Payson Lakes

So this past week we spent 4 days and 3 nights down at Payson Lakes. Cordelle's brother organized it so all his brothers could be there. Seth finally got to meet some of his cousins from Washington that he's never even seen. It was so fun to have all 20 grandkids and all 6 brothers together. We went out on the lake, threw horseshoes, and just hung out! And since we were there over Seth's birthday we even had a little cake too. Seth loved being outside for 4 days and having his girl cousins answer to his every command. (I tell you all I need is a 8-12 year old girl and my life would be a whole lot easier keeping Seth out of trouble. Which reminds me, Kendra, Abigail, Sara and Connley you guys are the best, thanks for your help on the campout)! Of course I was as prego as could be but it was actually really relaxing. My parents let us borrow their trailer and I'll tell you nothing beats that when your huge. I'm just not sure tenting it would have flown at this point. (Thanks Ma and Pa). Anyways heres some pics from our family excursion!

Row Row Row your Boat

Throwing Rocks

Camping Food

Teatherball...well kind of with a paddle

Horseshoes

Morris Grandkids

Hangin with the Girls

Cordelle and his brothers

Breaking Dawn....and kids...and bathroom messes

Okay so I, like millions of you are reading or have finished Breaking Dawn. But as I was reading the other day when I really should have been keeping a better eye on my toddler, I was thinking to myself I wonder if everyone else's world just kind of stopped once they picked up these books. You know like laundry piling, flies swarming around the piles of dishes in the kitchen or like what happened 30 seconds later to me, your kid comes out of the bathroom saying "all wet" to which you notice that he's somehow (bathtub, sink....toilet?) completely soaked his blanket and filled up his shoes with water and drug them half-way across the house. So any good stories about the kids, the house, or the whiney complaints from your husband while reading this book? Just curious!

New camera, Swimmin', basements etc.

So I finally went out and got a new camera. It felt so weird without one and of course there were like a million things that I would see or situations I would find myself in that I would say, "Man I wish I had a camera for this!" Anyways heres Seth in his pool with his new favorite friends Wyatt and Maddie Frisby. We hang out with them like everyday and they truly have been great friends for this summer to keep us ever from getting bored. Seth loves them both! And hey heres a glimpse of the finished bathroom and bedroom downstairs. Cordelle's neice Cassidy moves in next week so it should be all ready for her by then. Other than that things are going pretty smooth. I cant believe summer is almost gone, school starts next week, and that means BYU football starts soon and then its fall (and of course, it also means this baby should finally be here soon too).

New Shoes

Okay so no one told me how fun it would be to get a toddler new shoes. I mean dont get me wrong this is not the first time we've gotten Seth shoes, but for some reason in the last couple of months he's been fascinated with shoes and boots and everything that could go on your feet, so now getting new shoes has been down right hillarious to me. All summer long we've been sporting the crocks and sandals, but the other night we were going up into the mountains and so I put his tennis shoes on. They were like dwarf shoes on him! The whole night he was like stepping on his own feet or pulling them off. I only really noticed it when his pant leg went almost completely over his shoes. The next day we went out and found him some new shoes, and sad as this is, his old shoes were size 4 and the new ones he needed were size 7!! Poor kid must have been killing his feet that night. Anyways the whole rest of the day was a riot because he would not look up from his feet. He was running into walls and falling like he'd just learned how to walk because he was so focused on his new shoes and the glowing eyes of Lightning McQueen on the tops of them. Then he'd run around like he was running on a trampoline. It was really pretty funny. Ah good times, its funny how little things can entertain these little people so easily.

Camera LOST...sorry no pics.

Okay, so normally I dont like to post unless I have some pictures to go along with it (I know some of you out there only look at the pictures anyways). But for the purpose that I kind of want to use my blog as a journal for our family, sorry that you get a July monthly update with no accompanying photos.
SO...on the 3rd of July we went to Maple Grove for our annual Mason reunion, then hit up Grandma and Grandpa Masons in Aurora for the carnival and Awesome fireworks. Pretty sure I've scarred Seth for life because of the fireworks. Even now when he see's one of those airplanes that leave a trail behind them he points, looks very concerned, covers his ears and says "boom" and "loud." I guess sitting directly under the fireworks so you feel shrapnel falling on your face is a little too close for a toddler. By the way it was this night, where we believe in the midst of our rushing a tired, scared out of his mind toddler to the car that we think we left our camera somewhere in Aurora Park to be destroyed by the morning sprinklers, lawnmower or kid on a treasure hunt. The actual 4th of July was pretty lame cause we came back home cause Cordelle had work to do. But we hit up the local Enoch parade and saw all 4 entries within about 3 and 1/2 minutes. Seth fell asleep before fireworks this night, and in light of the previous nights melt down I decided to let him sleep through them.
The rest of the month has been CRAZY BUSY. Between finishing the basement bedroom and bathroom for Cassidy (Cordelle's neice) to come live with us and go to SUU, and finally doing our sprinklers and our yard, it has been non-stop work. Once I finally give up that my camera will ever be found and returned to me, I am going to go buy a new one. So I'll take pictures of it all and post it. I am so stoked for our front yard though, it really changes the look of your home. But no one told us putting in our own sprinklers and sod would take so much time. Oh well it will all be worth it.
Other than that its Pioneer Day and Cordelle is at work, so once again Seth and I will journey the parades alone and wait for Daddy to get home to enjoy the other local festivities (the joys of the small town). And once again no pics. Hopefully Seth will believe us one day when we tell him we really did do fun things with us despite not having the proof to show him.
Oh yea, and I'm almost 31 weeks, can you believe it? Only 9 more to go. But Im getting huge so the impatient countdown has unfortunately already begun. Seth is now singing almost all the words to Twinkle, Twinkle little Star and ABC's. He is still the sweetest little boy and loves to give hugs, kisses and to wrestle with his dad. Next month he will be 2! I cant believe it. Well that about sums us up here. Have a wonderful day in bloggerland...and if you really read this whole thing. KUDOS TO YOU.

