lovebirds tag! part 2

apparently only the first part of this post was saved so here's the second part starting with question #5.

5. when was "i love you" first said? mason actually told me he loved me when we were on our way home from a fireside and it was the night before he left for provo(mtc). i just thought, "ok, he loves me like a friend." but my mom and cousin tiare thought otherwise. but the second time around when we were dating, shortly after our first kiss, he told me he loved me and the following evening i told him i loved him too(it took me a day to think about it).
6. long/short engagement? mason asked me to marry him on feb. 27, 2001 and 5 weeks later on april 7th we were married-yeah it was a short engagement.
7. where did you get engaged? we were at my cousin tiare's house babysitting her little girl. mason made us dinner, afterwards he professed his undying love for me and proposed.
8. where were you married? l.a. temple
9. where was the honeymoon? hawaii! a bunch of members in our ward got together and sent us on a beautiful trip to paradise-we are so blessed!
10. where was your first home? yucaipa. we lived in a studio apartment, and we were only there for 9 months, then it was back to good old banning-home sweet home!

lovebirds tag!

i was tagged by amy so here goes-enjoy.

1. where did you meet? at church-my family moved here in 1989 and mason's family was already here, his dad was bishop. i actually don't remember when we officially met, but for sure it was at church.

2. first thing said? probably, hi.

3. first date? it was shortly after mason turned 16, i had not gone on a date ever, and he asked me out and we went to a high school play-not fun at all. i couldn't wait for it to end!

4. first kiss? ok this is the thing-mason has always liked me, since he was 12 and i never even looked his way til the summer of 2000-i thought....hhhmmmm, he's looking good! how come i've never noticed him before??? in any case, we dated for a few months, broke up, then dated again. the second time around after dating a month, came our first kiss. it was the huntington beach dance and i so wanted to kiss him but i knew he wasn't going to do anything so, there you have it, i planted one on him-the rest is history!

5. when "i love you" was first said? mason first told me he lov

lamese luis patterson, 6

happy birthday to mese! yesterday he turned 6 and we celebrated with a family dinner at our place. mese requested hamburgers and mac n cheese so that's what we had along with other yummy treats. mason made mese's birthday cake, batman of course. i think mason did a fantastic job. mese received lots of fun gifts. mese will be starting 1st grade in the fall and we are so thankful to have him in our family. mese is quite the artist, he loves to draw and he loves anything that has to do with super heroes(like his dad). he likes cartoons(like his dad). and he loves toys(like his dad). he is a blessing to our family and we love him a whole bunch! happy birthday son! (pics. soon to follow)

good times

wow! what a week-we've had frandsens visiting, randy & dixie & glenna visiting, 4th of july bbq with wilsons, and randy james' 1st birthday party-i chopped my hair off and yes-got bangs. so we've had a fun filled week with family, fun, and friends. we swam to keep cool and cousins enjoyed playing and just being kids. thanks for all the good times guys-we love you!
we're so fortunate to have good people around us who love us and take good care of us; thanks to our family and friends who've been so kind and supportive as we've been dealing with my miscarriage this week. it helps to have wonderful people around you who love you. we're doing well and trust heavenly father whole heartedly. thank you for all of your love and concern.
we're hoping for more, less than scorching hot days ahead-but i just heard that the humidity is not over yet-darn, so much for my bangs.
with family in town visiting this week, i've picked up a favorite habit-overeating. not too much though as before, so if i stop myself now, i can lose the five pounds or so that i've gained this week and it'll be ok. i guess it's back to smaller, more frequent meals for me. and walking.

family, fun, and fourth of july

the patterson household is up and roaring this week! frandsens are visiting this week and we are having a blast! it's fun to see the cousins together and christines's jambalaya and boston cream pie were delicious!!! we visited oak glen today and saw many beautiful peacocks-orin really enjoyed that. and the kids got to feed the deer-after elijah helped himself to some corn kernels-too funny. and we can't wait to feast with family and friends on the 4th-not to mention the fireworks. then we're off to encinitas for little randy's 1st b-day party-can't wait! happy fourth of july everyone!

hip-hip-HOORAY!!!

what a HUGE weekend we had-and we loved it! mason graduated on friday, june 13th with his bachelor's degree in liberal studies and we are so proud of him. it's been a long and sometimes not so pleasant road for us(especially for mason), but we've been blessed beyond measure through it all-we love you mason and we can't say it enough! and happy father's day to you too honey-you're the best in the whole universe! of course mason's parents were here this weekend to help celebrate and it was awesome as usual. they're always so supportive and loving-it's so hard when they leave. we really enjoy their visits. mason's party on saturday was a big hit-we love celebrating with family and friends so thank you to everyone who came to party with us.
so, because it was a long and sometimes hard road(12 years, but who's counting), i started thinking what i could get mason for a grad gift. surfboard, nintendo wii-these things popped into my head-then i thought-what does he really want above all else??? a trip to hawaii! so there you have it...we're going to hawaii in august and we're ecstatic! i definately think he deserves it-he's worked hard for it while working full time to support his family and everything else that's too much to mention here-just know honey that we love you tons! and thanks to nia & carrie, we'll be going to paradise without the kids-i know, we're soooooooo lucky! i just hope i don't cry everyday missing the kids. but i'm thankful for great family who support us and help out so much-what a blessing.

what's new?

what's new with us? besides pregnancy symtoms, there's much going on here at the pattersons. mason is working hard to finish strong as he approaches his last 2 weeks of school before he graduates-hooray!
mese is also working hard at school-i don't know if it's the weather or school's almost out, but he's getting a little mouthy with us-and i really don't like it(mason tells me he's a boy and he's growing-yeah, and?!)
sila is sila and she does her best to help with just about everything i don't want her to help with-so i guess that means i should be looking for things she can help with. she's very good with the babies(nani and orin) and i do appreciate that. although she does tend to eat up all their snacks and they don't like that.
and nani girl-she's funny. she likes to roll her eyes at us when we tell her not to-where did she learn that i ask? she's a girl of course- it's in her. she says 3 word and sometimes 4 word sentences and she still is trying to adjust to nursery. snack time's her favorite.
and me, well, i'm just trying to keep up with everyone. today, i did sharing time and it's hard enough that i'm emotional anyway, but now with the pregnancy, i'm a huge cry baby-it's horrible.
i just wish i could get through my thoughts before i start crying. i need to work on that somemore. i'm enjoying primary more and more, even with the bumps in the road that we get weekly. but i'm glad to be working with such capable people-and the kids, well, the kids are funny. never a dull moment-nope not in this ward/branch.
and so it seems that life is looking pretty darn good for us pattersons and we're grateful.