Oooh---- HaPPy HaLLowEen!!!

Today was one of the warmest days we've had, up to 73 degrees! Perfect for those little spooks and goblins out trick or treating!! I spent some time with Doug, Linds and Izzy on Main street in Bountiful. The merchants hand out candy, some are dressed up, others read stories but most just hand out a lot of treats for the kiddies! Izzy had a pretty great time!

Lickin' her little cat lips, can't wait to get to that chocolate candy!!

Izz and her dad listening to a crazy story! Looks like the storyteller kept them BOTH interested!!
Lindsay and Cooper dog watching the lady tell the story, haha!

The cute Benson family, another Halloween for the books. Thanks guys for letting me tag along!

Then I headed over to Suni's place to catch Max and Luke, oops, I mean Batman and Batboy, before they started their night of trick or treating. This is what I found, oooooh scary!!

Such a darling little bat, Suni was just thrilled that he would put the costume on AND leave it on!

Ooooh, big bat wings!


Max was a very convincing Batman!

Suni and her cute boys!

As long as Luke had a sucker in hand, he knew it was ok to have on a bat costume!!!


Whoa, what a wing span!!

The cute boys and their darling "witch" momma!! Happy Halloween kids!!

Janetha, Marshall and Penny had a great Halloween party and other festivities this past week - here is Miss Penelope Jane - what a cute lady bug!!

Of course, Marshall is a milkshake......and cute Neef is a lovable bumble bee with Penny the "bug"!

I will let this photo speak for itself!! Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Lu-Lu Girl turns 5 Today!!!!

Happy, happy birthday to our Lucy girl!! Today she is 5 years old and so very excited for her special day! We are lucky to have such a cute 5 year old grand daughter in our family.

Lucy loves to help and make others feel good. I was the recipient of a great "medicure" on one of my trips to Dublin!

Lucy absolutely loves to go to the beach, swimming pool, water park, just about anywhere there is water or sand to play in! She likes to dig in the sand, Uncle Doug and Uncle Mike even buried her when we were at the beach last year!

Lu LOVES her sisters! They can be the very best of friends whether it is watching Sofi's shows, jumping on the tramp, riding scooters and bikes or just paling around the house - she is a good big sister and a great little sister!!

Lucy has the best big brown eyes!! We also are pretty impressed with her darling dimples!

One of the most endearing things to me is that Lucy can put anything on her head, whether it is a hat, headband, barret, clip etc. and look so totally darling - she also can pull off any style of clothing and yep, you guessed it, look darling!

We love you Lucy! Have a super terrific birthday today, eat lots of cake and ice cream, have fun opening and playing with your presents - this is YOUR special day!!! xoxoxo Papa Randall and Nana Sue

Alison May........turns 31!

Here it is, Suni's 31st birthday! I thought it would be fun to take you all down memory lane for a minute and let you know at least 31 reasons why I love my Suni May............

1. She is an absolutely great friend to ALL, family and friends!

2. She really, really loves her family (even though some of us are totally crazy)!

3. She was and still is a wonderful missionary and isn't afraid to stand for right!

4. She has a beautiful singing voice and loves to be in the choir!

5. She is a terrific example of service to EVERYONE!

6. She totally 100% absolutely hates these little and/or big critters: (see below)!

7. She is beautiful, every part of her--even those darling knees :) !!
8. She loves Mike right down to his cowboy boots!

9. She is a fun and involved mom to 3 of the cutest most handsome boys I know!

10. She loves to make lists, get the job done and then cross it off!

11. She is SO organized!

12. She is kind and generous with her time AND talents!

13. She is absolutely the craftiest gal I know - and the craft project is always CUTE!

14. She shares her wisdom and life lessons with others!

15. She loves vanilla ice cream!

16. She is strong willed, when she makes up her mind she can accomplish anything!

17. She loves to travel and be on the go!

18. One word - pedicures!

19. She is surrounded by wonderful friends!

20. She is a perfectionist and it shows in her home and her life!

21. She can plan and pull off great parties!

22. She can get more done in a few hours than most can in a few days!

23. She has a strong testimony of the gospel!

24. She is patient - especially with her cute kids!

25. She plays the piano and loves to listen to good muscians!

26. She is a "mean" Scrabble player!

27. Laculator, embasserate, lenomade, engerny, cafilornia, energency.......and on and on!

28. She can decorate her home on a "dime" - and it looks beautiful!

29. She loves those cute little Peeps candy - anytime of the year!

30. She has a gorgeous smile and her eyes twinkle!

31. She is a terrific wife, mom, sister, daughter and friend, what would we ever do without our Suni!!!

Happy birthday to you Suni! I am so happy to be your mom and friend. I count it as an incredible compliment to have people say I look just like you! Thanks for your love and friendship and all you do to make our family unit so complete!!

Lucas is 2!

Here he is, Lucas Jay Mason my youngest grandson!! As you can see in this photo his hands, both of them, are full! He ALWAYS has something in his little hands, Lego parts, sticks, little action figures, larger action figures, and yes an occasional straight pin........I do believe the house is almost pin free!! :)

This darling little guy is so expressive. When he comes to our house he always points to his shirt, I notice and say something about it, then he points to his pants, I notice and comment and then he likes to show me his shoes, I of course comment about them too!!

In fact he LOVES to sleep in his cute camo crocs. He has certain routines and he makes sure who ever is looking after him knows what comes next!!

We love you Luke and are so glad you are 2! You are a sweet and lovable cuddler - I don't see any of the "terrible" twos anywhere near you.

Happy, happy birthday!

Love and hugs :)

The Santa Fe Trail!

I've been trying to post about our trip to New Mexico for almost two weeks! I really need a tutorial about the whole photo finding and uploading thingy......anyway, we traveled with Marc and Janet to Santa Fe for a few days of R and R!

We stayed at a bed and breakfast right downtown called the Territorial Inn, it was very comfortable and we were within walking distance of the Plaza and all the shopping!!


And boy did we shop! Randy and Marc were great sports, finding a bench or a concrete wall to relax on until we were ready to move on.

There were SO many sculptures, all over the place and I was forever having Janet take my picture by the burros, elephants, horses, turtles, etc, etc!! So enjoy the endless photos of ME and my animal friends!!

Janet with a real American cowboy!

Darling little girl with her puppy, if I didn't know better I'd say it could be Janetha and her little Penelope Jane!!

I love taking photos of flowers, here we are near a beautiful daisy tree/plant at one of the art galleries, they have miles and miles of art galleries!!

Wouldn't this cute gal be darling in my front garden? I could have had it for a mere $14,500 (I think they would have shipped it for FREE!!)

Incredibly beautiful sunset, taken from the car!!!

Here is the Rio Grande Gorge!!

Here we go - what do you think my Body for Life before and after - front and back, no?!!

Yummy, yummy food! Randy ordered this French Onion soup and they served it with 4 spoons, it was funny because he typically does not order food to share (we let him have it all!)

Here I am with my very favorite sculpture, a old raggedy horse outside our bed and breakfast. The last night we were there Marc and Randy turned in early and Janet and I did even MORE shopping! I needed my photo by this guy to round out my photo album. I got a great idea to get ON the horse. Janet is a great sport, she had to give me a boost onto the horse. We laughed so hard and could only imagine getting arrested and then having to call the guys to bail us out of jail! Fortunately we got the photos and scurried back to our rooms!

Well I think I have about 20 or 30 more sculpture photos, but you get the idea and besides I need to get to bed!!

What a great time we had, good friends, good food and good fun!!