4 Months Home.

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Mason is doing great in his transition. We are continually seeing his personality come out!

He understands most of the things that we say but he is hasn’t been too interested in talking. Tonight, Scott was trying to get him to say book. Mason say book. Mason signs book. Mason say book. Mason signs book. Finally, when Mason was really ready for me to read the book he looked at Scott and pointed out the door. He does say dadda, momma, car, more, choo-choo, tickle, Jessie and hi. He is signing all the time and has too many to count.

He loves all things that go. Planes, trains, cars, buses, tractors, etc. He also loves to point out wheels wherever we go. We love it when he goes on and on about a truck on the road or the UPS van. Sam calls it Chinese baby jabber. We have no idea what he is saying but it sure is cute:)

His favorite time of the day is when his brace/shoes come off. He raises his hands and says Yah! It is so cool to see him scoot around without the restraint of the shoes and brace. He is tolerating putting pressure on the bottom of his feet and stands for longer periods of time now. The doctor in Greeley is really happy with his progress and so are we. It really is such a miracle to see how his feet have progressed. Yah!

He has celebrated Easter, Independence Day and a birthday with his forever family. Every first is such a treasure for us.
We love you Mason!

4th of July pictures~ just 1 day late!

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Every year, I try to take a kid picture on July 4th. Always a fun time for pictures! We spent most of the day at the pool yesterday so I didn’t get a chance for a picture with all the kids together. This morning when we arrived home from church, everyone was still clean, the sun was shining and smiles were in abundance, soooo we snapped away. Here’s what I got. The individuals are along the side. I guess I really needed to switch out the Christmas pics 🙂

Brotherly love

Samuel~7 Alice~6 Paige~4 Mason~2

5th of July, 2009

4th of July

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Take me to the water.


Sam loving his soda pop. This doesn’t happen very often.

Longtime friends, The Youngs. We always have fun together.

Scott and Alice taking a break to eat lunch.

Scott and Mason waiting for the boat races to begin.
Scott and his relay team finished 1st.

Sam and Ellie paddling through the water as fast as they could. Unfortunately, their little boat capsized (many times).

Getting ready to race!

Chips are good!

We had an awesome day hanging out at the pool. It is always fun to spend the day with friends. We ended our 4th by watching fireworks at the Air Force Academy.

Have a fantastic weekend!
Jennifer

Mason turns 2!

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Mason practices blowing out his candles. He put the first round out with his fingers. Obviously, his first time with candles 🙂 He finally got the hang of it and had fun blowing them out.

We have a family tradition of wearing birthday hats on everyone’s birthdays, young and old. Sam and Paige were having fun finding new ways to wear their hats.

Mason enjoying his time out of shoes and brace. He is standing at his new sand and water table. He is beginning to stand on his feet more and more. In the beginning, he did not like that sensation of standing on the bottoms of his feet.

Happy birthday, sweet boy! We love you and can’t wait to celebrate so many more birthdays with you!

Love, Mommy, Daddy, Samuel, Alice and Paige

Happy Day

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HEY! Who left the door open?

Today was a fun day. As always, we started out our day at the pool with swim team practice. After practice, we ran a couple errands; toy store, library, home. Once we had completed our errands, we headed back to the pool for a dip. I had thought we might stay for an hour or two but we ended up staying all day, not arriving home until 4:00 pm. Sam and Alice spent most of their time jumping off the diving board or riding the slide. Paige and Mason spent the majority of their time grazing on snacks and splashing around in the little pool.
After dinner, Scott took the three older kiddos to the skate park. The pictures he took were hilarious.
Enjoy the pics, there is something for everyone! Have a great short week! Looking forward to the 4th of July!

Hangin’

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Mason and Kyra hangin’ around, having fun, swinging. Kyra’s parents were our travel companions and adopted Kyra on the same trip. They were such an awesome support, along with the other couple in our group. We were so blessed to be able to lean and rely on each other at such an exciting and stressful time. Today was Kyra’s welcome home party so we traveled up to Westminster, just west of Denver, for her party.
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This morning, I logged some more miles up on Barr Trail. I ran up the trail for an hour and then came down. It was a gorgeous morning and a great way to start the day! After my run, we headed off to church. All around a fantastic day!
Love,
Jennifer

Alice Turns 6!

