Trip to the Zoo

My parents came down last weekend, and we took Mason to the zoo for the first time. The weather was beautiful, so it was the perfect day to be outside. Mason liked watching the other children about as much as he liked watching the animals. His favorite animal was the camel. He oohed and ahhed as the camel just sat there and chewed. It was rather boring to me, but I loved watching him get so excited. He did that with a lot of the animals, but none as much as the camel. My favorite, as well as Jonathan's, was the monkey who jumped to the top of the fence and started urinating. All of the spectators scattered very quickly! Overall our trip was great, and we were definitely worn out after being there for 5 hours. That night we went home, cooked dinner, and watched the OU game. It was a fun weekend!

Mason got super excited to see the baby monkey!

Jonathan looks like he could be one of the animals!

Mason was obviously excited for the game!

Halloween

This year was Mason's 2nd Halloween, but his first to dress up. On Halloween night we went to our small group party. Most every couple wears costumes that coordinate, but not us. Jonathan was dying to wear his beloved Woopie Cushion costume. So, I dressed up as a fisherman to somewhat coordinate with Mason's shark costume. Mason's favorite activity of the night was digging through Justin and Allison's candy bucket. He didn't really eat the candy; he just liked to carry it around. I'm sure that will be the last Halloween that it works out that way!

Mason digging for candy!

Just the Beginning

I've been online looking at other people's blogs thinking, "Who really has the time to do all of this?" After looking at so many, though, I have come to the realization that it can't be that hard and that it would be a great way to keep friends and family up to date on how things are here in Texas. Mason is growing fast. He is almost 13 months old now and is a very busy boy. He is definitely enjoying the fall weather and playing outside. His favorite pastime lately is to go in the backyard and pick pecans with his daddy. He has so much fun and the pecans have been pretty tasty, too! He has also enjoyed going to a couple of pumpkin patches. We went to the one by our house last week and today we went to a more elaborate one with some friends from church. We had a good time. Anyway, that's all for now. Happy Fall!

Such a big boy!

Our little shark!