Mason's 1st Birthday Party!

Wow, What a crazy three weeks it has been! But I guess I will start with Mason's first Birthday Party! I of course stayed with his Dr. Seuss theme that has been fun all year! :) We had Green Eggs and Ham, Poodles with Noodles (not real poodles, just a pasta salad :) Yot in the Pot (Baked Beans) Diffendorfer Salad (Fruit Salad), Roast Beast (Roast Beef Sandwiches), Pink Ink Yink Drink (Pink lemonade), ABC's cookies, Mason had his own Dr. Seuss cake and we also had cupcakes. So much fun! It was great to spend the day with family and friends in Utah, Thanks everyone who came!!!  (Warning:  I know this is a lot of pictures, but I can't help but document most of the party)

Green Eggs anyone??

 I found these cute Dr. Seuss stickers at Michaels, and decorated the cupcakes with them.  I think they turned out cute!

White cake from Walmart $5.99, Cat in the Hat Cake Topper from Amazon $1.99, and Dr. Seuss stickers to decorate sides = Inexpensive, but very cute cake!

He couldn't blow the candle himself yet.  Just wanted to grab it.

Not sure what to do.

Pretty tasty...

After a few handfuls of icing in the eyes, fun is over!

12 for 12 February

I am trying to be a little more on top of things this month  :)  So only a few days late, here is my 12 for 12!  We didn't do much all day, but it was beautiful and we were babysitting a friends little boy, so we went to the park!

12 for 12

I took on a little thing some friends in Salt Lake are doing called 12 for 12.  Basically, for those of us that can't, won't, forget, are too lazy, etc. to take a picture every day of the year, you take 12 pictures on the 12th of each month.  This is ti kind of document a typical day that month.  My first month isn't too exciting, I was sick so they are mostly taken around the house....which I guess does document January since I was sick most of the month.  Also, the pictures are pretty bad because I was too lazy to find a good camera, so I used my phone.  Hopefully Feb will be better!  But here is Jan 12, 2011!!  (and yes, Mason usually has to change outfits that much....)

Christmas.....A month and a half late.....

I know this is SOOOO late, but I do want to document Mason's first Christmas, even if it was a bit crazy. Christmas Eve was mostly spent loading up our Uhaul (THANK YOU everyone who helped with our move, we couldn't have done it without you!!!), then we drove away from our home for the last 7 months to my parents house to celebrate the season. Fun was had by all of course. Audrey and Mason still don't really get it, but it was still a lot of fun.

Mason was spoiled of course, even if he doesn't realize it. Megablox, a Megablox table, new jackets, a tent, "tools" and he even got a new Burley bike trailer so he can tag along with dad on those bike rides.

After a couple of hours in the morning we set out for our drive to our new home. It took us awhile with the Uhaul, but after ten hours we finally made it to Reno to stay with the Hill clan for the night. Mason had a lot of fun playing with cousin Ben, who taught him how to use a light saber (sorry, I filmed this sideways).

The next day the normally 2 hour drive took 4.5 because of all the snow through Donner Pass. But we finally made it late Sunday night and moved our stuff into our new apartment. Whew! What a Christmas!!!

Oh yes,  and also, because I don't want to be in an apartment very long, I also got Mason a drum set for Christmas. :)  He loves it.

Our New Home

This is where we now live. I am still trying to get used to it. And it has been cold. I mean, cold! If I have to live in cold, I want snow. But whatever, everyone says it has been uncharacteristically cold. So hopefully it warms up soon. I constantly have Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" running through my head. In fact we went to the Folsom Prison Museum last weekend. It was very interesting. Chris loved it.

I know I have been a blogging lackey, but it has been crazy with moving. I promise to update with some pictures from Mason's first Christmas. I know you are all dying to see them! Ha ha ha.