My Angels

Aren't they precious!

Just a little Moss Madness

Justin was kicking back and enjoying a little NCAA March Madness with Mason. I thought they looked cute together.

Spring Cookies

I made these cookies for some friends birthdays. I thought that they were fun for spring. The other day when I was making these it started snowing pretty hard -Ya gotta love spring in Idaho!

What a Pot "Luck" Dinner!

Friday evening we went to a ward potluck dinner. When we got there, there was a bag on each table that said "Do you feel lucky?" and inside were all sorts of utencils to eat with. Justin is eating with an ice cream scooper, and Trace and his friend Cordon are eating with very large slotted spoons. I was pretty lucky becasue I had one of those small pampered chef spatulas (easy to fit in your mouth). It was pretty fun, and nice to get out of the house!

Our little mommy

Here is MacKelle playing house. She is the mommy and she has LOTS of babies and plenty of food for them. Do you like her pretty lipstick?

Here are some more older pics, this is Trace and MacKelle's pumpkins from Halloween this last fall. Trace got to enter his in his school pumpkin show. It was fun to see all the different kinds of pumpkins. MacKelle had to have a princess pumpkin (of coarse, what else?).

Here are some pre-blog pictures that I like. The first one is of Justin Mowing the lawn with Trace "helping" close behind. The second one is of Trace, Tyson (our next door neighbor), and MacKelle. I'm pretty sure that the date on the second picture is way off. I believe it was last spring.

Some more pictures of the kids.

Mason at Two Months

Well, he's growing. He is still not real smiley, but he sure gets lots of smiles. He is looking more and more like Trace to me. We're working on his night sleeping this week, and I think that we are all a little more tired for it.

MacKelle has pretty thick hair for a kid her age, so when I tried to trim it last time, well, lets just say that it wasn't all even. So MacKelle and I scheduled to get our hair done by a professional. Here is a picture of MacKelle's first Big-Girl hair cut. She did really good, and sat still for Kim, her hair stylist.

The Millimium Falcon Cake

This was a FUN Cake to make. I have to say, I was quite pleased on how it turned out. I used that marshmellow fondant again. The main part was cake, and the front and side is made with rice krispy treats.

Here are some of the kids from Trace's party. They are smiling because his candles keep re-lighting. We have learned from this party that now that he is in school, we will have to change our family's party policy. They will probably not have ones with all their friends from school every year. Maybe on the big birthdays. I don't have the specifics worked out, but I now know that 18 kids (not counting the 3 babies and some parents, who saved me by helping a ton!) are too many for our sized house, but it sure was fun.

Here is Trace blowing out his candles. We got those "Magic" candles that re-light themselves. The kids thought it was so funny. They were all blowing (and spitting) on the cake trying to get them to stay out. We had Yoda Soda to drink, with a millinium falcon birthday cake and kiddie sized ice cream cones. We made some light sabers out of foam pool noodles and had a jedi training exercise where they had to keep a balloon in the air (which was difficult because we went outside and there was a little breeze. I'd let go of the balloon and someone would hit it and it would go pretty far. All the kids (there were 18 of them) would chase after it. It was pretty funny. They seemed to like it though. We also had a Death Star Pinata. Because there were so many kids, we had them hit it with light sabers first so everyone would get a turn, then we got out the bat. It didn't last long. When it started to break a little and one or two candies would come out, all the kids would jump down to get them. It was fun to watch.

Star Wars Sugar Cookies

These are the cookies that we made for Trace to take to school for his birthday. He wanted Star Wars cookies. This is what we came up with. The little heads are made with that marshmellow fondant (I'm Loving that stuff). Sorry, I can't figure out how to rotate the picture.

Trace's Big Day

Trace's birthday FINALLY came. He thought it never would. He brought treats to school. Here is a picture of him handing out his cookies with his friends (Notice that he picked two girls to help him). One of his friends and him share a birthday, so they had double treats. In his class they give the birthday kid a birthday crown and a birthday bag. They also sing a birthday song with the birthday kid in the middle. Trace was cute, he kept putting his tongue inside his cheek so he wouldn't smile too much.

Brittney's Baby Shower cake

This is a cake I made for a friend who just had a little baby boy. She is a Young women leader in our ward and the girls threw her a suprise baby shower. This is the cake I made for her. It was pretty fun. I found a new recipe for Marshmellow fondant-super easy. If anyone needs the recipe email me.

Mason at 7 weeks

The time is flying by. Mason is now seven weeks old. He is starting to smile a little now. But he is still a pretty serious kid. He is good at making grumpy eyes at people. He always seems to scrunch his eyebrows together. He does a good Michael Keaton as batman, eyebrow thing.

Baby Mason

On Jan 25 this year we added to our family. Mason Rex (After Annette's Grandpa Harold Rex Streeter) Moss was born at 6:04 am. Weighing in at 7 pounds 12 ounces and measuring 20 1/4 inches long, Mason is our biggest baby. He has been growing well and is about 10 pounds now. He has been a wonderful baby. We are finding a routine that is working for us all. We told the kids that Mason's name is kinda like theirs; his nickname Mase rhymes with Trace and MacKelle and Mason both start with "M"s. MacKelle is a little mommy. She loves to hold Mason and kiss him. She has been very helpful since he was born. She has learned to answer the phone (as many of you know), she loves to try to entertain Mason and is great at getting Mommy things like diapers, binkies, blankets, etc. Trace is a little busier himself with school, so he's a little less focused on Mason. He still loves to hold him (Because he's "warm") and giggles when Mason gets the hiccups. Trace loves it when everyone tells him that Mason looks just like a little Trace. He's a proud big brother.

Hey Everyone, we're going to try this blogging stuff to keep everyone up to date. To start off, Trace's Birthday is coming up on the 19th. He decided to have a Star Wars Birthday. We have been busily preparing for the big day. Here is his Birthday party invitation. (Trace likes how this picture makes him look strong). I'll have to put some more pictures on as the big day approaches.