Masons third Bday party

Mason has been talking about his birthday party since his last birthday. He has been talking about a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle party since this summer. I am obsessed with birthday parties and spent the past few weeks making lots of perfect details. You can see them all on my craft blog.

 Mason in his bday shirt with his signs and balloons

 Ive made him a birthday shirt every year but this one is my favorite. I thought it turned out so perfect. It says his name on the back.

 He loved his cake! He said I "RUINED" it when i cut it up to serve it.

 Lots of his friends made it and we enjoyed Pizza, Cupcakes and Doughnuts. He's been talking about this part for months too.

 His old teachers came and he was so so excited

 We did ninja training on the deck. Complete with string maze, trampoline ninja moves, and a pillow fight weapons war!

 He LOVED opening gifts. Finally it was his turn to open gifts. We been to several parties and he was not too happy about the waiting.

 He got a snake from Crystal and Braylin and didn't wait a moment to creep Travis out. He hates snakes.

 It was pretty funny.

 Sierra was lucky enough to get a silly kiss (a long sloppy one!) along with his thank you hug!

 These two are the cutest little turtle lovers they are both rough and tumble boys too!

 Braylin and Mas are always so cute together, like the big sister he doesn't have

 Liz has been at all of Mason's birthday parties! She is such good friend

Presents:

He got a punching bag from Kyson

puzzle and basket ball hoop and shave kit from Courtney

A snake and dump truck from Crystal and Bray

A TMNT car buddy and toothbrush holder, ornament and Party in the Tub Bath toy from Liz

Dino from Jace

Cars, tracks, coloring book, candy and game from Sierra

A tractor from John

TMNT darts and bowling form Jackson

and a remote control car from Jillian

Some things I don't want to forget about the party.

While singing happy birthday to Mason, he sang along super loud.

He wore his shell for the rest of the day

He loved all of his presents and was so cute opening each one and thanking all his friends

We ordered 10 boxes of pizza and had 3 left over

It was busy with all the people there but it all worked out and was a great party.

Binkie buddy Mikey

One goal we've had was to get rid of Mason's binkie before his birthday. We've tried different things the last few months that haven't really worked. A friend had a "paci fairy" come take the binkies and so we decided to do that. But our paci fairy would save two for a binkie buddy. I named it, although I do remember a kid in one of my pre k classes having a bear with her binkies inside so the idea wasn't all mine. I got Mason really amped up about it and we drove up to Spokane to do it. We went to build a bear and immediately he found the teenage mutant ninja turtles. 

Here is the flash photos from the event. His faces cracked me up. But he loved it. He almost didn't do it but now they are sewn in. 

He did it!! He's only asked me a 100x or so if I could take them out. My favorite one was "you know how to sew. Do it"

We "washed him" and picked out some nunchucks and then got to ride the mall train (sucker written all over my face) 

First stitches on the first

Our New Year's Day started exciting when Mason accidentally got a hold of one of Travis' knives and cut the top of his foot. 

He came in while we were making dinner saying "I couldn't do it. It's not working. I missed" and I looked down and saw blood and freaked!! Travis took one look at it and knew we needed to go to the ER. We drove there right away and he was so sad. He kept saying "I want to go home. I need to eat dinner". We got from him that he took the knife into his room to hit his truck and missed and it got him in the foot. It could have been so much worse. 

We got to the er and home within an hour which was nice. The dr stitched Mason and me and two nurses held him down. It was a bad moment for me. It was hard. He kept saying "let me go" and "I want to eat my dinner." "Stop fixing my foot" "I want it broken" it was kinda hilarious. 

On our way out Mason said "they sure were nice! That wasn't bad" oh brother!!

One Little Word 2015

I found a blog talking about choosing a word for your year. Using the word to guide you to an area of improvement in your life. I loved that idea. I don't really do new year resolutions since I started doing 101 goals in 1001 days but I really think this has value to it.

I chose the word

LIFT

I want to lift up others with service, kindness and homemade gifts.

I want to lift up my hands to doing service and improving my talents

I want to lift up my son. Mason is only going to be "little" one more year. He asks me all the time to pick him up and I never want to but really one more year he will be four and really hard to carry for this "little mama"

I want to lift my eyes up to Heaven and better follow the example of my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ

I hope I can work on this goal and do more to lift myself in more ways!

