Let the outdoor adventures begin!

We decided we needed to get outdoors while the weather was nice, so we went on a three hour hike up at Kelly's Canyon.


It was a beautiful day for a hike with only a little rain shower, which felt so nice!


Some of the hike was hard for Alyssa, so this is Lance carrying her down the mountain, I tried to see if I could get a ride down too, but that didn't work too well!


We tried to look for sheds, but couldn't find any, but we did find a toothbrush, a golf ball, a beaver dam, snail shells, and a lot of colorful rocks.


These three had way too much fun, they were made for the outdoors! We decided Mason and Taylor should be trail runners, they practically ran the whole way back, except to stop and throw rocks every once in a while. It was a great day with hopefully many more adventures to come!

TAYLOR'S BEST DAY EVER!

Taylor is the youngest member of the Fairview Robotics Team, but that didn't stop him today. They had a competition over at Hillcrest High School where they had a competition called Sumo Robot. This is where they would try to knock the other robot out of the circle or beat them in points, and if they did they would be the winner of that round. Taylor designed his sumo robot by himself and competed against high school students. He was so cute, he was nervous at first and didn't think his robot would be good enough after he saw all the big metal robots that he was up against, but Mrs. Funke told him just to try and have fun! Taylor had fun alright; he won the whole sumo competition, even beating the 12th graders! He had the whole gym cheering for him! I have never seen Taylor so proud. Mrs. Funke kept yelling, "That is my third grader!!!" (She is not shy and will belt her cheers right out there!) All of the 12th graders kept coming up to Taylor telling him that he did an awesome job and that his robot was "sic"! Way to go Tay, we are so proud of you!


Taylor and his sumo robot. The spikes on the front would get caught in the other robots, causing their gears not to work, so Taylor's robot could push them out of the circle (very clever!) They modified it a little bit for the last round, trying to add some weight and some colored tape to confuse the sensors of the other person's robot. My camera died so I didn't get pictures of the robots that he was up against, but I have video which is hilarious with everyone cheering for Tay.


This is the Fairview Robotics Team. Mason and Austin also built a robot to compete in capture the flag, but something happened with their program and they couldn't download it right. They all had fun cheering for Taylor though!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MASON!

I can't believe my Mason is 11 years old. One thing about Mason is that he will still let me hold his hand while we are shopping, tells me he loves me, and lets me cuddle him. I tell him no matter how big he gets I will always get to hold him on my lap and give him loves!


For his birthday he really wanted a telescope. He is really into astronomy and looking at all of the constellations.


He wanted his friends to come over for a late night. We had pizza, ice cream, treats, movies, Wii games, and a lot of fun! Some of his friends are hiding in this picture so you can't see them all. Matt, JW, Zach, Sterling, Austin, Tegen, and of course Tay and Lysa came to party!


I love this picture because Mason and Matt have been friends since Kindergarten. On the first day of Kindergarten they were both crying on the playground because they didn't want to go and me and his mom were there crying too. They have been good friends since then! No Mason is not sitting down on a chair, Matt is just that tall!


Mason loves legos and is in a robotics club where they use legos to build robots so I thought he would love a lego cake. I was just glad that he could tell it was legos.

Everyday I tell Mason to stop growing up and to stay little, but Mason just tells me, "Mom I want to get big so I can drive!" We love you Mace!