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.

no. 4

yippppeeee! we have another one on the way and we're so excited-i didn't think i'd get pregnant this soon(especially without the clomid, seeing as it took a year to get pregnant with nani) this is a wonderful blessing for our family and we're truly grateful. the kids (and mason) are already calling him(yes they say it's a boy) tau(we're naming it tautagi if it's a boy-if it's a girl her name will be luana). i see the dr. next week so i hope i can get a better idea of when the baby will be here. oh- and tiare called me today-she's pregnant too! this will be no. 5 for them and so congratulations to the terrills! we love you guys.

monday, monday

what a lovely weekend we had! grandpa, grandma, and glenna came for shawn's graduation and we had a wonderful time with them-thanks for the fun guys! mese and sila could hardly wait for them to come and they can't wait for them to come next month for mason's graduation-yippppeee!!! it's always nice to have family over and it's always a hard thing when they leave. congratulations to shawn for graduating from law school and to darcy too. it's difficult, i think, to have to work your way through 3 more grueling years of intense schooling. but it helps to have a super wife who supports you through it all-so kudos to you both and we love you! (and orin too of course). well, on a sour note, the stinky, hot weather is here-yuck! the only thing good about it is, the pool is open-yeah! some relief for us. tip for the summer: eat more otter pops to stay cool-or you could try these really good popsicles dixie got; they're blue bunny pomegranite cherry-yummy!

mother dear i love you so...

mother's day turned out to be fun. i did have to do sharing time in primary, but it was fun. i really only wanted two things for mother's day. i wanted to eat crab and i wanted my bedroom to be cleaned(it's difficult keeping my room clean when i share it with mason, aka makes lots of piles) in any case, i was spoiled and got both-and then some. sila made me some beautiful cards with her name and handprints and footprints, and she did it all on her own-she told me she did it when the sun went down and everyone was sleeping(that would explain the numerous red marks on her hands and arms i saw in the morning and weren't there when we went to sleep the night before.) mese also wrote me a lovely letter wishing me a grate mudrs day(kindergartner speller). and he also wrote me lettler from nani-too cute. they gave me some delicious german chocolate and lots of gum. my sisters and dad came over for dinner and we had a scrumptious feast of coconut shrimp, tri-tip roast, green salad, fresh mango, strawberry,and pineapple salad and of course my crab-YUMMY! oh and baked plantains which i love so much. and for dessert, island sorbets from costco-yes i'd say mother's day was pretty darn good. i also got lots of yummy chocolate from my sisters and a mini muffin tin which i tried out today. i hope all the wondeful mothers i know had a fantastic mother's day-you certainly deserve it!

valid question

apparently with all the talk last week about mother's day, sila was beginning to feel a little left out...

sila: mom, when's mother's day?
mom: it's on sunday.
sila: (after a moment of silence) when's father's day?
mom: next month, in june.
sila: (after another pause) well, when's it going to be sister's day?!

a valid question i thought.

"not good buddy"

conversation in check out line at albertson's yesterday-

melina: (to mason) hey, what should we make for dinner on sunday?
mason: what's sunday?
(melina glares at mason)
mason: are we feeding the missionaries? someone coming over?
melina: HELLLLOOOOO!!!!! MOTHER'S DAY!
mason: oh, yeah- i got it taken care of-don't worry. (???)
melina relates this conversation to the check out lady to which she responds,
"ooohhh, not good buddy!", and melina agrees.

sila keeps telling everyone(it's a secret of course) that she's getting me a new pack of gum(hhhmmmm-maybe it's because she keeps taking gum out of my purse and devouring it at record speed)...i take that back-she used to take gum out of my purse, until she got the spacesaver in her mouth so now she can't chew gum. nani has discovered that she enjoys taking gum out of mom's purse-still not cute, so i gladly welcome a new pack of gum sila girl!