The Boys

Mason and Spencer are two kid-shaped bundles of CONSTANT energy. They never stop until they fall fast asleep... but then again, even then they're probably dreaming of jumping on trampolines or being ninjas or climbing trees. so, yeah, they never stop.



Ninja attack!
in case you're wondering what they're holding, Spence is holding Legos
and Mason is holding a.... sock?

One of the only ways to get Maser Man to take a nap or go to bed is putting on a movie. He also has to have his new teddy bear "Rabbit" (she's a girl). If we can't find Rabbit, we have to find Mike or John (his horses) or Vicki the panda pillow pet. And, yes, he named them all himself.

If you are not in the mood for laughing, then do not read this next part. It is about our little Spence. He has these little sayings that he came up with. for instance, if you have ever seen Gnomeo and Juliet, you probably remember the part when the frog says "Does he have a nice rotund belly?"
Spencer did not know what that meant, so instead he said, "Does he have a nice grotums belly?" (grow-tums) he says it in an Italian accent. If you're not laughing already this next one will definitely get you started. EVERYBODY knows about Chuck E. Cheese's. But have you ever heard of Chuck E. Jesus? I am not joking, because i would never joke about something like that. But that is what Spencer says. One day, we went to McDonalds. In Spencer's Happy Meal, he got some sort of dragon-esque Pokemon toy. Guess what he named the poor little creature? Wisgansam. I think he got that name from when we were talking about Wisconsin. When Mom asks "What do you want in your salad?" we all say croutons. Spencer says "Frootons". You know those little "things" on peoples' chests? Nobody ever told him what they were, so Spencer came up with his own name for them. They are called... strongbumps. He even draws them in his pictures. One day, Spence started crying. We ran over to see if he was okay, and asked what happened. He said "Mason attackled me!" I guess it is a combo of attack and tackle. A few days ago, Spencer was looking at his veins. Dad, Jules, Spencer and I got an interesting conversation started about Arteries and Veins. Spencer suddenly shouted, "I know what these are!" He pointed to his veins. "They're blood tunnels!"

PHOTOBOMB!!!!!!

Maser Racer also has a few... you know when someone says "I'm keeping an eye on you," and then they do that little hand motion with the two fingers? Mason has learned to do the hand motion. Mason's best friend is a girl named Haley. They love to play house and have tea parties. Yes. Tea parties. Not exactly the manly man we were all expecting. Yesterday, Spence ran over Rabbit with his "car". We took rabbit to the hospital, a.k.a. the armchair. We fixed her right up and gave her a cast made from paper towels and tape and some pain medicine.

Mason really wanted to sleep in a box that used to hold a dresser from Ikea

Mason also has this new saying. Every time he does something bad (like unrolling a whole roll of toilet paper) he says "I didn't do it!!!" Another endearing habit the boys have is shoving ginormous chunks of food into their mouths. Extrermely gross and funny. Unfortunately, all of our efforts to stop guests from being grossed out have been in vain. But there is nothing (except the really bad things) that we would want to change about our boys.

Ooh. Yay. Picture.

Our little photographer

Could you say no to that face?

You can't see me!!!!

Aaaahhh..... massage

boys + smoothies = mess

This was in Nauvoo. One of the missionaries there said "Aw,
they're giving him a blessing." it was more like, "Aw, they're about to rip his head off."

"Mom, I broke something"
 

Friends

 The Johnsons

 My friend Allie who loves the color yellow

 Annie being held captive by Allie

because she didn't want a picture

 My friend Sandra :D

 our friends Elli and Mara who live in Tenesee, sadly.

Me, Sandra, Julia and Mason with our beautiful tree of clothes 

Me and Alyssa (the Cowgirl)

Halloween 2011



Okay, so you're probably wondering who the heck all these people are. right to left: Spencer boy, Mason's friend Haley, Julia's friend Taylor, Spencer's friend Lanie, Spencer's "Best Buddy" Grant, Mason, Julia (behind Mason if you look really close), Julia's friend Olivia, my friend Alyssa, and me!

