Marathon of Posts: April

The following two posts are my efforts at catching up on all the blogging I haven't been doing lately. I kind of think its funny that I feel guilty when I fall behind on my blogging. Its like if I don't exercise for a period of time, or I fail to say my prayers at night. I have this nagging feeling that I am not living my life properly. hm... Well, hopefully I'll feel a sense of accomplishment after posting these. And quite honestly, you should feel one too, because if you can actually get through both posts without losing your eyesight or getting having an appendage fall asleep then I say thats something.

So lets get on with it:

April was a big month for us. We sought, found, and purchased a home. Oh yes. The world's worst decision maker helped make the decision to buy a house. I wish I had pictures to post, but alas I do not. We have a virtual tour saved on Nic's computer, so if and when I figure out how to put that on the blog I will. Its a lovely home, with 4 bedrooms and a fenced yard. Our next order of a business is to get a dog to put in that fenced yard. I can't wait!


The week before we house hunted in SLC, Mason and I spent some time in Idaho. We were there for Easter and therefore got to spend some quality family time. Here is the Pierson Easter Egg hunt.

Seth

Mason stole my ice cream cone. Amazingly not a single drop got on any of his (or my) clothing. He practically inhaled the thing.

Mason, Chloe and Carson

I think this picture is funny.

While in Idaho we stayed at my dad and Penni's house. Mason loved wrestling with grandpa.

He even did some chores around the house.

Grandma Pierson gave Mason his very first sucker. He loved it so much he refused to let go of it, even in his sleep he protested me touching it.

Toward the end of the week we got to spend some time up at the cabin. Definately one of my favorite places in the world.

Mason felt very strongly that my dad should be wearing his work gloves at all times. The Queen perched on his forehead was simply an accessory.

Even story time could not take place without the gloves. What a funny boy and a patient Grandpa!

After an awesome week in Idaho, Mason and I met up with Nic in SLC to begin the house hunt. My mom came up from Arizona to help out with Mason, and Nic's dad came down to help us with the hunt. We really appreciate you guys!

With limited transportation, my mom and Mason spent a lot of time in the hotel. My mom was awesome though and spent hours chasing him up and down hallways and though the lobby.

Luckily there was a pool, where we spent a few evenings.

This was the only picture I got of my mom the whole week. (In my defence, Nic and I were gone most of the day.) But here's a huge THANKS to my mom for all her help. She was a full time babysitter and sugar mama. Seriously, we couldn't have done it without her!


And here's a shout out to everyone who helped make our week easier. Thanks to Marci for letting us crash at her house, Lloyd for putting up with us at our worst, and all of our parental units for listening to us worry/complain/worry/get frustrated/worry/and stress. You guys are the best.

It was a stressful, but successful week. Overall the entire the trip was awesome, although its always nice to come home.

Marathon of Posts Part Deux: May

May has always been one of my favorite months. Maybe its because my birthday is May, or maybe its because the weather is finally nice. Regardless, this May has been no exception. We started it out with a trip to Hershey and a playdate with my friend Emily and her daughter Casey, Cathy and her daughter Caitlyn, and Grandma Deb.

We ate cupcakes:

We "shared" toys:

We missed a nap or two:

But despite some tired kids (Note Mason's "I'm going to kill someone unless I get a nap" look), it ended up being a really fun day. I'm sure going to miss these girls!

Then it was Mother's Day. Another fine reason to love the month of May. Amazingly, Nic had the day off, so I was treated to breakfast in bed and nice nap in the afternoon. This was followed by a yummy dinner and some brownies. If everything in my life ended with a huge pan of brownies I would be a very happy girl.

Finally, we celebrated my birthday by taking another trip to Hershey. We visited the hospital and I got to see some of my friends in the NICU. Then we had pizza at my favorite pizza place and I got to go shopping while Nic entertained Mason. At one point I looked down the walkway to the other end of the store and I saw Nic with a huge ball. Then later I looked and saw Nic with a baseball bat. Then even later I saw Mason chasing Nic with said baseball bat. I think they almost had as much fun as I did.

We stopped by the Bear's Den to have a Hershey Puck...yum.

Mason and the Hershey Bear's Mascot.

We couldn't go to Hershey without visiting Chocolate World. When we lived here I use to make Nic take me there on Saturday afternoons. I would say it was for the free chocolate, but we all know that I ended up buying all sorts of candy. Love that place...

...and apparently Mason does too.

On the ride.

So those have been all of our adventures over the last few weeks. In the meantime, we've been spending a lot of time outside either going for a run or playing at the park.

(In the following picture Mason is having a complete conversation with himself while he walks through the field. I imagine his is probably catagorizing the trees by genus and species. That or he is cursing the geese for pooping everywhere. Either way he had something to say about it).

And when we are not at the park, we are home finding ways to entertain ourselves.

The End.

A Series of Unrelated Events

I thought I better get caught up on my blogging since we'll be headed out west (for 2 weeks) tomorrow. So here is a random assortment of what we've been up to (in random chronological order):

Nic has boards coming up next week so he very politely asked me to "get lost" this past weekend. So Mason and I headed up to NY to visit Ann and Randy. We had a wonderful weekend relaxing and listening to conference. Saturday night Ann and Randy treated us to some awesome ribs at Holy Smokes and on Sunday we went for a walk on the trail by their house. I can't begin to say how much we are going to miss these guys.



Before our weekend to NY we were enjoying some strange weather in PA. Two Sundays ago we had quite the storm that threw down some marble sized hail. Crazy. There were tornado warnings and I guess an actual tornado did some damage in a city south of us. So we headed to safety down stairs and spent some time with our elderly neighbors until the storm passed.

Here is a random picture of Mason's new discovery. Only he usually uses a real phone and not the channel changer.

Despite the crazy hail storm we've had some really nice days. Mason love love loves to be outside, so we spend most of those days at the park or going for a walk.

Here is Mason's best Zoolander impersonation at the park.

Out for a walk.

Out for a run.



And on the rainy days when we can't play outside we have to find other ways to entertain ourselves. This usually involves taking all the canned food off of the shelf and stacking it in piles throughout the house, removing the pots and pans from the cupboard and banging them on the ground, unplugging the alarm clock and carrying it around, gazing out the window wishing we could go outside, kicking the ball around the house, and of course, playing and dancing to music.

And sometimes...we (or rather he) get(s) creative.


Mason has recently learned how to ride on his riding toy thing. Well, sort of.

And finally, our favorite part of the day is when Nic comes home. We sure love this guy.

So there you have it. A smorgesborg of pictures and happenings in a completely random order. We now head out west to visit our family and (hopefully) find a house in which we will reside for the next 4+ years. Wish us luck!