In my blogging absence....

During my drought of blogging, there were a few cute things I wanted to show/write about. Thankfully just watching Jamie's cute blog of Haws, reminded me of the video of Mason I wanted to share. Nothing can make you smile faster than a baby's giggle. I love this....

A quick story I wanted to journal about so I won't ever forget is about Mya. On the Saturday morning of April's conference I told Mya to come sit by me and listen to the prophet. When Pres Monson got up to speak I asked her, "Do you know who that is?" She nodded her head. Then I said, "That's the prophet, Pres Monson." Mya then responded, "Oh he is so cute! (slight pause) Isn't he handsome mom? (slight pause) I just love him!" It was so cute how she expressed her love for the prophet even though she doesn't fully understand all the aspects of the gospel, she can feel of our Savior's love through His chosen leader. I love watching her grow in the gospel!

It's been a while...

I have finally found some down time for me to update my blog! Being so busy with work and the kids it's hard for me to find time to blog instead of doing the dishes, or laundry, or making dinner :) But without further delay here is a quick little update!

For Mother's Day my sweet husband decided to sign us up to run a 5K... For those that don't know me, I really don't like to run plus I am an asthmatic so the thought of running 3 miles was not my idea of fun! But for those of you who don't know Scott, he loves to run! He ran track and cross country in high school and as always wanted me to run with him. Well the thing that persuaded me into doing it was that it was the Koman Breast Cancer 5K and I thought it would be neat to do in honor of my mother. So I talked a few of my siblings into running it with us. Scott soon became Coach Curtis and put me on the treadmill for training :) In addition to the training, Scott also said it was mandatory for me to get running shoes and shorts so I could be official! After just 3 weeks we were ready for the big day....

The night before the race I made a couple signs for Mya to hold while I pushed them in the stroller.

Left to right: Scott, me, Nathan, Shawna, Chad, Landon, then Rob and Jamie in the front. Nathan drove down from Montana to surprise mom. We were hoping she would be there at the finish line to see him run across with the others, but unfortunately mom was too sick to make it. So we had to capture it on video (thanks to Jamie who didn't race) then show it to mom back at home to surprise her. We know it's a good surprise when mom starts to cry, and sure enough we got the tears! :)

I could not believe how many people were there! I think they said the final number was over 19,000! It was so crowded that it really made it hard to maneuver the stroller in and out of all the people walking, but with Shawna's help we still made pretty good timing.

Here's the picture after the race at the finish line. Although they didn't keep time so there was no winner, Scott came in the top ten. Shawna, me and the kids did it in about 40 minutes- could have been 30 had it not taken us ten minutes to get where we could start running! Notice Rob lifting up his shorts to make fun of Scott and I in our running shorts... LOL

As proud as Shawna and I were to finish the race, we are more proud of our awesome mom who battles this ugly disease with more courage and heart than anyone I know! For a quick update on my mom... The cancer has now started to spread into her other lung and continues to spread on the bones. She just started a short "lower-level" chemo treatment that will last 12 weeks. She just had her 2nd treatment last week and it made her awful sick! We sure hope the next ones don't make her feel this awful! We love you mom!!!

Scott secretly asked Jamie to take a picture of our legs... I am very self conscious about my legs and fought Scott in wearing the short running shorts, but I did it! So this pic is for you babe! The race was a lot of fun and I am thankful my awesome husband had us do it. It was neat to see all the people run in honor of women they know that have/had breast cancer. We want to make this a family tradition but be better prepared with a cleaver t-shirt... Our two favorites were: Save 2nd Base and We Support Our Boobs; Stop the War in My-Raq! haha

So in my absence of blogging my little boy continues to get bigger and bigger! He is now just a month away from his first birthday and it makes me so sad to think he's that old already!!! Here's a pic I took at ten months since I forgot to do it after his 9 month check up!

He is such a goer and is constantly on the move. He is not yet walking but pulls himself up to everything. He loves to play with balls, stick out his tongue, and laughs at whatever Mya is doing. He is so much fun!

My sweet Mya chipped her tooth a year ago and it just recently went gray. Shortly after it turning gray she got an abscess above the tooth. We finally found a good pediatric dentist to fix it. Here is the before picture (also take a look at the 5K pic of her in the stroller and you can see the bubble on her gums):

And here is the after shot showing off her pretty princess teeth. :)

Mya is such a good helper and is learning so much. She is so interested in letters right now and loves to write the letter M. She loves to play outside, go swimming, and be daddy's little helper!

Mya's 3 years and Mason's 6 months pictures!

Thanks Jamie for taking the pictures! They turned out great! Enjoy the picture overload! :)

A Few of Mason's Firsts!