Happy 2015!

A look at my Goals

Here is a look at my 3rd 101 list, I still have until June 2016 but good to review starting the new 2015 year!

1. Teach mason to ride the strider bike- YEP!

2. Ride a horse- Yep! On our Cruise!

3. Start a personal history- Not yet but I pinned some great resources

4. Scrapbook my high school photos- Haven't touched them

5. Print my blog- Asked for it for Christmas but didn't get it. Maybe with Tax return I have 7 years to buy! Yikes!

6. Make a quilt for Mason's bed- Started a cowboy disappearing nine patch to go on his Twin bed in the future.

7. Support Travis in all of his military endeavors- Yes survived Basic and AIT, now he's working on his next promotion.

8. Be friends with someone I wouldn't  normally be friends with- Yes! I have several great friends this way!

9. Mark at least one verse in every section of the Doctrine and Covenants- Not yet, good one for 2015

10.  Continue to fill up my scripture journal- A little at a time

11. Make $50 selling my crafts- Yes yes and yes! 

12. Teach Mason his colors, shapes and letters of his name- Knows most shapes and colors and M so far

13. Create a list of top 5 books that changed my life- Working on it 

14. Learn a song on the guitar- Not yet

15. Refurnish and sell a piece of furniture. Refurnished but didn't sell it, this summer I will do something new

 

16. Finish everything on the list we made to do before Travis leaves- YES it was so much fun! 

17. Host the Harry Potter party that has been years in the making. YES Halloween 2013

18. Throw a surprise party for someone who has never had a surprise party. Not yet

19. Run a 5k in 30 minutes- Not yet

20. Follow a crochet pattern- Not yet

21. Be able to do "Sally's"- Made it half way or more while Travis was gone but haven't done them since

22. Try a month of fashion blogging- nope...

23. Buy a book of stamps to only use on sending cards to brighten someone's day- Yes and still have a few more to use but its been a great goal!

24. Fill up a mason jar full of "warm fuzzes"- not yet

25. Freshen up on my Français- a little bit but not really

 

26. Teach someone something new- yes started lots of sewing and other crafty lessons

27. Go out of my way to do something for someone once a month- Yes I have been very diligent in that

28. Invite someone new to dinner once a month while Travis is gone. - I didn't do this because I was very stressed. I didn't want the added pressure of making dinner for others. But i did make new friends by inviting a new girl over each month and by having girls nights as a countdown.

29. Be the happiest and most optimistic person I know. -YIKES this is tough,

30. Finish Mason's baby book. YES!!! YIPPEEE I love it so much too!

31. Add 50 pins to my pin-did board- TONS more. Its an awesome resource for inspiration!

32. Create a cleaning schedule and stick to it- YES I have daily chores, weekly and monthly chores each week, day, Its a great way to get everything done. Im really excited.

33. Make a months worth of freezer meals- Not yet but pinned a bunch of resources.

34. Create a menu system that works for us. Yes Thursdays is meal planning/pantry for my chore. I make a "dinner" at lunch for travis to take to work. Its a great system.

35. Make a pallet project- No but I found a few pallets and saved them.

36. Make a quiet book for Mason- Yes it has the pages, I still need to make the cover and the binding. I also have a lot of ideas pinned.

37. Redo the trailer- Have the title but nothing more.

38. Go backpacking in the winter- Not yet

39. Make a Jared box-Not yet

40. Make a giving plate. -Not yet

41. Pick up the tab when eating out with friends.-Took the tab for one friend but not a group yet

42. Finish my started projects before any new projects- All my craft closet projects that were started are completed. Still have my To Do Crafts I want finish

43. Potty train mason in 2014-YIPPEE YeS!

44. Be really really good at my job- I was really good at my job as a Family Advocate. Now I am getting really good at being a full-time wife, mother and friend.