So Halloween 2011 was pretty awesome. we had a great time. Jules was a Masquerade lady, I was a witch with a really tiny hat and a really long dress, Spence was a Ninja Warrior, and cute little Maser racer (who's still melting hearts) was a "Tigaw". Mason can be pretty scary when he roars.

Lex and Jules Take Over!

Hello there people,
This is Alexis and Julia. Our mom, as Mason likes to say is "Supa-dupa-dupa-dupa-DUPA busy". So we are kinda taking over the blog. It should probably be called Mer, Dan, Lex, and Jules in Real Life. oh well. So anyway, we should probably do a little bio on each kid.




Lex, age 11

Fave color: Passionate Purple

Fave thing to do: draw, hang out with friends

Things she's good at: playing the saxophone, spelling, sports, art, singing, blogging :) entertaining small chillins, saying funny things (according to Julia)

Things she loves: basketball, saxophone, SINGING!!, babysitting, drawing, her IPod

Things she hates: doing chores of any kind, waiting, football, the sound of Julia's tights on the rug

Fave subject: Chorus

Fave food: ravioli





Jules, age 9

 

Fave color: Mandarin orange (literally... its a real color)

Fave thing to do: cooking, DANCE (lyrical and ballet)

Things she's good at: sketching, cooking, dancing, hair styling, designing

Things she loves: her pillow, her family, her art set, her american girl dolls, her ballet slippers

Things she hates: when people "crack the egg" on her head, and anything like THAT

Fave subject: ART!! and computers and science, reading and writing

Fave food: chips and salsa, almond joys, and mosatacholi (?)



Spencer Boy, age 6

Fave color: Frank Blue

Fave things to do: Play legos, go to school, do homework, play basketball

Things he's good at: Legos, basketball, wrestling with daddy, yelling

Things he loves:Legos, school, wrestling, his "Lips, head and his eyes" (?)

Things he hates: the walls and the pictures (?)

Fave subject: art

Fave food: spaghetti, pizza, pot stickers

 

 

 

Maser racer, age 3

Fave color: "Ownge"

Fave things to do: ride grandpa's tractor, play with his siblings, ride his bike

Things he's good at: smiling funny (as shown above) art, cleaning his room, remembering stuff

Things he loves: TRACTORS, school, "monsta twucks" ,puppies and kitties, baths

Things he hates: time-outs, showers, when people annoy him, our constant singing

Fave toy: his tractors and his teddy bear

Fave food: varies depending on his mood

 

So there ya have it. the kiddos in our family.

 

We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! What will the New Year bring? I have a feeling....lots of change?

Top 10 Things You Need For Back to School (by A & J Holt)

10. Cute backpack
9. Cool school supplies (duh)
8. Sense of style
7. Maturity
6. Super unique hobby
5. Be totally un-dork-like
4. Good friends
3.Cute key chain
2. New clothes
1. Good hygene

School is back in swing and we are getting there too. Spence was so excited to start preschool so that he could be big like the girls. I picked him up after his first day and all he could talk about was this "really pretty girl" with dark hair and a rainbow headband. He says her name is Wizzy, but i think not. Maybe Lizzy or Izzy? Man am i in trouble!

Random thought for today

Have you ever gotten really excited about something while you're hearing about it or learning about it. I have. It is this tingly, hot rush of motivated excitement. Like when i go to a scrap booking party where the person is selling cool, paper, or stamps and i think to myself: "Yeah, i could totally do that!" and visions of 5 years worth of scrapbooking all done, come to your mind, or people staring in awe at my really trendy, off beat, but still pretty, hand made cards that i made for them, just because. My order comes in, i get the stuff, store it neatly away for that moment when i will get that creative urge and can turn to my new artsy outlet. But there is one problem: where did that urge go? Oh, wait, look, there it is, burried beneath my eternal to do list. Hello there, creative urge (and time for you), i see you down there at the bottom of the pile, i'll get back to you... some day.