Where does he get it?!?!?

Masyn is always making people laugh!  He loves the attention, and will do anything to get it most of the time.  Here are a few picture showing that side of his personality.

 

 

He is pretending to be a drummer from the band Love Handel in Phineas and Ferb

 

Hide and Seek with his backpack is almost a daily activity

 

Sometimes there is nothing better than a sleeping Masyn

 

The funny thing with this one is he was singing "I'm a rockstar" over and over

 

This is what happens when you don't hear anything from Masyn and you know he went to the bathroom

 

 

 

Bad picture

I have been told it is a right of passage to have a bad school picture.  Well guess what! Ryleigh had hers right off the bat!  We missed retakes because she was sick so we will always look at this picture and wonder what I drugged her with in the morning.

 

 

Police Family day BBQ

Every year the Loveland Police Department does a Family Day BBQ and every year it has fallen on a drill weekend for Doug.  Last year it was cancelled because of weather and this year I went without him.  This is a big step for those of you who know me.  I don't know many of his co-workers let alone being put in an area with their families that I don't know.  It is never a pretty sight.  I usually stand on the side and just watch, only speak when spoken to, and avoid eye contact while watching time count down. 

 

It was fun and I am glad that I took the kids.  The had the bomb squad truck out with the robots, and the K-9 guys did a demonstration for everyone (Masyn and Ayden even got to help out).  Each of the kids also got to sit on one of the police motorcycles.

 

Even without Doug it was fun and I was even able to meet some new people on the force and catch up with ones I hadn't seen in a long time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laundry soap fail

So I learned how to make my own laundry soap a while back.  It has been a huge money saver for us.  I have been trying to figure out how to add some stain fighting to the soap.  This last time around I decided to buy liquid Oxiclean super stain fighter.  I finished cooking the soap and added the Oxiclean and next thing I know I am taking my pot out back because it is about to overflow.  It bubbled over for probably 7-10 minutes.  It wasn't pretty - as you can see.  I will have to try again next time when it is cooled down. 

 

General Conference October 2012

This year my Dad was able to get 6 tickets to the Sunday Afternoon Session of General Conference.  My Dad called and asked if Ayden and I wanted to go.  I rearranged a few things and off we went!  We loaded everyone up Friday night about 5:30 and headed to Utah. 

 

The next day after the long late drive the day before we took the kids to Temple Square.  They had blast!  All of the kids got to ride a "train" for the first time and LOVED it.

 

The Salt Lake Temple

 

Masyn enjoyed the train

 

Ryleigh avoiding the camera

 

Ayden leaning like a grown up

All of the kids at the reflection pool on Temple Square

 

Ayden Ryleigh and Masyn in front of the Chistus

 

The session was an amazing experience.  Since Ayden has just turned 8 he was able to go (Doug had to work and couldn't make it).  Watching him take in everything warmed my heart.  We brought his binoculars so that he could find President Monson at the conference.  He took several notes during the talks, Ayden couldn't stop smiling the whole time.  When the session was over he said that went by really fast.  I asked him how he felt he told me "I feel really happy Mom.  I like it!"  I couldn't have been more pleased.  I explained that was the Holy Ghost letting him know he made a good choice.  I know that this is an experience that Ayden will never forget and neither will I.

 

Thanks Mom and Dad for the tickets!

 

Me and Ayden waiting for my parents after the conference