Mason Family

Evie!

2012-01-28T17:02:00.000-08:00

Just some cute pictures of Evie because I like to show her off!

Evie loves to watch and listen to Jacob sing and play his guitar! She will just sit and intently listen and she gets excited and will start kicking her legs.

Here is Evie with the flowers Jacob bought me for my birthday!

We like to go on walks so we went to visit Dad at the school! I love her little snow out fit her Aunt Alysha and Renee bought for her. Her arms don't quite fill it out so it kinds of looks like I am just carrying around a doll :)

She loves her Daddy!

So we have found that Evie loves her room! She is always so happy when we go in there! Thanks to my mom and all her hard work sewing everything and helping me pick out the fabric! It is so worth it to see how much she loves all the bright colors.

So about two weeks ago I was letting Evie have some belly time and unexpectedly she rolled over! I thought it was a fluke but later that day she did it again but then when Jacob came home she wouldn't do it any more so I thought it was a fluke twice. Today she proved she could do it again. I put her down and she was there for about two seconds and then she rolled over. I kept putting her on her belly and she rolled over 5 or 6 times so we finally got it on video!

Well to make a long post short....we love our little girl!

Jacob's Triathlon

2012-01-28T16:47:00.000-08:00

So Friday night we are hanging out with some friends and someone for some reasons mentions there is a mini triathlon at the school the next day and the entry fee is only $5 so what does Jacob do? He enters of course....no prior training....the sole goal of just finishing....and what happens?....

He takes first in the swim for his heat.....
Then he gets to the bike and....it was close but he again comes in first.

Next was the run, and the only one who beat him was this guy who...well lets say he looked like he had been training for something like this for quite some time. Evie and I got to go and cheer him on and we were so proud of him. He completed a 300 yard swim, a 5 mile bike ride and a 3k run in 34 minutes and 17 seconds. Remember this was with no training...pretty awesome if I say so myself! There is another one in February that is a little longer so I think he is going to try train for it and compete again!

Still standing at the finish line!

Blessing Evie

2012-01-28T16:35:00.001-08:00

We blessed Evie on January 1st in Sandy. It was a really neat experience and made me appreciate having the gospel in our lives even more than I could imagine! It was amazing to hear the beautiful blessings Heavenly Father has in store for our little Evie. We can already see a little of her personality but things said in the blessing let us see it even more and realize the incredible potential she has. I'm so grateful Jacob is a worthy priesthood holder and was able to give her a name and a blessing. I am also so grateful for all the great men who stood in the circle, it is so reassuring to know Evie has so many wonderful examples of what good men are so she can make a wise decision when she has to choose a husband to take care of her. I am especially grateful for all her grandpas and papas who would already do anything for Evie! It was pretty amazing to look around and see all of the people surrounding her and know that will always have people to look to and rely on. Thank you so much for everyone who came and for everyone who she gets to look up to!

Christmas Break

2012-01-13T14:50:00.000-08:00

We had a great a great Christmas break! It was nice to not have to worry about school for a little while and just spend time together as a family. Jacob's parents and brother came home from Hawaii and his grandparents flew in from Oklahoma. It was the first time any of them got to meet Evie so it was really fun. We rented a house up in Idaho next to some hot springs and spent a few days before Christmas out there. We had a good time, relaxing, playing games, and spending time with family! We also took some family pictures and Alysha and Renee bought all the guys black sweaters to wear and all of the girls got pink scarves. Here are a few of the pictures we took!

It was freezing out side so we had Evie wrapped up tight and took the blanket off for just enough time to snap a picture then we ran back inside :) We took some more inside so we could have more time.

We did Christmas at Jacob's parents house and had a great time, then we went down to Moab to spend some time with my family. Jasmine and the kids were down so it was great to see them! We have a great video of Jade doing a cute dance and Daxton pulling out his tooth by tying a string to it and a door and then slamming the door shut. I would share the videos but I'll have to ask Jasmine first or maybe she will put them up on her blog! Anyways it was a great time to see so much family and have a break from school!

First Week at Church

2011-12-07T20:44:00.000-08:00

We must be the luckiest parents in the world! Evie is a perfect little angel! She loves to sleep and make funny faces. She hardly ever cries (only if she is hungry...which is totally understandable) and will sleep at night for 4 to 5 hours sometimes. She is a little sweetheart and we love her so much! I can't believe she is almost a month old, time goes so fast, but we are trying to enjoy every minute of it!

Evie Christine Mason!

2011-11-20T16:43:00.000-08:00

She finally came! She was only a day late but it felt like a lot longer. Jacob and I have been so ready for her to come and were getting a little impatient. Here are a couple of my last pregnancy photos.

36 Weeks

38 Weeks

40 Weeks and 1 day! Right before we left for the hospital.

I started feeling contractions all Saturday night and then by about 5:00am they started becoming more consistent but still about 10 minutes apart. We just hung out at the house all morning and enjoyed a movie and some breakfast and then headed for the hospital at about 1 pm because the contractions were coming about 5 minutes apart.

We had the whole hospital to ourselves so we walked laps around it for a while and they let me eat ice chips...yeah, great huh? The doctor broke by water at about 3:00 and then it was just a waiting game. I guess Evie just wanted to wait to the very last minute! We started pushing at about 8:30 and Jacob was a great coach a huge help to keep me going. she was finally born at 11:05 on November 13th, 2011!

It was an amazing experience and I feel like it is impossible to put into words all the emotions I felt when I got to hold her! We are both so grateful we get to have her be apart of our eternal family.

