fan fest

Bobby Mason & I went to "Fan Fest" at the REA this AM - we are getting excited for hockey season to start! We got autographs and pictures with the mens' and womens' teams.

I joked with Bobby that this picture of Genoway, Mason & I would make a wonderful Christmas card (he is my favorite, by the way!)


Bobby said that would be fine, as long as he could use this of Evan Trupp and him for his! :)

Below are just a few of my favorites that were on my camera from the past few weeks:

Tomorrow after church we are heading for Jamestown to bring Mason to Angel's - she is watching him while we are gone to Boston. Although obviously we will miss our little Mason we are also very excited to get away for an entire week! Can't believe it is already almost our 3rd anniversary! I say that like we have been married for 50 years I know, but the time really has flown by! love you honey! ;)

labor day weekend

not my favorite Labor Day weekend of all time, that's for sure. We had a fun weekend planned @ detroit lakes, we were going to be staying until Monday - Saturday we got off to a late start after being up most of Friday night ((mason kept waking up coughing during the night)) and then Saturday night Mason was up again most of the night coughing - so we decided we should probably head home Sat. night so Mase (and us too!) could get a good night sleep, which worked until about 6AM... hope tonight goes better! not looking forward to the busy work week this week either.

I am, however, looking forward to our trip to BOSTON next week. It will surely be a nice VACATION!

My camera is upstairs and I am much too lazy to get it to put up pictures from the past few weeks!!

where has august gone?

yikes i cant believe it is already the last weekend in august! Summer is officially coming to an end, unfortuanately! Our family blog has been very neglected this month - I had *big plans* (really I did) to upload a bunch of pictures and do a super big post but I havent even put pictures onto my computer from my camera yet.


Today Mason had his pulmonologist appointment that took 3 hours; Mason was such a trooper! First we met with the doctor, then they did a bunch of little pokes on his back, then we had to go to get a chest x-ray, then back to meet with the doctor, THEN went to get a vial of blood drawn. I thought for sure he was going to sleep (or cry) the whole way home but he didn't! Our dr. today told me that we HAD to get rid of Jefferson. He was actually quite irritated that we hadn't already gotten rid of him when we first found out he was allergic, but his primary doctor told us we didnt have to.

The house is quiet; Mason went to bed and Bobby is @ a fantasy football draft. Last night I had a girls night out and came home with a new purse among other things (bobby was almost as excited as me about the new purse to add to my collection!) as we did an exchange of our odds/ends - kind of like a rummage sale but we just all contributed and then took turns taking what we wanted/picked out for eachother. It was so much fun, thanks Katrina!

Last weekend had my scrapbooking weekend @ "A Friend's Getaway" in Dent, MN. GREAT place!! Believe it or not I used up ALL of my pictures in my picture box. Of course most of them went in a 4x6 album and I havent developed any pictures since Christmas (!!!!!) but I really wanted to get "caught up." My scrapping month-by-month digitally has really taken the "stress" out of wanting to stay caught up.

I am also VERY pumped to "re-start" my metal stamping - I finally found a place (online, after searching all over the place in Grand Forks) that sold small quantities of metal discs. They are way smaller than I thought but it is still so much fun! I also am excited to use the new humungous Xyron sticker-maker my grandma gave to me.

I will try to put up some more pictures this weekend :)

*scrapping*

It feels like such a long time since I have been able to catch up with my scrapping -- I know I am leaving in a few weeks for camp but have been *working hard* to keep up with my "monthly" pages. Here are a few - I also put some others on my amber's digitals page, along with a new template!

pics

Here are a few pics from the Saturday wedding Bobby, myself, Preston and Mason went to. Saw our friends the H's there- their little girl is just 2 days older than Mason - it was the cutest thing EVER to watch them dance and play together! ((ps: Amy I dont have your email address to email you the pictures but will have Bobby send them to Josh))

We were so happy we were able to have Preston with us for the past few days; he went home last night and we miss him already!

Tomorrow we are having all of the cousins take pictures together - can't wait to see how they will turn out. Then finally a weekend of R&R as we have NO plans! Can't wait.

Now off to watch a movie with my sister as she is home for a few days.

fair time!

this week has been the week of the marshall county fair. 3 days down, 2 to go! We have been spending a lot of time just walking around the fair. Mason hasn't gone on any rides yet but has played, and won TWO separate times on the duck game ((the one where you pick up a duck and you win)). I just got done watching the fireworks from our bedroom window. I never noticed we could watch them from here the past 3 years!

Bobby went to Fargo tonight to a wedding and then to pick up our nephew Preston (after watching Preston's softball game). We are SO excited to get to spend the week with him! He is staying with us while his parents move some stuff down to their *new home* in Oklahoma and start to get things settled. Bobby already has an itinuary for the two of them!

Tomorrow we are going to the fair early-afternoon and then off to Fargo for a wedding. Sunday will be another day of the fair, Monday back to work! Can't believe it is already the last day of JULY!

touching base

It's FRIDAY! my favorite day of the week, it always has been. We have been busy bees lately, it seems. I dont have time to upload any pictures but the past 7 days we:
-Went to a wedding 7-17-10 - had such a great time! Mason stayed with my sister and brother, and Bobby & I stayed up WAAY too late!
- Tuesday = softball
- Last night I had girls night out @ our house. We made kabobs (??) on the grill - it was my first time actually running the grill so I was a little nervous but I think they turned out great! not too bad for my first time, anyway

Today Mason has his 18 month checkup as it is his 18-month "birthday" today! Wow - hard to think he has been around for a year and a half already! In some ways it seems like he has always been around (because I honestly don't remember life without him!) and in others, it seems like it was just yesterday he was so tiny!

Tonight we are having a fish-fry @ my aunt's in Grand Forks. My grandpa is up from St. Cloud. Saturday Bobby is working in Minot, and Sunday I take off for the cities for work! Then next week the Marshall County Fair starts!