Christmas 2010!

Christmas 2010 was AWESOME! Here is a breakdown of all the going-ons.

Saturday, Dec. 19: Rob, Mason and I went to Weber Dam to see the Christmas lights display they do every year. We got to ride on a horse drawn sleigh through all of the lights. That part was amazing- (waiting for over an hour to get on the ride was not so amazing). Despite the freezing cold and long wait Mason was a trooper. He just hung out in his stroller and pointed at everything and everyone that came by.

Thursday, Dec. 23: We had the opportunity to visit Clayton and Jean for an absolutely FANTASTIC dinner! I learned something new while there. For all the rest of you as uncultured as I, apparently melting cheese on your apple pie (or whatever pie) is a very popular thing to do. Does that sound as weird to anyone else as it did to me? I decided to try it and honestly, it was REALLY good. :) We then continued our trip to Fillmore.

Friday, Christmas Eve: My dad and Rob went out Coyote hunting first thing in the morning. The rest of us stayed warm and cozy at the house. When they got back my dad got to work digging steps into one of the giant snow piles next to the house while Rob and I went to find some snow boots for Mason. We wanted to take him sledding. Unfortunately in a town of only 2500 people and three stores, chances of success on this kind of venture are virtually nil. So, Mason had to make do with just his shoes. (No we are not bad parents, it’s just that Roy has not gotten enough snow yet this winter to need boots). As is typical Mason, he wasn’t sure what to think about the sled ride…no emotion...except for maybe a little distress...(sigh)-haha!

(This next part not suitable for young children) We had a delicious turkey dinner and that night Rob and I got to play the role of Santa Claus for the first time! “Santa” got Mason an absolutely beautiful blue tricycle complete with tassels and a bell. Grandma Day got him a little wagon full of blocks he could push around (this info will become pertinent in the next paragraph). In addition, every year our neighbors (in Fillmore) do a Christmas Eve party with a talent show and food. Mason danced and did somersaults and clapped for himself…I would give anything to have a video of it, but I just don’t.

Saturday, CHRISTMAS DAY!: Christmas morning we woke up about 7:50. I got situated behind the main “Santa” presents, camera in hand to record the excitement I knew would be on Mason’s face when he saw his presents. Here is that moment:

(Yep. That’s right. The wagon and beautiful blue trike were overlooked because of a little plastic frog worth about two pennies.) That afternoon we went to my grandma’s for a delicious ham dinner; after which everyone took a little nap…except for Mason…and I. That’s ok though because after dessert the family was kind enough to watch him while I took a nap. yea! Rob then took me out for a night on the town. This means we went to Maverick and got some chips and dip (only place open Christmas day) then came back to the house and watched Pirates of the Caribbean. Simple but I loved it!

Sunday, Dec. 26: After morning church it was time to say good-bye. Parting is such sweet sorrow, but luckily we had a couple fun stops on the way. First we stopped at a friend’s of mine in South Jordan. I’ll just say this: most gorgeous home EVER! (Well, that' I’ve been in). Would I live in it? No. I can’t keep a single bedroom apartment clean… This friend has a little boy not even two weeks older than Mason name Treyson (side note: the oldest boy of the family is named Morgan which is what our baby #2 will most likely be named). I was really hoping they would be the best of friends right off the bat, but as it is with most toddlers, they didn’t really seem to notice the other was there unless the “other” was stealing a toy or sippy cup. haha! Maybe when they get a little older…

Anyway… after a lot of visiting, cheesecake, razzleberry pie, icecream, crackers, BSing, and so forth, we let them get back to their Sunday afternoon.

The last stop on the Christmas Express was Rob’s family. It was a lot of fun visiting with them and opening presents. Mason had a blast playing with Rob’s little sisters and his new toys.

We got a couple of family pictures with Grandpa Matheson* and then made the last leg of our journey home.

Monday, Dec. 27: Monday night we decided Mason’s new Christmas toys needed to be properly broken in. I like to call it the ‘After Christmas’ party. Rob and Mason were SOOOO cute playing together; they are the best of friends. (+++)

Thanks for sharing Christmas with us!

*This is wonderful and amazing because Rob’s grandfather passed away the next night (Monday). When I get the pics from his mom I will post them.

Journal Entry

It's been a couple of weeks, and I realized there are several things I never blogged about; mostly because I don't have pictures. This is a journal entry for me to catch up on little things here and there we've done, so not really for entertainment purposes.

In November Rob and I had the opportunity to use his company box seats at the Jazz vs Clippers game. A week or two later we took Mason to the BYU USU basketball game, and holy cow was that fun! (Despite USU losing...) There were a lot of USU fans there, so both teams had an awesome cheering section. As such, any time either team scored and the crowd started to go wild, Mason would also go wild. He would clap as fast and hard as he could, and screech, and wave his arms around and bounce up and down. hahaha! He was a very good equalizer for Rob and I since neither of us could convince him to cheer for only "our" team.

Last of all, about three weeks ago we took Mason to the Chuck 'e Cheese in Layton. We thought there would be a ball section with a bunch of those little plastic colored balls they used to have in McDonalds, but such is not the case. That's ok. He had fun anyway...for the most part. As you can see on one of the videos he takes after his mom and is deathly afraid of any kind of amusement park ride...haha! Poor guy...he'd better brave up or life's going to be hard. Here are a few shots/videos of him seeing all the sights. We did use $1 in tokens; Mason won the most tickets out of all of us which we traded in for suckers.

Honestly I think he was the most amazed/entertained by the man playing basketball.

And here he is with some awesome ticket winning game moves and dance moves. Pay no attention to the squeaky voice in the background.

And lastly we learn the sad truth of Mason's fear of rocking rides...(and mother and father's lack of videoing capabilities).

The fun didn't stop with Chuck e' Cheese. Up the road from said establishment is a Krispy Kreme which offers free glazed donuts at night. We took them up on their offer and enjoyed every sugary, oozy minute of it.

You can never get too much of a fresh, hot, krispy kreme donut.... or a night of family fun which only costs $1! :)