4th of July!

I'm getting caught up!

We spent 4th of July at the parade field on Fort Bragg.  We have a fun, great evening.   Mason hated the fireworks before this year.   Hated. Them!  He LOVED them, this year!  He said in the most chill voice "they are just rockets that shoot up into the sky and make colors."  Like, "uh, WHY would I be scared of THAT?"  They also did a salute to the 50 states and shot off canons for each state as they read the state's name.  He loved that as well, and learned they shot them off right after they said the state's name, so he would say, "FIRE" and then they would go off.  He was sure that was his doing.  :)  He's growing up!

 Dancing to the music

 Listening to Gloriana!  

 Our Yummy drink!  It was the tastiest drink I've ever tasted.  (or maybe it was because it was a million degrees and it was cold???) 

 Yup, chilling.  And drinking her pepsi.  (bottom 1/4 of mine, actually!)

 Love!  

Love 2!  

Soccer

Soccer:  

Mason participated in soccer this Spring.  He enjoyed it for the most part, especially the snack at the end!  ;)   He finally (the same for all the kids) caught on toward the end of the season.  I was lost on how soccer was played, so it was a learning experience for me, too!  

 He's 29 (3rd from the end) 

 I took pictures during every game, but let's face it.  They all looked the same.  

 Madeline enjoyed the games as well, she wanted to play with Mason, but picking these pretty flowers week after week definitely helped her pass the time!  

Summer!

I'm completely behind in blogging.  So here goes our summer fun!

 Smores!

 Mason's soccer games!

 Maddy always kept herself busy by picking "flowers"

 Hitting balls became a nighttime favorite

 Mason is pretty good...we had to move out of our backyard...he kept hitting home-runners!

 Another favorite of our evenings were watching the huge Air Force planes flying right above us.  

 They were always so close!  So cool!

 Chris and Mason making their "chore jars"

 They used their chore money to buy fish, just this past weekend!

 Getting ready for the 4th of July celebration!

 Listening to Gloriana

 It was so hot!

 My favorite part!

 Pepsi, favorite blanket, and baby elephant.  She was happy!

 Chris' family day

 I can't even describe to you how hot this day was.  

 Just what they needed...........

 Mason was in heaven!

 Eh.....

 :)

 Mason had a blast!

 Learning to ski  

 We love hanging out on Grandpa's boat!

 Big Mable time!

 They were going pretty fast.  Maddy's face was priceless...but she never admitted that she didn't like it.  

 These two are complete water bugs.  

Jackson and Mason riding alone!

The link below is Maddy "diving" into the lake
http://youtu.be/rh2RWWq6MR8


I had pictures and video of Mason and Maddy during swim lessons and jumping off the board...they are MIA!