Mason going down the slide all by himself. Which he totally loved!

Mason digging for fossils in the Dinosaur area of the park.

Today Mason had a playdate with a friend at Tumble weed park. Mason had such a fun time. It is a huge park with so many things for the kids to climb on. I took tons of pictures like always. Here are a few of my favorites! Mason at the wheel of a fire truck.

Just to fill everyone in I talked to Mike yesterday and he will be coming home Feb. 4th. I am so excited. He went to California at the beginning of January and has been gone for a month. He is getting some training to prepare him for his time in Iraq. Mason and I miss him so much. He is doing great but is ready to come home. He says it has been freezing where he is and they have had some crazy sand storms. Most of the time he is on patrol from 7pm to 7am, they work twelve hours on and 12 off. I am so thankful for my husband, sometimes i don't know how he does it. I could not do half of what he does. We should be finding out the exact date that Mike heads to Iraq with in the next week or so. We will keep you all posted. For now i am just going to enjoy the 2 months i have left with Mikey!!!

It takes
INDEPENDENCE
of mind
HONESTY
of heart
FAITH
in God
FIRMNESS
of character
to live the life of a
Latter-day Saint
in the face of a frowning world,
and in the midst of trials
and troubles and persecution.

— Wilford Woodruff

Mason playing at the park! One of his favorite places to go. He is for sure an out door kid. He has so much energy and loves running around. He also enjoys looking at the world around him and is so interested in everything going on. I love his curiosity!

Go Steelers! Mikes favorite team made it to the super bowl!

Here are some pictures of Mason just being his normal happy self playing at my parents house!

Just some random pictures of Mason. He is growing so fast and changing a ton everyday. Sometimes i wake up in the morning and swear he grew like a weed over night. I get excited about each new milestone he reaches but i do wish time would slow way down so we could enjoy him being our baby boy a little longer!

I don't know if it was are horrible singing or if we just scared the heck out of him but when it came time to sing happy birthday, Mason started crying it was so sad but cute at the same time

Masons birthday went really well he got way too many toys and ate way too much frosting, but he was happy and that's all that matters.

Masons little birthday cake before during and after!!!

Faith in god includes faith in his timing!

Masons First trip to the Phoenix Zoo! He loved looking at and chasing all the animals around. He actually called them all dog since thats his favorite word at this point in time. I am sure next week he will move on to something different. I have so much fun with him at this age. He gets so excited about everything he sees and does!