Playing Catch-up

This is my catch-up blog. I didn't realize that I was so far behind! Sorry! I must have only dreamt that I had updated this instead of actually doing it.--I'm so mental. Here are some pictures from the past month and a half. There are a lot. I couldn't decide which ones to keep and which ones to leave out. So there is a little bit of everything. I guess this is why I should really keep this more up to date. Oh well. That's the life of a mother with two little busy boys. Something has to give. Have fun with all the pictures!!!!! Lots of loves.

"You feed me...."

"So now I feed you"

"hmmm...I wonder" "Don't even think about it!"

Ha!! Got 'cha!!!

This is a picture from Mason's point of view (he got a hold of the camera)!

37 Years!

Happy Anniverasry!!!

Congratulations on 37 years G-Ma and G-Pa Howarth. We love both!

Our Halloween

Sorry I'm a little slow about these pictures. It's been a crazy week. We had a very interesting Halloween this year. Ethan quite enjoyed this whole concept of showing up and people just gave him candy. He couldn't get enough-he is our little sweet tooth. It took us three days to get Mason to even put his costume on. After two bouts of a hysterical breakdown it finally dawned on me that maybe if I showed him some pictures of him the past couple years he'd understand. It worked like a charm and we couldn't get him to take his costume off!! He loved it and had a great time time telling everyone "Happy Halloween" (he refused to say "trick or treat")!! You got to love these boys!!! Oh for those who don't recognize them they are a couple of characters off of Playhouse Disney. They are from the show Imagination Movers. Mason is Mover Rich with his "scribble sticks" (drum sticks) and Ethan is Mover Dave but he refused to wear his red baseball hat. Enjoy the pictures.

We did the "trunk or treat" at the church on the Friday before Halloween. Mason made 4 rounds around to all the cars!

Mason's pumpkin. He actually took this picture himself!



These are my "Mover Boys" Mason is Mover Rich and Ethan is Mover Dave (without the hat).

2011 Family Reunion

Leavenworth, Washington

August 2011--here we come!

It has been decided, finally, that we will be spending the 3rd Bi-Annual Howarth Family Reunion in Leavenworth, Washington. Bryan and I are very excited to be able to have everyone together again! How about you? :) Here are some pictures of what to look forward to.

Batteries Not Included

Well for Mason batteries are like candy, apparently!

Yes, Mason has swallowed batteries.

I'm embarrassed to say so but it's the truth. Mason found a flashlight pen and unscrewed it and ate two of the small round watch like batteries. He was so honest about it to!

After he did so he states,

"Mommy! Mason ate batteries. Batteries in mouth, Mason ate them!"

And every time we ask him where the batteries are he promptly opens his mouth and points. He was quite proud of himself. Well at least until he found out we had to go to the doctors. Needless to say we spent most of the day in the ER yesterday getting X-Rays and making sure they weren't stuck. He was lucky that once they reached his stomach everything was fine. They just had to make sure they didn't get stuck in his airway or anything. I wish I would have been able to get a picture of it-it was quite funny looking. You see his ribs and all his bones and then a midst the black area that is his stomach there was two very vivid round dots! There was definitely no question about if he had swallowed them or not!

He is, luckily, just fine. I now get the fun job of checking his stools for the next week to make sure they come out but I think I'd rather do that then sit with him in the hospital while he has surgery to get them removed. I do have to remind myself of that since he has diarrhea but we're getting through it all.

Labor Day Boys Camp Out

This past 2 days Bryan and G-Pa Dean took Mason and Ethan out for their 2nd Annual "Labor Day Boys Camp Out" up at Ensign Ranch. The boys were able to get out and play in the dirt and enjoy the good out doors. They fed the horses carrots and Ethan even had a little pony ride. actually refused to get off (Mason refused to get on). Bryan said it was really funny. Bryan says that the most interesting event was when they were out flying their kite at one end of the huge pastor. The horses were at the other end and two of the new horses decided that they looked funny so they rounded up the other horses and started a stampede toward them all. Bryan had Ethan on his back in the pack and had to grab Mason by the arm and start running. He said they barley made it to the fence before the horses got to them. It was apparently quite and adrenaline rush. But other than that little scare the boys played hard and slept harder-as you can tell by the fact that they started and ended the trip the same way----ASLEEP! :)

Singing and Dancing!

I am not exactly sure how to explain this video other than it's fun. Ethan has started doing this spinning thing and singing at the same time. It's strange but hilarious! Yes Mason is singing (so am I so bare with me) and trying to help me videotape. I think that's enough said except that Ethan was spinning before we started video tapping and that I'm sorry it's not a very good picture. I'm not sure what happened there. Hope you all enjoy!