Cheese!

Seth normally wont eat popsicles because their so cold but last night Cordelle got him to eat one. Of course it was getting all over him so he took a picture of him. Little did we know we'd get this face when we told him to smile. He looks like a little vampire eating a blood-sicle. But it was hillarious so I had to share it.

Yes its summer but Seth loves to get my snow boots out of the closet and stomp around in them. He thinks he's so cool in them! Ah, he's so funny! Did I mention the cutest thing ever? The laughs are definitely one of the perks to being a mom.

SAN DIEGO TRIP!!!

So this last week Cordelle and I dropped Sethers off with my sisters in S.L. and flew out to San Diego for Cordelle's work conference. It was the first time I had ever flown, is that crazy? It takes me 25 years to finally get on a plane! But I liked it. We stayed at this nice resort on Coronado and the weather was SOOO perfect. Unfortunately Cordelle was pretty busy most of the time so I got to hang out with Holly Kelly while our husbands slaved away. Basically I just lounged my prego body around the pool and read a lot. It was really relaxing. I took naps, swam, went to the beach, ate....what a fun vacation (well for me). I felt bad Cordelle was so busy, but he did get a little free time to go to the beach with me. And one night we had dinner on the USS Midway and then saw The Oakridge Boys in concert out on the deck of it! (Who are are the Oakridge Boys you ask?...some no name 1960's country western band...but they were strangely entertaining) Anyways here's some pics from our trip!

Food Storage FHE

So we've been trying for awhile to do this whole food storage thing and Cordelle finally got some shelves up and so last night we transferred all our food over to their new shelves. Its nice to be able to see what you have in a more organized way rather than in big piles in the basement. He did a good job dont you think? And of course we have to thank Cordelles awesome mother for helping us collect most our food storage with great shopping and good deals she finds up north. (Thanks Ma Morris) That whole room will be lined with more similar shelves for holiday and camping stuff! Pays to be married to a handy man.

Oh Seth!!

Well this is just one of those random posts mostly for my sake, but hopefully for your enjoyment as well. Seth's been doing some crazy things lately and I wanted to make sure I wrote them down somewhere. Okay so the pictures are him sneaking a "Reisen" out of my stash and casually laying down on our bed to devour it. He was so innocent and happy about it I couldnt possibly get upset that there were chocolate handprints on every peice of fabric within a 5 foot radius.
Then the other day I heard him just babbling away in the kitchen, so I went to check on him and he was just talking to the wall. There wasnt anything on it or anyone there and my first thought was...my kid has lost it. He's going to loony town. Then I watched him and he kept waving and saying "Hi" over and over. It was then that I realized he was talking and waving at his shadow. It was so funny I wished I would have been able to record it. Unfortunately my laughs embarrassed him and he hurried and said "bye" to his shadow then ran away.
Then there are his less "glamorous" moments. Like when he threw his sippy cup across the cultural hall during sacrament meeting, or when he took a permanent marker to the walls, door, computer keyboard and screen within a matter of seconds! But despite all those, I love this little kid like, well, I guess like only a mother would understand. He is so fun!

5 YEARS?! HOLY CANOLIE!

So my hunk and I have now been married 5 whole years! Time does fly. I was going to grace you all with a slideshow of wedding photos so we could all walk hand in hand down memory lane but lucky for you, I cant find them in a format I could upload them (Im not sure if we ever had them in digital format). Goes to show how much 5 years can do. Anyways I decided to settle for an engagement picture. However as I was rummaging through all our old photos from when we first got married, I just had to laugh. I wouldnt have ever admitted it before without seeing the before and after, but Cordelle has actually filled out... a little. I cant get over how young he looked! Ah, how shallow of me to talk about stuff like this when most of you would be half way through the moosh and goosh of those newly married years by now.
Let me just say, God truly does know how to put two people that need each other together. Its funny when your looking, you think you know what you want, but years and years after being together you realize there's only one person who knew not only what you really wanted, but what you really needed too. And thats why I am so grateful God sent him into my life. Cordelle has truly been my prince. He is a rock and I love him more than anything in this world. 5 years has been good to us. And luckily we'll have a lot longer than that to be together. (Sniff, sniff) okay, kleenex anyone? No? Just me? Thought so. Have a wonderful day :)!