Double Digits!!!

Mason is DOUBLE DIGITS today! Happy 10th to him! We had his birthday party last Saturday, but only a few could come due to vacations and select baseball tournaments...he didn't seem to mind. What was supposed to be a party from 11-2pm turned into an all-day event(me taking kids home at 6 pm-whew, but it was fun!). Since there were only the 8 of them, we let them stay for supper too....hot dogs, chips and cupcakes all over again. Ewwwww. They loved it and Mason had a great day! Everyone gave him money and he added it to all his family birthday money and bought himself ONE whopping gift...a Playstation 3! He's been wanting one and now he's got it!

Look at these goofy boys... His football camo cupcake cake...he couldn't decide which kind of cake decor he wanted...football or army? So we combined them both! Ha! Gotta love it!


-And now, a trip down Memory Lane for Mason-

Kade and Mason(summer after Mason's kindergarten year)...

Me and Mason trying to stay warm watching Maddi play soccer while Chuck coached, not long after his 5th birthday....
Mason and Lucie-girl...
Mason and Dad on a rollercoaster ride at Fiesta Texas...
Look how little Maddi was in her little bathingsuit...Ha! Time flies!
Mason, 9, on the houseboat slide at Lake Powell....his favorite vacation ever(mine too).... Mason and the gang going to school on 50's day...

Ooops! Sideways, oh well...for Mason's 8th birthday, he got to invite two boys to Galveston for a weekend at the beachhouse, Schlitterbahn and Deep Sea fishing(a present from Papa and Nana)....and they came back with some stories that kept us laughing for weeks....

Mason's favorite place to ride the jet ski (Inks Lake, of course!)and his favorite person in the whole wide world....

Mason and Kade hot and sweaty after a Summer Track meet. Those were so fun to watch. I was always so proud of them...

Mason...doin' his thang on the wakeboard...

Yes...so since Mason has a June birthday, there's always a chance he might get to celebrate it somewhere exotic...how about Cozumel for your 7th birthday? This was taken on his actual birthday. Check out that water, not to mention those studs, huh?(hee-hee)...

This was his 9th birthday party...

Mason and his Reesie...oh, how she loves him and he her. He makes her laugh and plays like a crazy maniac with her...

Here we were in Disney World's Animal Kingdom when Mason was 7. We had just been told by a Disney employee that we had WON a prize during the Year of a Million Dreams at Disney...FAST PASSES to every ride in the park!!! That meant we waited in NO lines(and it's packed at Spring Break!)!!!!...

Mason at Disney's MGM park about to get on the Aero Smith Rockin' Roller Coaster. Poor thing, look at him! We have this family rule that you MUST try everything once! He looks like he was hating life. Guess how many times we were back in line to ride that one again though!?!?!? It turned out to be a fave!...

Here we are in Kissimee, FL, after braving the heat for autographs and a Spring Training game of our hometown heros...the ASTROS! Go STROS!...

Our hotel in Disney World...Mason was so excited, we had just arrived!...

Mason doin' what he loves at Danbury...gettin' up early and goin' FISHIN'!...

All dressed up for the Rockettes at Theater Under the Stars in downtown Houston.

Toby Mac concert-Mason's favorite!....

Running in the Turkey Trot in Uptown Park on Thanksgiving Day...

Mason on the sidelines...

Mason on the first day of 4th grade...

Mason with baby Blayke...

Chillin' out with Nana on the top deck of the houseboat on Lake Powell...

Mason and Kade at a DP football game...

Awards day-4th grade...

Jim Kethan Fun Run...11th place...ONE PLACE AWAY from the top ten medals! Next year bud! You can do it...

An awesome year on 3rd base...

Tubing down the slopes...

Taking a break from snowboarding...

Basketball stars...

Helping renovate the kitchen...

And just one more handsome picture of the birthday boy...

Mason, we're proud of you and praying everyday that God will make you into the MAN that he desires you to be...WILD AT HEART. We'll always be there for you .

Mom, Dad, and Maddi