Payne Family

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Cross country...Chloe

My beautiful niece did awesome at her cross country meet!

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Another tooth lost!

This kiddo is keeping the tooth fairy busy!

Sunday, August 14, 2016

San Rafael Valley part 2

Just a couple months shy of being married to this man for 10 years...hoping for many decades to come together!

traveling the back roads, along the border, toward Parker Canyon Lake

there is a rainbow in this picture, do you see it?

Parker Canyon Lake

Love how they retrieve the stick together!

We ended our adventure with a yummy dinner in Sonoita! What a wonderful day spent with my little family. We can't wait to go back!

San Rafael Valley- part one

Spending the day exploring in the San Rafael Valley

My hubby!

Lily enjoyed the outing...

The boys built a dam...

Jakey!

Mason, Lily, and Jake enjoying the water

Thursday, August 11, 2016

First day of school

Brandon is now in 2nd grade with Mrs Thacker!!!

Mason is starting Kinder with Mrs Stephenson!!!

Mason is very excited to ride the bus!!!

Brandon humored me with a smile!

"Bye Momma, love you!"

Mason lined up and waiting for the bell to ring, no tears this time around!

Mrs Stephenson greeting all of her kiddos!

1st day of school 2016-2017

Mason waiting at the bus stop, he is excited to ride the bus to school for his first day of Kinder with Mrs Stephenson

Brandon, an old pro at riding the bus, is excited to see his 2nd grade friends!

Mason (and Momma) was all smiles! Ms Debbie is our bus rider again this year. Mason is familiar with her, as she always waved to him when we waited with Brandon at the bus stop!

Alli, being a sweet big cousin, came to check on Mason before the bell rang!

Lining up for class... (from the left: Anthony, Maddie, Addison, Elias, Riley)

The bells has rung, kids are filing in, and no tears were shed!!!!

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

The boys found this baby king snake on the back porch, right between the sliding glass door and window! He stayed for a couple days but finally moved on to find a new home. Thank goodness because I really didn't want him to make himself to comfortable on the porch!

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!