countdown

wohhhh-we found the warm weather! mason's thrilled-i on the other hand prefer cold weather over warm any day. but i must admit, the warm weather is long overdue and i'm glad it's here-for now. the kids get to run and play outside and we can make more frequent visits to the park. mese got the calendar out last week and wanted to know how many more days he had til school was out so we counted-34 days , 7 weeks. not much time left. time really does seem to fly right past us these days. we're anxiously awaiting mason's graduation from high school(just kidding, that's what the kids call it), i mean college. and we're just so excited for him. i can't believe how much my kids have grown and little orin-gosh, he's crawling! so exciting. i can't dwell too much on how fast my kids are growing up cause then i'll just be sitting at the computer crying, and wishing they would stay small-for a little bit anyway. sila's in big trouble for filling up her toy kitchen sink with water-twice! and there's water all over her floor. she's got a hearing problem, right? i did take her to the dr. yesterday and she has an ear infection, maybe i should give her a break. i'll discuss it with mason. nani and sila are always fighting, and most of the time, nani ends up crying. so we ask her "who did it nani?" and she always responds with"Sida!" (she can't say the "L" sound yet) so last night in the van during our family home evening drive, sila was trying to get nani to say mese did it, but nani wasn't budging. i think nani just likes saying sila's name-yeah that't it. anyway, life is still good here at the pattersons. and soon the pool will be open and then it'll get even better! stop by and see us!!!

always nice

another beautiful wedding! congratulations to cameron and vivian(also our new neighbors)! we had a lovely(and too short) visit from grandma & grandpa patterson and glenna this past weekend-it's always nice to see them. and the kids just love it when they're here(except nani had a little adjusting to do before she warmed up to them). but we can look forward to seeing them again next month when shawn graduates and then again in june when mason graduates. we also got to see grandma gardner with her daughters-that was a treat! the kids loved chasing the grasshopper with grandma gardner-too cute and too funny! i wish we got that on camera. it was a very nice and enjoyable weekend-and i got to see my aunt and uncle and my cousins i haven't seen in 4 years-they stopped by my dad's house on sunday after church-that was fun to see them all again. and i'm sure it won't be the last. this week has been eventful with nani's fever and cold-she's got some teeth coming in and it's hurting her-poor thing. maybe tomorrow will be better for her-i'm hoping.

happily ever after

wheeeewww! what a weekend-we were in newport beach since thursday evening, enjoying the warm sunshine and the beach as we were getting ready for aggie's wedding on saturday. it was a lovely ceremony and aggie was gorgeous! bryce was looking spiffy as well. it was so nice to see everyone again and we had lots of fun. thanks for a splendid weekend at the beach, at the temple, and with our family and friends. as you can see, we had a great time and we'd like to also say happy birthday to little noah laker who celebrated his 1st birthday-we hope you had lots of fun and ate lots of birthday cake! happy monday everyone!

is that so???

sila, in the van, on the way home after a long day of practicing her agency to the fullest extent possible(if you know what i mean)...

sila: daddy(short pause), i'm trying to be like jesus....but i just can't!

to which mason replied: is that so?!

say cheese!

yes-we finally posted some pics. mason did it. mese was excited to get dad's hand me down sunglasses and sila was just glad to strike a pose. mason and i were thrilled when we came upon the delicious discovery at costco last week of the chip and cookie cookie dough-of course mason made me check to see if it was from hawaii-and kailua it was! so that was a nice treat for us. the other pics. are of us with family and friends at the beach by randy's place-we had such a great time and we can't wait to go back. happy sunday everyone!

spring, spring

what's happening? to start, i'm FINALLY done with the dentist!(or as mason likes to call her, the butcher) she's so awful and we're never going back to her again-now the dentist will be a pleasant experience for us-it was torturous going to her. but anyway, now my teeth are well and we can move on. nani has gotten over pink eye, and is moving on to diarrhea and a major diaper rash and i've been battling pink eye for almost 2 weeks now-thank goodness none of the other kids have gotten it. i've had this chest cold for a few days now and i keep thinking it's going to get better but don't know if it will. mese is loving kindergarten and sila is being a wonderful helper at home-she tells me that she thinks about how she can help me everyday-and i really do appreciate her efforts. nani is talking up a storm-mason calls her our little recorder, she copies everything we say(the last word of each sentence anyway). the other day i told the kids to pick up their toys and nani said"toy, pick up". it was cute. and mason is starting his last quarter at cal state san berdo-HOORAY! and he'll only be gone one night a week-more time at home to work on my honey-do list right?! oh, and we had such a lovely weekend last week when we visited randy, ashley and randy james in encinitas-i don't remember the last time i had such a nice weekend-thanks guys! hopefully we'll get some pics. posted here soon. have a lovely(i like that word) spring week and don't forget to watch conference- and if you happen to be in our neighborhood on sunday, stop by for some brunch-it's going to be good!