Payne Family

Saturday, October 4, 2014

October celebrations

Payne boys rock!

my proud hubby

the Payne brothers doing what they do best....

the Payne grandkids

Celebrating Grandma and Mason's birthday

October is the start of LOTS of celebrating for us but luckily all of us were able to get together to celebrate the October birthdays (except Aunt Gail). It's always tons of fun with all the kiddos.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

HaPpY OcToBeR....we love this time of year! The temps are cooling off, it's time to start decorating for the upcoming celebrations, and we get escorted to the bus stop by my favorite Ninja Turtle!!!!!

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Last swim of the season!!!

Of course, Brandon refuses to get into the pool despite proving to us at swim lessons (think indoor, heater pool) that he can swim (and put his head under water).

Mason still loves the water, even if it is a bit chilly!

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Boys...

close up...

Brandon loves to make, write, and read words. Little sponges...

Look out world, Mason is gonna be a dare-devil!

Daddy's chair

Everybody loves to sit in Daddy's brown chair....usually it is a source of fighting but these pictures happened to capture snuggling!

Monday, September 15, 2014

Silly Mason


Singing along with his favorite song on the radio, "...I'm getting drunk on a plane"		.

"Johnny Apple Seed"

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Kevin's Unit 1 Archery Elk

Chase and Kevin with the big kill! Can't believe Chase is smiling.

Chase and his pack mule helping to pack it out!

I usually forget to post pics from the hunts on the blog, mostly because he files the hunting pictures in a different folder that I don't think to look at! I can't do his hunting story justice so I'll let Kev tell it/post it but I do know he had fun spending time in his old stomping grounds with his family and friends.

Our family

Brandon is now a second grader! He continues to love to play outside, has a great imagination, and is still fascinated by how things work. Literally, how EVERYTHING works! He is quite the little camper and we are still pretty sure he will end up being some type of engineer!
He still likes to watch an occasional animated movie but is obsessed with the Science Channel, so if the TV is on and he has an option that is what he will be watching. His favorite shows are How It's Made, Build it Bigger, Engineering the Impossible, and more recently science shows about Space. He is still very interested in chemistry, space, and the ocean. His favorite book to read is any book in the Fly Guy series and he loves to be read to from all the science books we have collected. His curiosity is endless!!!

Mason is now in Kindergarten and will be six very soon! He loves to ride the bus, chase the girls on the playground, and be outside exploring. He is still my sweet, big hearted, sensitive little guy. He is still my little shadow (I call him my "Momma seeking missile"), and less and less often finds his way to our bed to snuggle in the early morning hours thanks to no longer napping in the afternoon. He continues to love all things with wheels, is an active kiddo, and still loves to wrestle with Daddy! He spends hours chasing after lizards (just like Lilly). He loves to watch The Ninja Turtles, his favorite movie is Hotel Transylvania, and his favorite book is just about anything we read to him (although he is less interested in space and science than Brandon). He is quite the dare-devil, never seems to need as much sleep as the rest of us, and is our little athlete!

Kevin and I have been married for ten years this October, we can't believe how fast time goes and how big our kiddos are getting. Kevin is still a dedicated hunter and is loving his career now that he switched engineering firms! I have spent the past decade plus working for the same hospital and love the flexibility my job gives me so I can be with the boys as much as possible!