24th of July Weekend

This past weekend we went to our first Family Reunion of the summer. Thursday morning (the 24th) we drove down to Cedar Mountain (Cedar City) and met up with Shawn's immediate family - his Grandma, parents, and 7 of 8 siblings - a total of 32 people! We had dinner and played a couple games, then everyone - except for Shawn, Kason, and I and Shawn's Sister Donna and 2 of her kids (we camped on the mountain) - went back to Shawn's parents to sleep (in Enterprise - about an hour or so from the mountain).

This was a rare sight to see with Kason! He wanted to be running around everywhere but he did pretty good sitting on his Great-Grandma's lap!
For dinner, we had navajo tacos and homemade ice cream for desert. Shawn took a turn at cranking the ice cream machine and Kason wanted to help as well.
Kason taking his turn at hitting the pinata.
I just loved the face Kason was giving me - "Do you mind, Mom? I'm trying to drive here!"

Friday (the 25th) we drove to Shawn's parents and spent the day doing fun stuff around their house. Later that night we had a hot dog roast and smores.

Kason riding on the 4-wheeler with Beth (Shawn's sister) and her 2 kids, Skyler and Terryn.It was REALLY nice to have nieces that were old enough to watch Kason! These two, Sydnie and E'owyn, LOVED to chase after him. They are sitting on Grandpa's tractor.

Shawn decided it would be fun to take Kason for a ride on the motorcycle! I thought he was CRAZY, but Kason seemed to like it.

Saturday (the 26th) was the day of the HUGE Terry Reunion. Shawn's Dad has 11 siblings (or maybe there's 11 all together - I forgot) and they all get together once a year at their Ranch. There were at least 150 people there! I also got to celebrate my Birthday on this day! I am now 28 years old - geeze, I feel old, but I guess it's all a part of life, huh! It was a good day at the ranch and I had a fun birthday too.

Kason LOVED this swing! He would have stayed in it all day.

OOOHH!! One happy - HA! Kason's not so happy at the moment - little family!

So there's our weekend in a nutshell! We had lots of fun, ate lots of food, didn't get much sleep, and are happy to be home!

4th of July

I've been wanting to take Kason to a movie for a long time now - just to see how he would do. Friday morning we woke up and I said to Shawn, "Let's go to a movie." Shawn was a little hesitant but gave in haha!!! We went to the mall and decided to go to WALL-E. Kason did pretty well for a little while then he just got antsy and wanted to climb all over the seats. I thought it was a cute movie but I think Kason couldn't "connect" with the robots and I think an hour and a half was just too long for him at this time. I really wanted to take him to Kung Fu Panda so maybe next time...

Later that night, we went to Shawn's sister, BethAnna's house for fireworks. We tried to give Kason a sparkler to hold, but he wouldn't hold the stick - he wanted the sparklie part!!!

Shawn put him on Terryn's bike and he LOVED being on it! It was little big for him but he still had fun being pushed around on it (we went to Walmart on Saturday and found the tiniest bike! It was so cute! It fit Kason perfectly so we may have to go get it - HAHA!!!). He also found Skyler's scooter and tried riding that as well.
This last picture was taken on Sunday. I have the weirdest son but I love him to death. He always finds a way to make us laugh! We had the sliding door open to our porch so he could walk in and out. Well I guess he was thirsty because he walks inside to get his sippy cup of milk then walks outside and lays on the ground and drinks away! I guess the concrete ground is comfier than the carpet?!?!