Gardening at Amanda & Joel's

While we were visiting Amanda and Joel this weekend, they were working on their garden. Of course, Max and Mason are all about digging in the dirt, so they jumped at the chance to help.

Daddy's hard at work, while Mason takes a break.

Trying to get to the top!

A huge pile of dirt...Mason's dream come true!

Checking out the daily chemtrails that ruin our clear, blue sky!

Everyone's hard at work!

Christmas!

On Christmas morning we woke up and opened presents. Then we drove out to my sister, Amanda's house where we played games and relaxed. Amanda made our traditional Danish Christmas dinner of Swedish meatballs and twice-baked potatoes. It was so good! What a great Christmas!

Waiting to open presents

Tearing into them!

All Santa brought him in his stocking this year were Hot Wheels cars. I think he would have been happy with just those because once he saw them, he forgot about everything else we got him and had to play with them immediately!

So excited about the cars and trucks!

Aquarium of the Pacific

My brother, David also took us to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Mason loves fish lately, so this was the perfect place to take him. Thanks, Dave!

Watching the scuba diver

The scuba diver came over to say hi to Mason. He was a little freaked out and was trying to get away from him.

Checking out the fish

While we were waiting for the seal show to start, Mason was up in front checking them out. He was entertaining everyone. He kept saying "whoa" when the seals did tricks.

"Gar"

Disneyland!

The week before Christmas, Mason and I headed down to Orange County to meet up with some family. While we were there, my brother, David took us to Disneyland! It was Mason's first time there, and although he had a bored look on his face most of the time, I think he liked it. He will definitely be more into it when he is older. It was a great day and we had fun hanging out with David!

Anxiously waiting for Dumbo. He was the most excited about this ride, but when it started to fly, he was pretty scared.

Casey Jr. Train..."too, too!"

What a sweetheart!

I was really nervous to take him on Pirates of the Caribbean, but Mason was not scared at all and he actually quite liked it. This is a picture of his face as we are going down one of the drops.

Jungle Cruise...his favorite!

Monterey

We spent yet another weekend at Mike & Kylee's house in Monterey. We love visiting and letting the kids play. On Sunday morning we went to breakfast and then headed to the beach. It was really nice weather and Mason enjoyed finding the seashells.

The best family photo we could get.

Here's my boys enjoying the beautiful weather.

The coolest guy I know!

Here's Thaddeus making sure Mason gets safely to the car. How sweet!