End of Summer 2010 Montage

The summer of 2010 has been good to us, leaving us with lots of warm memories, good laughs and parenting lessons.

First lesson is when you are in the grocery store with Grandma (my mom) and she lets Keegan and Mason ride in one of those karts with the car on the front...don't agree to it. They will fight, bail out the side while moving down the aisle, and demand chicken nuggets in the shape of dinosaurs. I miss when Chicken nuggets were nuggets, lets not give them choices!

Next do not let them talk you into fancy balloons that sing in the Tweetie Bird voice or Buzz light year! Because once you get them in the car it is a driving hazard!

Picture: Me, Mason, our two dogs in my mid-size SUV driving on the mountain roads in Friday night traffic...dogs squealing, balloon attempting to come in the front seat over and over while Tweetie bird sings "Happy Birthday"...Two things went through my head, glad Matt had to work and I know my mom is paying me back for something I did as a child:)

 

Evidence of some weird dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets!

Though short, it was so AWESOME to see Emily, Keegan, and Cormic. Cade had to work so Emily braved a long flight with a 1-year old and a 4-year old...yikes! We stayed the night at Grandma and Grandpa's and played outside until their little legs could no longer carry them.

                                                                                                                                         

Summer also brought a really fun couples shower for our dear friends Kathryn and Chris.

They are gearing up to have a baby girl this November. We do not have enough words to describe how much we love these two and how excited we are to meet baby girl and for Mason to date her someday...

                                                                                                                         

Summer also brought wagon rides, a summer must!

 swimming with cousin Ellie

Pool time with Dad

And Uncle Chris too!

And older cousins who are in middle school and High school, can this be true? They were just babies.

Oh yea and naked wagon rides are fun too!

Ellie also introduced Mason into the world of dolls. He likes to touch their feet, actually he likes women's feet in general. I think this runs in the family with some of our guys...should I worry?

This is where the dolls go after he is done with their feet. 

Summer means lots of playground time.

Lots of ball playing and jeep driving.

Mason was a little timid after Ellie peeled out with him and dropped gears a few times but he did eventually get back in with her. Chris and T you might want to lock her up in about 10 years.

                                                                                                      

Summer has meant spending time with friends with adorable baby girls name Grace, who is just a bundle of sweetness. This is my friend Sarah!

                                                                                                                                                        

It has meant softball games with our favorite Coach Auntie Ang.

Mason was so excited to get on the field after the game, he just kept running up to Angela and kissing her. Pure love!

Summer even meant Mason would stop for a minute to have some cold juice but only for a minute!

What a blessed summer.

Our souls are warm and ready for the chill of fall, which Mason and I will be doing in Alaska. We leave tomorrow and will return in one week with lots of photos. We are going to miss our Matt but are excited for the adventure.

Keep us in your prayers for safe travels and that I make it with out my other set of hands, Matt.

Love to you all!

I think my name is Matt but I can count to 10

Not sure how to upload more than one video to a post yet but here are some of Mason's recent funnies. He is speaking quite a bit these days but we really can not convince him that his name is Mason. I guess he wishes we would have taken a more traditional route and named him after his father:)

Ps I am not sure why I said the rock is soft, I do realize that rocks are not soft. Guess I know where Mason gets it from.

I can count to 10

A night in Frisco Baby!

A few weeks ago we jumped on I-70 and headed about an hour west to a little place called Frisco. Nick is living here for the moment while working on an engineering job in Leadville.

After unpacking our full car of kid stuff for a one night stay, we headed into town. Look at these two handsome brothers, sorry ladies they are taken:) I love summer in Colorado because almost every town you go to has some little festival going on.

While we drank some cold beer and listened to the live band, Mason managed to find the place he could get into the most trouble. After a few meltdowns we decided we should head to dinner.

The bean dip and some daddy kisses seemed to be just what our lil' guy needed.

Us adults needed some margaritas and coronas. Aren't these two adorable? Love them!

Its nice to dine out with family because everyone is willing to take a turn holding/chasing Mason so we can inhale our food.

Mason adores his Uncle Nick. Every morning I ask Mason who was in his dreams and he tells me Nick and Bus...sometimes Nick is even driving the bus:)

He also adores his Aunt Ang who is a natural with the kiddos.

I think you two should have one or you can just borrow ours for the time being.

After dinner we headed back to Nick's and tucked Mason in for the night (or so we thought) and proceeded to have wine and talk until 10. We really enjoy the company of our siblings and their mates and this evening was no different.

At about 2 am Mason woke up, crying, fever and throwing up...poor guy. We sat out in Nick's living room in the rocking chair, looking at Lake Dillon with the full moon in the air and all Mason could say was "Star momma" so I sang twinkle little star at least 100 times until he fell asleep. We made a blanket bed on the living room floor and cuddled in for a few hours. Not the best nights sleep but man do I love the cuddling.

The next day Mason was not a 100% but he felt better so we decided to proceed with our activities. We headed to Breckenridge and up the gondola. Mason was clenching his uncle Nick while he quietly took in the awesome ride.

Nice sunnies, you all are to cute.

At the top we lied about Mason's age and headed for the alpine slide (you have to be 2 years) but what does it matter you are riding with an adult. I was more nervous about the chairlift which was very uneventful.

Thanks Ang for getting the front shot of Mason's first chairlift ride, hopefully next time he will be in winter attire.

Thanks family for a really fun weekend. Mason is still talking about the big slide. We will keep praying you get to be there during ski season:) Love you guys!

Seriously?

In recent Gilbreath happenings:

we were picking up some home supplies at the "Deper" and being the loving mother I am gave Mason a bite of the chocolate chip granola bar I was eating. He decided to keep the large bite in his mouth for  approximately 5 minutes, while we repeatedly asked him to swallow it. All of the sudden in the checkout line he sneezed and this was the result! Seriously? I luckily am not grossed out by much but I do find it interesting that we were both in white, a color I do not wear a lot of these days or dress Mason in ...Thank god labor day is almost here!

Life has been crazy busy the past few weeks, good crazy because we have been able to spend time with family, friends, and each other. I have a heap of photos I want to post, so check back soon.

Also can I just say that I am gitty it is September 1st! I love FALL! and though its not quite here yet I can smell it.