Sweet Summertime!

This summer has been busy just like every summer! I have a lot of updates in one post so here we go! This first post is just outside our apartment playing in the sprinklers. At our old place we use to have a pool, but now we have to improvise and this is all we got. But the kids love it! Mason good buddy Austin lives upstairs and they love to play with eachother. They were so much fun to watch in the sprinkler. The toy is that you drop a ball down the side and it loops down to the bottom and then shoots out the top. It is suppose to shoot up 6 ft in the air but the water pressure here at alpine storage is not the best. Whenever someone flushes the toilet the water goes lower too!

Just being boys!

This next picture I honestly cant remember what he ate, but he was just so darn cute I had to whip out the camera!

In July was American Fork Steel Days so we went to the little carnival they had there. We bought enough tickets for Mason to ride 2 rides. We thought he would just ride the Merry Go Round, but he hated it! It was so funny because Parker had to end up getting on the horse with him. We couldn't find a ride that he could do so we were about to give a little kid our leftover tickets that we thought were waste, but then we saw this boat ride. Mason loved it! He was so cute on it! I think he liked the fact that he had a steering wheel and he was actually driving it. He is such an independant little boy!

Daddy having to join the ride. What a nerd!

This weekend we went up to Idaho Falls for Whitney's bridal shower and my friend Liz's wedding. I didn't get any pictures of her wedding but just some over the weekend. Chelsi even flew in from Arizona to suprise Whitni for her shower!

Such a cute picture of Chelsi and little Kooper!

This picture you had to be there. Pretty much Ryker was on his knees and put them in his shoes. Anyways he was rapping away and it was just the funniest thing! The picture is blurry, but I was mostly focusing on recording it. Hopefully sometime I can get the video up. This was also one of those late night things where anything is funny and you cant stop laughing! Don't you love those nights!

We all went swimming at the grandparents hotel. (Dont mind that my mascara is completely running down my face, but heck do you ever really get a good picture swimming?)

All the gals- minus Shannon & Lexi who had to work- We missed her! I am sure my pasty white skin is just popping at you right now! Ha- yes I am in the in-law!

All the guys! Including the soon to be newest to the family Jason!

My two cute boys just playing!

The last thing this month was my neice Kaymbree's baby blessing. Totally forgot the camera there, but Parker and I made a cake the night before for it. I have always wanted to learn how to make and decorate cakes, and actually I am always reading everything about them. So here was my first attempt with fondant. Over all I think it went well, the bottom layer of fondant needed to be thicker and this was not the design I had in my head at all, but we just improvised!

Home made Fondant- pretty good considering my mixer broke on me when I started so I did it all by hand!

P.S. I am posting this because Mason is already asleep. He fell asleep at 6:00 so I am anxious about how early I will be awake in the morning! Kids- EXHAUSTING!

For the Fourth we had to go home to Idaho. We had so much fun I will let the slide speak for itself. Except for bowling... We went with the Davis family bowling, and let me tell you what, I have never once won but I killed it! Parker always beats me and he got second place and I beat him by 49 pins. I got a 133 which is my highest score (I know its not that great, but for me Heck Yes it is!) Parker was such a sore loser like always, but I loved every minute of it! We believe it was all in the funky socks I borrowed from Shannon so she let me keep them for my future games and we printed off the score and put it on their fridge like I was a little kid who got an A on their test! We had so much fun I hope we will do more things with them. Mason also is a pyro because he wanted to light of every firework and would just walk around casually with a sparkler close to his face. Gotta love it!!

Funny Pictures-
So Mason had some really funny moments last week so I had to take some pictures. He learned to crawl out of his crib and open doors the same day! My life will never be the same! So we have been transitioning him to his toddler bed and overall he has done well. We have found him in so many strange positions- half way out of his bed, on the floor, sitting on the floor with his head and back in bed. This is the only picture I got of him though, and its not even the most interesting way, but still cute!
You all know now I work in an office thats attached to my apartment, well they have a playroom with a glass window to see in. Mason doesn't really play in there but he does this!