Mason has had quite a few "firsts" lately that I thought I should post about... He first experienced the all famous green beans on February 1st. He sure tolerated them pretty well!

This pic just makes me laugh with the squinty eyes; "not quite sure if I like this mom" look.

Yes he was a mess by the end since he had to use the spoon by himself. (Take note of his fuzzy hair now for pics later on another first.)

Hey Grandpa Curtis- who does this remind you of??? :) We call this grandpa's outfit since he loved to where sweatshirts and wind-breaker pants on Saturdays. Do you still wear them in Ecuador???

And here is Mason first doing the army crawl on February 10th! (With Mya stealing the camera's attention.) This video is a little long, but I thought grandma and grandpa would enjoy it; and other family out of state...
(Video isn't working :( I will try it again later...)


Who would've thought Mason would have went from looking like this at 7 weeks....

To this at 7 months!?!

Mason's first haircut on February 11th. Good cutting Daddy- and yes Scott cut his hair afterwards too! :)

So handsome! Posing with big sis for the after shot. He's no longer my baby but my little boy!

Isn't it about... time!?!

So yes it has now been over two months since I last posted and it's not been due to the fact of not having to blog about- it's been quite the opposite actually. Four letters sum up the last 8+ weeks B-U-S-Y!!! Here is a very quick run down of what has happened in that time frame: Mason rolling over, Mya and Scott's birthdays, Christmas, Mason's first tooth, New Years, Mya into primary, Mason's teeth number 2,3,4 and now almost 5, Scott back in school (on top of the full and part time jobs), and me working 30 or more hours/week. Phew! It gives me a headache thinking about all of it, so I'm now just going to post a bunch of random pictures detailing what I've missed...

What do you wish with a BONK on the head?

Yeah clothes! Her eyes look a little possessed!

Pathetic horse cake, I know... It was last second idea. I think I'll just stick with the store bought!

Precious

We are finally getting with the times- an MP3 Player!

Our southwestern, chili decorated Christmas tree thanks to g-ma!

I love this Santa Claus with the real reindeer!!!

Lights at Temple Square

Mason played baby Jesus for the first half of our nativity and Haws did the second half

Our little angel

The boys loved being naked... Mason was so irreverant making noises while Dad read the scriptures which made everyone laugh.

CHRISTMAS!!!!

PAPER!!!!

Mason didn't feel too good on Christmas because his first tooth came in on the 23rd and his second tooth was working it's way through too. You can tell he has a snotty nose in this pic.

Lounging in the new stroller Scott surprised me with. I don't have a picture of it, just recorded, of Scott opening my gift to him- tickets to see the NCAA March Madness men's basketball games at the Energy Solutions Arena. It is for 2 days for all the games in the elite eight. I got his brother's wives to buy some too so the brothers will all get to go together. I think I was more excited than he was since I bought them clear back in June!

Teaching Mason how to jump.

Feeding her new baby- she is such a good mommy :)

Talking to gma and gpa Curtis in Ecuador

Sporting the sweaters gma and gpa sent home to us

Mason's favorite spot to roll- under the table

Big boy at 6 months: 16 lbs 14 oz (40%), 27 inches long (75%)

Not so much a baby any more, looks like a little man!

I love these two!!!

Showing off his new grill :)

A few funny stories that I want to write down about Mya... She absolutely loved Christmas and keeps thinking Santa is going to come again. She always asks me how many more days until Christmas and doesn't quite understand how long she has to wait until next December. Just the other morning she wanted to watch Mickey Mouse's Christmas. As she was laying on my bed she says, "Mom, I'm still tired." I said, "Okay just lay down." She pops her head back up, "Mom don't touch me, don't wake me up until Santa gets here." I laughed and said "Okay..." Then she adds, "And I want lots of toys!" Ohh what a character. She again told me just yesterday, "Mom, why didn't Santa come?!? I want him to still bring me that big horse that bounces up and down!" (like the own her cousin Sage got). It's going to be a looonnnggg countdown to Christmas at this rate!
This past Sunday Mya's primary teacher, Sis Peterson, ask "Why do we pray?" And Mya's first response was, "So Daddy doesn't get mad at me"
Just last night as Scott was leaving to go to school Mya says, "But Dad, I thought you were going to stay home with me and run around?" Scott replies, "I wish I could, but if I don't go to class I'll do bad on my test and then would fail the class." Then Mya's suggests her brilliant idea, "Then why don't you just quit?!?" Scott and I just started laughing. We often wonder where she learns to use new words in a proper sentence. She is cracking us up all the time. My new favorite phase of hers is "Mom, do you know I love you?" :)

Well hopefully my next post won't take me so long, but if it does I'm sure this post has enough pictures to hold you over! Til next time!!!