me Flowers and Cookies.....

Darren took them Saturday to go get something. Mason of course new that he wanted to get me flowers. So at the store after Mason choose the flowers he liked Darren asked Chase what he wanted to get me. Darren said," Do you want to get a balloon?" No said Chase. "Do you want to get her chocolates", again he said no. Then Darren said that Chase was looking at these cookies that didn't look very good and he said," do you want to get her cookies and he replied YES". So then Darren had to convince him to get some cookies that would taste good. Then when they were getting ready to check out a lady in front of them asked the boys are these for you and they said," For Mothers Day." Chase told the lady that the cookies were for his mom and she said to Darren, "I bet they are for him" which Darren said I was already thinking that. So when they got home the first thing Chase wanted was a cookie and Darren had to tell him not till tomorrow. The first thing Sunday Mason and Chase brought me there gifts and Chase asked nicely if he could have a cookie.

Mason also made me toast with Jam for breakfast.

Water Fun

The boys have discovered how fun it can be to get the trampoline wet and jump......

That kept them busy until I realized that our net on the tramp is broken where it hooks and that they were going to slide out.

Easter April 24,2011

This year for Easter we stayed home. We dyed Easter Eggs.....

The Easter Bunny Stopped by.....

We did an Egg Hunt in our littel backyard......

I then made an Easter Dinner with Ham, Sweet Potatoes, Salad, Rolls, and Jello. I was proud of my self on the ham because it is hard to me to get it done just right. Darrren had church meetings before and after so we had our big dinner at 11:15 am. But it was good left overs for when we got out of church at 4pm. We had a great Easter.

The week leading up to Easter, our Stake had brought in Mark Mabry's Reflections of Christ. It was good to take the boys and have them see the pictures and us talk to them about the Reason we Celebrate Easter.