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Our sweet Ladybug, Alice, turned 6 on Monday. She had a few days of celebrations~that is how the Wescotts roll. Birthdays tend to stretch out to near a week of fun!

Saturday, while camping, we celebrated with cupcakes. Sunday, she opened presents from Scott and I and her Grandpa Jerry and Grandma Marilyn and had ice-cream. Monday we played outside with chalk and the kids ran in the sprinkler. We celebrated after dinner with cake and ice-cream. She opened the rest of her presents Monday night, presents from Grandma Peggy and Papa Gary and cousins. Tuesday, she received a present from her best friend Abby.
She started tennis lessons this week and has started jumping off the diving board at the pool. She has become very independent. Our shy girl has definitely come out of her shell.

Happy Birthday Alice! We love you!

Love, Daddy, Mommy, Samuel, Paige and Mason

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It has been a busy week for us. Monday, Scott left for Roswell, NM for 3 days so I was on full time kid duty. Mason went to Greeley on Tuesday for a check up on his shoes and brace. Wednesday, Sam had a swim meet and then he and Alice had their annual well-check. Sam did really well at his meet. He swam the 25 freestyle, 25 breaststroke and relayed a 200 medley. I was so proud of his relay because he swam with 9-10 year olds and had to swim a 50 free. He had never swam that far without stopping and he did awesome. Tears were streaming down my face, so proud. His next meet will be next Wednesday.

Sam and two of his team mates (and class mates).

Love to all,

Jennifer

Camping at Chalk Lake

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Chalk Lake

Sunday we arrived home from our fist camping trip of the summer. We camped at Chalk Lake with friends, Kristin and Doug, and their three children. We really love to camp even when it rains 🙂 I left for camping on Friday at noon and Scott met us at the campground around 8:30. Our site was right on the banks of Chalk Creek, which runs through a valley at the base of Mt. Princeton (14,197 ft.).

The creek next to our campsite. We have had so much snow that the creek is well over its banks.

On Friday, we hiked around Chalk Lake and watched the kids play in the creek. They had so much fun making dams, skipping rocks, getting really wet and exploring in and around the creek.

Of course, we always end the day with smores. Yum!

Mason’s first breakfast outdoors. He really seems to thrive when we are doing something outside, be it hikng, biking, camping, etc.

On Saturday, we woke to grey skies. In the morning we went on a beautiful hike to Agnes Valle Falls. Agnes Valle (late 1800’s) was an explorer who loved hiking in the mountains of Colorado. While hiking Mt. Princeton in the winter, she fell and died. They named the falls after her. Hmmm. Anyway, I digress. The hike was nice and there were plenty of rocks for the kids to jump on and sticks for whacking…er, walking. After the hike, Scott took the kids fishing at the lake. Pretty quickly after they left, it started to rain. As I was pulling camping gear under the canopy, Scott was trying to keep kids dry and happy. They didn’t catch any fish but they did give it a good try and only got slightly soaked. After gobbling down lunch under a drippy canopy, we decided to pile into two cars and go to St. Elmo, a nearby ghost town. After a couple hours of steady rain, we decided to pack up camp and head for home. Just as we were pulling out the stakes on the tent, the sun made an appearance and we changed our mind. So, we pulled everything out of the car and started dinner. We filled up on Frito pie and Jiffy Pop and were very happy to see the sun.


Sunday morning we woke to warm air and blue skies. We celebrated Father’s Day with breakfast burritos. The kids gave Scott their present, a t-shirt with a tie painted on the front. They were very proud of their work. After packing up, we headed down the canyon to the hot springs. The Mt. Princeton hot springs have four different natural pools and one really fun slide. All six of us enjoyed that slide. Mason cracked up the whole way down. He loved the water and was pretty upset when he had to put his shoes and brace back on.


Check out that fancy tie. I asked Scott if he wanted us to make him a t-shirt for every holiday. There was no reply, just a look. I guess I will scratch that idea.

Like I said, we arrived home and man was I tired. Mason and I were up, on and off, the entire Saturday night. I didn’t realize it until we got home, but he was cutting a molar. After camping and swimming, we were all exhausted.
Have a great week!

Jennifer