Goodbye Summer

We had such a fun summer, but it was so busy! We are looking forward to Fall when hopefully things will slow down a bit. And then maybe I will get around to blogging more-maybe. Ella loves holding Mason, but quickly loses interest and strength. Mason is very heavy!


Christian loves holding Mason, but he wants to do it without any effort.Mason is nearly five months old! He is so much fun and he has beautiful blue eyes like his brother and sister. I think God knew that I needed a sweet baby after having the other two stinkers!

Mason loves to eat! His height and weight keep topping the charts! This is his first time eating cereal.Ella's first day of Preschool. She was so excited she could hardly contain herself!Christian was pretty excited too, but he tends to follow Ella's moods.
Christian broke his glasses 3 times this summer. Three! Seriously!?!

Birthdays and Blessings

My sweet little Mason is already two months old! Hard to believe how fast the time has gone. He is an awesome baby and it is nice to just have one to worry about this time around. But, Ella and Christian are still here, which makes for some very chaotic times. Three kids is tough and I feel like someone is always crying. Usually it is Ella or Christian, not Mason.
Ella and Christian absolutely love Mason. They love to kiss him and get right up in his face. I am not sure he likes it much though. Ella has recently nicknamed him Masey. I have no idea where that came from.Ella and Christian turned 4 and we blessed Mason all on the same day! Here are the kiddies with Great Grandpa Jacobson. We were so glad he could come!

Christian and Ella both got a new bike for their birthday. They were so excited to try them out, but it was rainy most of the day. There was finally a break in the rain and we rushed out for a quick ride. They are doing great, but they both still need a little work on braking. Especially since we live on a big hill.

I had no time to bake a cake this year-let alone two cakes, so I let Walmart do it for me! Ella got shy when blowing out the candles, so Brandon had to help her.
Christian wanted a hulk cake. Where do they learn about this stuff?
The Family after Mason's blessing. Austin did a very nice job. Special Day.

Mason looks very uncomfortable in this picture, but Ella and Christian are actually looking and smiling. I tried to take a few pictures with all of the kids together. A few turned into about one hundred. Turns out I suck at taking pictures. My kids are SO hard to get to look and smile at the camera. The photo shoot ended with me yelling at them and finally giving up. I have to give props to all of you who are good photographers because I am not.

We decided to escape the rain and headed down to St. George for the week. The weather was perfect there and we had a nice break. Ella is a little fish and loves to swim. Christian on the other hand is absolutely terrified of water. Grandpa Kevin was determined to coax him off of the steps. He did get much braver by the end.

I would normally never put a picture of myself in a swimming suit on here, but Mason looked much too cute to not post it. Mason is starting to smile and it is the most precious thing. I still haven't been able to take a good picture of one though. This is just a half smile.Here are just a few pictures that our friend Tasha took. She did a great job! Thanks again Tasha!

It's a Boy!

Introducing...

Mason William Newton!!!

Born Friday April 24th at 9:49 AM
8 lbs. 6 oz. 21 in.

It is hard to believe that he is finally here and I am no longer pregnant! Geez, that was a long pregnancy! I was induced on Friday morning and little Mason arrived less then 3 hours later. It went extremely quick, which was great because my stupid epidural didn't work. Yes, it was painful. Yes, it was horrible. And no, we may not have any more kids, but it was all worth it! Mason is perfect and healthy! He is so sweet and precious and we are so thankful that he is finally here and part of our family.

Here I am in all my massiveness!
Ella couldn't have been more excited to hold her baby brother! She kept saying how cute he was.Christian on the other hand kept saying how heavy he was! "He's so heavy! Take him off!" We'll have to work on his holding technique.We both are very tired!Two of my boys

Easter

Last week was so much fun getting ready for Easter. Holidays are definitely more fun when you have kiddies. Perfect timing for Easter was Baby Animal Days. Thanks Heather for inviting us since we didn't even know it existed. Ella and Christian loved holding some of the babies.

Look how gentle Ella is being! I think we need a pet bunny.

Notice Christian's face as the sweetest, softest baby animal is being handed to him. You would think he was getting a baby porcupine!

I think the baby chick must have left a gift on Ella's hand. Disgusting!


Having an Easter egg hunt at Grandma's.

Ella and Christian loved decorating eggs. They loved doing it so much that when they ran out of eggs they just kept sticking them in the dye. With all of the colors mixed we had a lot of beautiful grey eggs in the end.

We're back- for now

I'm not sure if anyone even reads our blog anymore because it has been so long since I posted last. Not a lot has been happening and I can't ever seem to find the time or energy to feel like posting anyway. If you haven't noticed we no longer have our blog blocked. It seemed to just be a nuisance- especially for my brother Brandon.
We are patiently awaiting the arrival of baby #3. I continue to ask myself how in the world I am going to handle yet another one. I think that circus will be the new name of our home. Ella and Christian are so excited and constantly make up silly names for our baby. I pray that they will be my helpers. One month left at the very most! Thanks heavens because I hate being pregnant!

Ella got her first haircut and I gave my first haircut. It was quite an exciting event! It only took 3 1/2 years for her to finally need one.
We got a van! Yes, I am only 26 and already driving a van. Sigh... But it is really nice and has some great features! Ella and Christian absolutely love riding in it. They tell daddy all the time not to worry because we still have our van. Maybe they keep thinking it will disappear over night. Ella loves riding in it so much that she asked if we could go to Disneyland the other day in it. Sure, we'll just zip on over there and be back in time for dinner.
We took our kiddies ice skating a few months ago. If you haven't gone ice skating with 3 year olds you really need to. It was hilarious. I made it twice around the rink in the whole hour that we were there. They fell a million times which they found quite humorous until the end. Then they finally started having sore butts. They did really good though. We may go again when I am no longer preggo and I don't have to hug the wall.

Ella on her way down.

Busy December

December was a very busy month for us. We were able to do a lot of fun things, but we are excited for a much quieter January. Here are a few things that kept us busy.

Just a few days before Christmas we took a quick trip with Austin's family to Wisconsin. Austin's extended family lives there and it was nice to spend some time with them since we hardly ever see them. It was somewhat exhausting flying all the way there for just a few days, but Ella and Christian did excellent on the plane. We were very happy to leave the -30 windchill! It was bitter! We couldn't wait to get back to our warm Utah!Ella and Christian were so thrilled to see Santa that they could not get close enough to him. In their defense, he was kind of a creepy Santa.
We found a great sledding hill nearby that the kids can't get enough of. So cute and fun!
Ella preferred to go down the hill with me while doing a bear hug. She didn't like the snow in her face.
Austin decided he missed his Air Force days and suited back up just for old times sake. I guess it is time to buy him some real snow clothes, so that he doesn't look quite so military like.
Ella and Christian were so excited for Christmas this year! They loved every single thing that they got. It made it so much fun and so special. We love having them in our family so much and I can't even imagine how boring life would be without them.
We finally got to see wear Austin works. They did a test launch of the rocket he is working on and we got to go and watch. Normally visitors aren't really welcome out there and he really does work in the middle of nowhere. That is why it only took us a whole year to visit for the first time.
The best part of the whole month was when Austin finally finished his classes and had some extra time for me and the kids. We are so proud of him and how hard he works, but we will be so glad when he finishes his Masters of Engineering in August. But, of course the fun never ends because after that he has to finish his MBA. It is a challenge, but I appreciate how motivated he is. We love him so much!

FYI- My brother told me that it was obnoxious and not worth the effort to type in a password to view our blog. I thought that if my own brother doesn't even want to type in a password then no one else probably does either. I am going to unblock the blog for a while and see how it goes.