45. Start making serious house planning decisions- We were on our way to save for our down payment. Then I quit my job so we are working out a new budget in hopes to keep us on track on buying a starter place at the end of the year 

46. Travel to Utah to visit everyone we miss.- Haven't gotten there yet

47. Inspire someone else to write a 101 goal list- Yes I have heard of several working on there own! YAY!

48. Buy from a local artist- YES Nikki Cherry painted Mason a picture and I love it! Running horses in the sunset!

49. Buy something to help a suffer's cancer fund- Haven't found one yet.

50. Try 6 new sushi rolls- Yes all at Red Bento.

51. Touch/hold an exotic animal- Not yet. Looked everywhere for one on my cruise but nothing was there.

52. Can with friends or mom- Not yet

53. Write down 100 favorite memories- Not started

54. Try something completely new at a restaurant I have never tried - Not yet

55. Compliment a stranger everyday for a month- Yes been very diligent to give compliments when I think them.

56. Learn how to braid my hair up the back- Yes ever since my hair has been long enough 

57. Have 5 Travis days without complaining Have had 2- 1 before and 1 after Basic Training

58. Go on 5 mommy and mason dates ( not counting when Travis is gone) -Have had 2- 1 before and 1 after Travis was gone

59. Be more accurate shooting my gun- Trying really hard when we get out to practice.

60. Improve my relationships with my grandparents- Haven't done much to improve although I have sent thank you cards and photos to them throughout the year 

61. Start a Christmas tradition. YES! We had our own Christmas this year so we started the First Gift of Christmas and our Christmas eve night together. We also did a December bucket list which was a lot of fun!

62. Learn to drive the truck well- I wouldn't say well yet but I am improving. I much prefer to drive at the ranch vs Pullman.

63 Grow grass by the Cougar Closet sign and side"yard"- Haven't started

64. Help owners clear out old building materials in owners unit- Haven't started

65. Finish our family document binder. - Haven't touched it since

66. Start a set of Mommy Scriptures, studying with Mason in mind- Not yet

67. Learn to shuffle cards.- Not good at it yet

68. Make a movie/ slideshow of "Day in the Life of Mason"- This would be so fun. I need to do this now that I'm home with him.

69. Paint a piece of pottery- Still really want to do this!

70. Learn 10 constellations- Not yet!

71. Write down 5 positive things before I go to sleep for a month- Need to do this soon

72. Buy Mason a suit for church. Yes and a Tux. Too cute!!

73. Mail a hug to a few of Masons favorite people.- Not yet 

74. Make an "I love you because board"- Not yet

75. Make an craft out of an old window- Not yet (Pinned!)

76. Find the perfect hutch for my craft storage. Not yet!

77. Take Mason to a parade- Not yet!

78. Attend the temple every three months- Close to this goal.

79. Keep in touch with my besties that move away Yes Definitely

80. Make a wreath for our door- Yes for Christmas! I want to make another soon!

81. Finish my king size jean quilt for our bed- Not yet

82. Create 1 home video a month of mason (/33) Oh definitely we have a few a week. He's so fun right now!

83. Create an awesome workout playlist- no yet!

84. Create 72 hour kits+ for us and dogs- Not the dogs but have food for Mason, Travis and I.

85. Send a present just because to each of my nieces and nephew- 1 down and sent christmas gifts but need to send just because gifts.

86. Send handwritten letters to each of my aunts and uncles- Not yet

87. No tv for a week-No way. Id have to work up to this

88. Use a power tool for a project. I bought a wood burning tool but thats not really a "power" tool.

89. Do another awesome bike ride ( like the Hiawatha)- not yet

90. Watch a sunrise- not yet

91. Catch a fish- Nope

92. Keep my nails freshly painted for one month- Yes and probably never do that again. It was a lot of work.

93. Make/buy then use reusable shopping bags- Bought them and use them when they are in my car

94. Make a shadow box to help mason remember Grandpa- Not yet

95. Act like tourist and explore a city- Not yet

96. Pay off cc- 1 down 2 to go

97. Pay off student loans- YES!! Thank goodness

98. Blog a little more each year- So far so good

99. Stay caught up on my craft blog- YES! and started a Instagram

100.  Pay for the person behind me in the drive thru- Not yet

101. Make another 101 list when this one is over.- Not yet

So far I have 36 done and 15 in progress. I am doing really good on this list. I am looking forward to continuing improving in 2015