Spring has arrived!!!

IT'S OFFICIAL!!!
We believe that Spring has officially arrive because it's been beautiful for the past 4 days! (Knock on wood) The temp rose steadily for the past few days and today it reached the 70's! YEAH!!!! We broke out the shorts. Mason even wore shorts to Church yesterday! He's so cute! They're still all a little long so he looks like he's wearing capri's-good thing you can totally tell he's a boy.
He never stopped moving today so I couldn't really catch him outside in his shorts so I thought I'd try this evening but yet he still wont stop moving! Go figure--he's a 17 month old boy! So you have to put up with these weird pictures! I'll try to get some better ones down the road.

Yes--he's laughing!

Our Trip to Utah

Hey we just returned from Utah. We were down there for a week to celebrate Ashley graduating from the LDS Business College. It was fun to see everyone and to spend some time away from home. Mason had a blast seeing new people. Even though they weren't really new we hadn't seen anyone since Christmas so he loved the change. We drove there. It wasn't to bad of a drive we had to stop every couple of hours to walk the dogs and for me to stretch but it was good. Mason had to help walk Sassy every time. It was funny. We celebrated Easter while we were down there since we were going to be traveling home on Easter. Mason loved looking for eggs. He kept opening them before getting them to the basket. He was to excited about the jelly beans inside them!

We spent some time with my sister's family in Taylorsville and Mason had a blast with his cousin Braden. THANKS BRADEN!!! It was fun to visit and spend at least some time with Keri, Todd and Braden.

Even though we had fun it was still good to get back home. We got home Sunday evening and Mason wouldn't stop running around the house! It was funny!

Well thanks again to Ashley and Kathryn for helping out with Mason so much around the house--we know he's a handful and has a way of finding all the things he shouldn't. And we miss everyone so much and can't wait until July/August when we get to see you all again after the baby is here.

Here are some videos and pictures of our trip! ENJOY!!!!

Mason getting ready to go. It took a lot to get him away from the stearing wheel and into his seat but we got there.

Happy Easter! Looking for eggs inside 'cause it was too cold outside.

Playing with cousing Braden on his bike!

A Dad's trust

Bryan was playing with Mason last night and decided to be a dareing himself. Oh the trust of a Dad.

Mason likes to "play" golf or baseball with his blocks at night. We stack them up and he knocks them down with just about any object he can find. Examples being: wooden spoons (video), toy saws, his toy bat, balls, cars, really just about anything! He thinks it's the coolest thing ever.

This one is for my Auntie Ashley

Ashley--does this remind you of anything!?

Mason kept chasing them around and growling at the dogs. He was in seventh heaven!

For those of you who don't' know what I'm talking about. Ashley (Bryan's little sister) used to chase their cat around with an old toy but instead of growling she would say "stupid kitty" while pinning it in the corner. We thought this was Mason own version of that. I thought it was funny that he wouldn't roll the toy toward them but pick it up and chase them with it. Strange little boy.

A day in the life of a 16 mon. old

Curiosity doesn't always kill the cat but it sure can tick her off! :)

We went over to my parents house to check up on things on Monday while they were out of town and Mason found the cat. He LOVES the cat. He was watching her while she was eating and she didn't like that so she came over above me and Mason came running to watch. He reached up and the cat felt threatened so she struck. She attached to the top of his head so naturally he moved back but that just pulled her off the couch and that wasn't a good thing. She just went to town on his face and arm. It was sad and scary. Later on that night he slipped on a rug and slammed his chin into the mane on a plastic horse and sliced his chin open. He was definitely having a rough day. By the end of the day, needless to say, he was ready for bed. Oh the day in the life of a 16 month old, very curious and active boy.

How to entertain a 16 month old!

The results of sugar. What are Grandpa's for?!

This was our Wednesday evening! I love to listen to Mason laugh, especially when he gets really going! It's so contagious. G-Pa Dean had given Mason a little sugar and he was running it off, literally and found a cup so he had to play with it with Daddy. We don't know why this was so hilarious to him but it sure was funny. Sometimes you just gotta laugh at the little things in life. :) I love my boys!

Our Weekend!

Mason and I went to my parents yesterday, again, so that I could work on Emily's quilt some more. Grandpa Howarth (my Dad) and Uncle Dan (my brother) were working on moving things around upstairs so that my parents could remodel their room. They had a dolly to help move the big things and Mason was OBSESSED with it! It took a while to be able to get him to get on it but he LOVED it once we got him there. Here are some pictures of it and a little video that I LOVE! (At the bottom)

On Sunday we had a rainy day. It was POURING! And on top of that it was so windy! Well actually, I should say, we had almost everything today. Rain, wind, hail, snow. It was crazy but we loved it. I miss this! Mason LOVED it. Every time he heard the rain and wind he RAN to the window! It was kinda cute so I snapped some photos of him at the window. It was hard cause we had just been able to get outside with our new "outside" toys and he was loving that and now we have to be inside all day! I think he was going through a little outside withdrawal. It was hard but at least he was able to watch what was going on out there. The really funny thing was that if though it were raining he still would of had a blast playing in it--if we would have let him. :)