Props to Nana and Paps

For this awesome awesome awesome water slide...

I am sure that the kiddos are going to spend many hours playing on it this summer!

Today...

Today, my beautiful sister is getting married.
And she has one of the cutest ring bearers and flower girls I've ever seen, if I do say so myself. She did look beautiful, that's for sure.
And this little junior ring bearer/wagon rider looked mighty handsome too!

Justice and Knox looked super adorable riding down the aisle in the wagon. We couldn't have asked for them to do any better!

Mr. & Mrs. Gill

Congratulations Clint & Kacie...

We are so happy for you and wish you all the happiness in the world!

We Love you!

Tomorrow...

They will FINALLY be married!

Congratulations Kacie & Clint...

A Good Day

All in all, today has been a good day...
It was Jaxon's last soccer game of the season (Mommy & Daddy let out a big "YAY!" for this)... Our little man sat in his bumbo seat and played so good with his toys this morning.
It's amazing how big he is getting...

I just love those brown eyes!

And the #1 reason that today was a good day:
We closed on our house today!

That's right... The Mason's are officially home owners!

Let the fun (work) begin!

Family Pictures

I took pictures of our awesome best friends, The Frick Family this afternoon.

I also got my little family ready and decided that when we were done taking pics of Josh, Ber and Coop, Ber could take some of us. It worked out pretty well!
We didn't get any pics that were just wonderful, but we got several decent ones. Knox is just at a really difficult age to get to look at the camera... His big brother did awesome though! I decided that maybe a "not so staged" picture would work out best...
We got some sweet pictures of the boys together, even though Daddy let Knox fall and hit his head on a tree.

The Knox man smiled good for his pictures with Daddy!

Hopefully we will be able to get a really good family picture soon!
I really want a big picture to hang up in our new house!

Pups... Again.

Queenie had pups... again. That's right. We have 7 puppies running wild around here.
But the little ones are eating it up and loving every minute.
One positive thing has come from this experience though.
I have finally figured out how to get my nieces to smile for a picture.
Let them hold a puppy!

They are precious- and they are free!

Come on, I know you want one!

Or two. Or three...

Or maybe even seven?

Second Child Syndrome

I was looking back over my blog since Knox has been born... and I realized that Jaxon absolutely consumes it. I started feeling a little bad that there were not more blog posts dedicated soley to our precious brown eyed boy! I guess most blog posts are about Jaxon, because he walks, talks and is involved in more things. He demands more of our attention than Knox does at this point. But our baby Knox is one of a kind! And we could never forget him! Our lives would not be the same without Knox, and we cannot wait to find out how his little personality will be...
Just one look at his precious little round face reminds me of how very blessed I am.

Knox-Man, there are many areas in your life that you'll probably have to live in the shadow of your big brother. I guess that's just part of being a second child. But be your own person, little man, whether that's just like Jaxon, or nothing like him at all- be you. And I promise you one thing- in our home, you are loved so much more than you will every know!

Last Soccer Game :(

This morning was Jaxon's last soccer game of this season... and it was freezing!
Our weather has been a tad bit bipolar lately and it cannot figure out which personality it would like to take on... It's really frustrating! His team actually has one more game, but it got rescheduled for Tuesday night and Justin and I are taking the youth group to Holiday World, and Jax is going with us.
We are glad that he wanted to play soccer this year... It has provided us with so much entertainment!

Like today- He scored three goals, and I even got the first goal on video camera! Yay Mom!
But I didn't mention that one goal was for his team, and two goals were for the other team... :) Way too cute!

Or when he started making this pouty face, which ended up in an all out cry fest. Daddy sent him off the field to me and when I asked him why he was crying, he said, "Because everybody is so faster than me."
It was precious... He is one of the littlest kids (and the youngest) in the whole league, and he gets so upset when the bigger kids take the ball from him.
I sent him right back on the field to play!

You had a great soccer season Jax!
Mommy and Daddy, and Baby Brother Knox are sooooo proud of you!

T-Ball, Take 2

Tonight was Jaxon's second t-ball game. He did really good! He really seems to enjoy t-ball more than soccer. However, his attention span (like everyone else on the field) is usually only good through the first two innings of the three that they play. By the time the third inning rolls around he's usually whiney and more interested in playing in the dirt or going to the concession stand or playground... ha ha. We are really enjoying watching our little man play t-ball...

Mickey Mouse Club House...

These boys sure are cute... But if Mickey Mouse Clubhouse happens to be on...
This is the reaction I get. They are much more interested in that than their Mommy!

Jax's 1st T-ball Game

Goodbye Cold Rain...

Hello warm sunshine...

You know it's a beautiful Sunday afternoon when it's warm enough for the boy to play in the waterhose....
Here's hoping for many more days like this... SOON!

Happy Mother's Day...

...to me.

I'm more blessed than I ever deserve to be.

1st T-Ball Practice

Jaxon's very first tball practice was tonight...
He gets t-ball a little more than he does soccer! ha ha :) Mya was the first batter tonight... She did such a good job!
Jax-Man steps up to the plate!

He hit the ball so hard tonight!

Dad rode his bicycle all the way to Wingo to come to practice...

Evan did a great job batting too, but she and Mya decided that they were not going to play in the outfield, just bat... ha ha! They are the only girls on the team, so I guess they decided to leave the hard work to the boys!

The ball rolled between his legs...

This is one of my new favorite pictures! Love, love, love it!

...love this one, too!

And he finishes practice with a slide into home plate!

T-ball is going to be so much fun!