Birthday & Sea World!

Blade and I joined in on the birthday cake fun!!Actually it was Blade's idea to show Mason how it's done!!


He just kept staring at dada!!

He was neat and clean..


and just kept picking off the frosting stars that I made!!

I made cupcakes for Blade, I, Mark and Gina!

Blade's mom and brother joined us at Sea World, and as always, the more the merrier!!

Mason walking on the step looking into the underwater beluga tank!

Us in the polar bear crawl space...can't remember what they called it!!

and last, we enjoyed the Sesame Street Bay of Play...my favorite!!! It was so much fun, we could even take Mason on all the rides!

So even though Mason was sick, and not quite himself, we made the most of it and enjoyed the weekend. We had fun with Blade's family and are happy they came with :)

(oh and sorry the pics were all out of order, I am having problems rearanging them!!)

Happy Birthday Mason!!

Happy Birthday to our Mason boy today! He is ONE, and SOOO much fun! Ha ha! We love him so much. I tell him everyday that he and daddy have my heart, and I mean it. Oh how we love him.

Today we started with a birthday donut, a tradition that my mom always did for us, and I started it with Blade when we got married, and now with Mason. He loved it :) We are going up to base to get our tickets for SEAWORLD, the park later, and then maybe some baking! The plan is to go to Seaworld tomorrow and do presents and cake after, so pictures will be to follow!

Happy Birthday Day, Mason Alan!

Love, Mama and Dadda

Week One Work Ups

So just as I thought, time has flown by since Christmas! It's kinda scary because I know that it will continue to go fast, and soon April will be here and Blade will be gone. Anyways, we've been busy getting things ready for Blade's Week One Work Ups. I am actually behind doing this blog, since the pics are from last weekend Oh well! We went to the ship and cleaned and moved Blade into his room. It felt weird being back on a ship...all to familiar actually :) It was different this time though, because our little Mason boy was with us...and kept us on our toes! He was walking around the room and getting into everything!

Here he is trying to get into the underside of the sink....

Standing in one of the lockers with Daddy!....

Trying to help Blade make his bed..

And last, my favorite, relaxing on Blade's bed after he made it and playing with his phone!

I love my two boys so much. This week has felt long, even though it's only been 4 days and Blade will be back tomorrow night. But I miss him. We can't wait for tomorrow! Then it's getting ready for our little man turning ONE!! I can't believe it's next Friday. So stay tuned for more on that!!

Christmas...

Okay, so get ready. This is going to be a long post!

Starting with this preview pic of Mason eating Bread Guts while in Helena!!

Our Christmas Vacation started with us driving from San Diego to Las Vegas. We had our car packed up with presents, luggage, and Uncle Mark! We went to dinner at the Bonefish(our favorite!) and then we walked around a little. The next morning we flew into Bozeman where Blade's parents picked us up and our MT vacation began!

Part One: Darby

Mason and Blade reading on Christmas Eve.

We enjoyed spending time with Grandma Louise and Papa Don.

Had fun with Grandma Mo and Papa Dick!

The boys after their Darby Alumni Game...which Blade's team won!!

The group before going down the road...They had a blast sledding!

Part Two: Helena

Mason pushing little Miss Joey!
So funny!

The kids made some AWESOME gingerbread houses! Thanks to Jen and I's engineering skills (ya right!)..okay Blade helped with mine a little!

The kiddos all loved playing together, and sitting with Uncle Blade!

We had a wonderful time with both families and thank our parents for putting us up in their homes. Mason had a crib waiting for him at both houses and tons of fun stuff to play with and eat! We loved seeing all our sibblings too/grandparents/niece & nephew! Miss you all and see you soon!

Our 4 year Anniversary

Blade and Alli

December 31, 2005

Hamilton, MT

Today is our 4 year Anniversary. I didn't think it was possible, but I love Blade more now than ever! He has given me an amazing life and family. I honestly couldn't imagine my life without him. He is a wonderful husband and father, and is my best friend. Our life so far has been a journey, and I will continue to follow him anywhere!

I love you baby, and here's to many, many more years ahead of us!!

First Thanksgiving, then Christmas!

Okay, Okay...so I know that Thanksgiving was well over a month ago, but I really wanted to blog about it, and am just now getting to it. I promise I'll do a Christmas one shortly!

Disclaimer: Mason was into making weird faces at me while I took these pictures...

so when he's frowning/making silly faces, it's at me and not the person holding him! So, for Thanksgiving we went to Modesto and San Jose to see my Grandparents and Aunt & Uncle. It was so much fun! We had Thanksgiving dinner with everyone in Modesto at my Grandparents and then drove to San Jose after where we stayed with Nancy and Randy. Mason loved playing with his cousins, Zack and Emily, as did Blade and I! Little Emily loved our Mason boy! It was so cute to see her play with him and keep him busy. We were only there Thursday and Friday, but we sure had fun. We went to 'Christmas in the Park' where we looked at decorated trees, had fun playing games in the house(Emily beat the pants out of us on Scene It Disney!! Although Blade was a close second!)and loved catching up. We watched some classic Christmas shows, and had yummy Round Table Pizza, which I hadn't had in YEARS! (Now one of our favorites!) It was so nice seeing our CA family, it had been well over a year since I had seen Randy and Nancy. We thank you for your hospitality and want to come back soon!! Open invitation to San Diego too!!

Love you guys!

Dad and Grandpas visit

I probably should have posted this one before the Halloween one, but oh well! My dad and Grandpa came to visit us a couple weeks ago, and we had a lot of fun. We showed them around, took lots of pics, and played a ton! It was the first time they had met Mason, and he loved them!

My dad and Mason at the beach on base.

Mason crawling all over grandpa..he loved him and his cane!!

Dad and Mason on Dads Birthday.

Blade, Mason and I next to the helicopter that he flys (60B)

Us at the Aerospace Museum in Balboa Park...Mason loved sitting in this little plane!