Happy 1st Birthday!

Marissa had a birthday last week, but we've been so busy we haven't had a chance to all be together to celebrate. When Daddy got home from drill this weekend we pulled out the cake and gifts and had so much fun. Marissa loved her cake and her baby doll we got for her. Mason loved the baby doll too, and they squeal over who gets to play with it all the time now.

This had been one of the fastest years I can remember, and I'm sure they'll just get faster and faster. I love my little girl though. I want to remember her as "one" forever I think.

It'll Pop Your Socks Off!

My cousin Clint has a band called Spondee.

My brother Matt, the kids, and I went up to Rexburg to their concert this weekend!

It was a blast! LOVE their music.

We did a bunch of shimmy and shakin'.

Nothing better than a fun night out dancing!

Mason is Three!

Mason is doing one of his favorite things today, playing with his cars!

We're waiting for Dad to be home this evening to open a few gifts.

Mason had waited and waited for months

to blow out candles on a Cars birthday cake.

Dressed up as a pirate there is no better way to open

your presents than with your hook!

Ahoy There, Matey's!

We had a blast at the Pirate party this weekend.
The backyard was decked out in every thing pirate.
There were even real chickens.

We all dressed up as wild pirates and my
Grandpa Vickery even showed us his new tats!

Ray and Elise

My parents, Kourt, and a "sexy" pirate warming by the fire (Matt).

Marissa didn't love her daddy in that strange looking mask
and Mason loved dressing up.

Family Pictures

I haven't posted pictures for a while so this is catch up. I've been hoping to get pictures done by Nema Blanchard for a few years now. I love her work and love how our pictures turned out.

So this is us right now, pouty kids and all. Gotta love it.

A Few Things

Mason is not always a sweet boy. Proof of that is in our family pictures (which I'm still debating which to post and which to keep to ourselves). He is pouting in about 85% of them. Lovely. Ster and I were looking at them again last night and we just cracked up at his sad face.t Awh man, it made a good memory if nothing else. I like that quote ,"Come what may and Love It".
Back to my point, he's not always sweet, but today he did a sweet thing for Marissa. She was put in her crib to lay down for a nap. Instead of rough housing and being obnoxious so she couldn't sleep, he sat down by her crib and read a story to her. It's his favorite one lately, Dr. Suess' Happy Birthday to You, and he only looked at the pictures and read it to her, but it was a very precious moment.

Also, I am back at Sunsations Med Spa! I love it there! I am taking waxing and facial appointments but need to practice on YOU. Yup, anyone in Pocatello willing to accept FREE spa services, get a hold of me ASAP. I love what I'm doing and you're going to love the spa if you've not been in yet. Call me! (I know, I'm shameless!)

I'll be honest with you:

I felt like a dork today.
I went to Costco to use my coupons on things we actually need, but the coupons aren't valid until tomorrow. But I still bought me some Swedish fish, so not all was lost. My trip to that big store wasn't as dorky as the last time I was there. I lost my Costco card in the store, after I had walked up and down tons of isles, and didn't realize it until I was at the checkout line. Oh, and that reminds me of another time I was there which taught me that I should never try to use the self checkout.

I am so stinkin' excited!
Our family pictures are done and I'm picking them up today, within the hour even. Can-not-wait. And that reminds me, I won a drawing on one of my favorite blogs lately and I got the package in the mail in the last week. It was packed full of some of this girl's favorite things, but totally awesome things by far. A jar of pepper jelly, a lovely artsy photograph, a mixed CD, and m&m's - I seriously loved it and was so excited to see it in the mail. Yay for snail mail!

I think my heart melted this morning.
Mason woke up in a oh-so-happy-mood and was giving me hugs left and right. Actually, he was clinging to me like a monkey. I love it when he does that. But today was extra special because after I said, I love you Mason, he said to me, Love you, Mom. It was loud and clear, not garbled and leaving me wondering if he really said the words. It was by far the sweetest moment that my almost three year old and I have have.