Halloween Fun 2013

This year for Halloween, my sister/brother in law had a party at their house so we joined in on that fun. The boys were not much better about getting a 'good' picture of them together in their costumes than the week before. Mason had fun trick or treating and Jackson had fun just walking around, up/down the driveway.

Happy Halloween from the Stroud's!

Trunk or Treat

Downtown Wylie puts on Trunk or Treat so we have made it a tradition to attend. Side note: but the morning of Trunk or Treat 2010 is the day we found out we were pregnant with Mason. It was so hard to not shout it from the rooftops that evening while passing out candy. To look back over the last 3 years and see how much we have changed is such a blessing. Who would have known 3 years ago that we would have 2 adorable boys to dress up each year. I couldn't be more thankful if I tried. Back to this years Trunk or Treat. We dressed the boys up as sharks, Barrett was an injured surfer, I was a life guard. I can not take credit for the idea as I saw it on Pintrest previously.

Here are some pictures from our night:
I think this might be the best picture we got from both nights dressing up (Trunk or Treat & Halloween)

 Mason was not happy to have to take a picture with his bubba. All he wanted to do was run around.

 Surfer 'daddy' and his precious little sharks. These sharks are too cute to want to hurt anyone :)

As cute as the boys looked from the front in their costumes. I think the back and the way it looked as they were walking away from you was much cuter. Especially Jackson he waddled in his, and it was just the most adorable thing I have ever seen.

 

And finally, I will leave you with Jackson just being his handsome self. I could just eat this face up!

1 year photo

After his party we tried to get some birthday pics. Here are just a few of my favorites:

We LOVE you sweet boy and I can not begin to believe that you are already 1! Mommy, Daddy, and Mason love you to the moon and back and so very happy you are a part of us. Happy first birthday!

State Fair 2013

On opening day we took a family trip to the State Fair of Texas. Big Tex burned down at the end of the fair last year so they rebuilt him 'bigger and better' this year.

 

Our first stop of the day was the checking out all the new cars. Mason loved sitting in the drivers seat in all the cars that Barrett looked in. This picture just kills me, he already looks so old and grinning to be behind the wheel. Hold on boy you still have any 14 years before that happens.

He loved checking out the cars so much he was not the happy camper when we had to get back in the stroller and leave.

We had lunch next, we got corny dogs and I figured I would just share mine with Mason. Well he could have eaten his own, lesson learned for next year. Your 2 year old can eat an entire corny dog, dont try and share one with him.

Up next we went and let him play a game. He picked a duck from the water, not much of a challenge but he felt like he was a big deal for picking it. The only problem is he didn't want to stop taking them out of the water once he got done with his 'turn'.

We did some more walking around just enjoying the day trying some new fried food.

 

We saw this story time was about to start while walking by so I thought we would stick around and wait for it to start since Mason loves reading/books so much. It was so cute and I am glad we waited for it. Mason sat on the little carpet and even got up and participated with the other kids. I might try and start taking him to a story time more often. 

After some more walking around and eating, we decided to call it a day as it was getting dark and the kids were getting tired since they had only napped in the strollers. We had the best family day at the fair and I hope we now have a new family tradition: going to the fair on opening day

Until next year Big Tex