Everything went really really well, our doctor was fantastic and the hospital staff was incredible. Since we had her so late on Sunday night they wanted to have us stay until Tuesday. Jacob was a trouper just hanging out for two days at the hospital and waiting on me and Evie hand and foot. He is the most amazing man, husband, and father.

Our first family photo right before we left the hospital!

She is the sweetest little girl we could ask for! We are so blessed to finally have her here and able to hold! Life a really good!

Fun Projects!

2011-10-02T08:34:00.000-07:00

Here is our new rust bucket! We bought it a while ago for really cheap and Jacob has had a good time trying to fix it up a little bit. It runs great and passes inspection, it's nice to just have a beater truck to use for odd jobs. It's makes me laugh because we have gone on a couple of motorcycle rides and my sister-in-law was wondering if all the vibrating made me feel like I was going to go into labor but the truth is...the motorcycle is a very luxurious ride compared to the truck!

We aren't sure how long we are going to keep it but it is fun for now. It would be a great project for Jacob if he had an extra time to spend on it! Now that is Jacob's kind of fun project and here is what I think is a fun project. I guess just the difference between men and women!

Here is the start of blocks to hang in the baby's room. Eventually they will have the baby's name in block letters, once we decide on a name, that is! I'm very excited about the baby's room I think it is going to be very cute. My mom and I went and bought fabric and she is making me a whole matching set of things for the room, I can't wait! I am also sanding down an old rocking chair we got from a friend but I haven't made much progress on it yet. Hopefully the baby doesn't come for a little while longer so I can finish all the fun ideas I have.

2011-09-18T11:37:00.000-07:00

Really there are other things going on in our life than just my growing belly but we are really bad at taking pictures of those other things. Two weeks ago we got to go to Moab for the Holyoak reunion. I was so nice spending time with family and spending time on the mountains. I miss that place and all those people! It was a really good weekend other than our car broke down and we ended up having to tow it back to Salt Lake so we could get it fixed. I think Caleb posted some pictures of that trip on Facebook if you would like to see that adventure. Other than that we have jut been trying to stay on top of work , school, and the apartments and get ready for our little girl to come. Here are some pictures of the belly and pictures from our ultrasound at 31 weeks.

30 Weeks

31 Weeks, yes that is her hand and her big toe on her forehead:)

32 Weeks and a few days! We are getting closer!

2011-08-24T20:22:00.000-07:00

Life has been crazy, but crazy good! We got to spend a week down in Moab and we were able to be there for Titan's blessing. Now we are back home, the Seniors just moved out of our apartments and we are working hard to get ready for the students to move in on Friday. We are starting school again on Monday and both of us will be working as well. We will be very busy but we are enjoying life and are so excited for our baby girl to get here in November. Here are a a few more pictures of my ever growing belly.

25 Weeks

28 weeks

All good times but the best news is....

2011-07-06T10:43:00.000-07:00

TWO IS TURNING INTO THREE!

We are excited to announce we are having a baby girl! She will be here around November 12th and Jacob and I couldn't be happier.We have waited a long time for her to come and would love her to be here now but I guess we can wait until November. And maybe it will be a good thing she isn't here now because we still have no idea what we are going to name her. Here are a few of the fun pregnancy pictures so far as I get bigger and bigger.

This is 10 weeks

This is 16 weeks

Here at almost 20 weeks

And finally just yesterday at almost 22 weeks

First Motorcycle Trip

2011-07-05T13:58:00.000-07:00

So it took Jacob two years to talk me into it but he finally convinced me and we bought a motorcycle. It only took him another 6 months to get me to go on a road trip on the motorcycle :). We headed out with Jacob's parents and some of their friends to Bryce and Zions National Parks. This is the whole group before we headed out.

This was one of the most pretty road trips I have ever been on, we took back country road almost the whole way. Sorry I don't have any pictures, silly us came with a dead camera. Luckily we did bring the charger so we only missed the first day. The first night we stopped in Escalante and stayed, it's just a little town but has a little tribute to the pioneers who came through hole in the rock, which was a lot of my family, so that was neat to see.

Next we drove through Bryce Canyon National Park, it was a pretty chilly day and the higher we went the colder it got, but luckily this was about the only time the whole trip I was cold.

The lookouts were really breath taking and made me feel very grateful to be able to live in such a beautiful state.

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The crew all geared up

The next day we headed over to Zions National Park, Jacob and I have both been there before but we both decided it was much better driving around on a motorcycle. It just seems like you could see everything so much better and neither of us really wanted to leave.

We decided to go on a little hike to an overlook.

Jacob just can help but do a little climbing along the way.

It was a really fun trip and now I am much more comfortable on the motorcycle, we can't wait to get the chance to go on another trip!

2011-07-05T13:30:00.000-07:00

So it really hasn't been 6 months sense my last blog because we are just so boring there is nothing to blog about...it's quite the opposite actually. We have been so busy with lots of fun things but I only have time to fill you in on a few. First is Jacob's trip to Alabama. He joined the Baja Team at Utah State and spent hours and hours and hours and more hours (but I'm not bitter about how much time it took at all....can't you tell :)) No but really, I am really proud at how hard he worked, and in my opinion the car would have never gotten finished if it weren't for Jacob and all his hours. After all their hard work they got to go over to Alabama and see how well their car was built.

2011-01-29T14:34:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

I have found that I don't really do much typing on the blog so I thought for a little bit of a change I could a tad bit more typing and a little bit more narrative on how are lives are going.

Life is so good for Jacob and I, we have been so blessed and continue to be blessed. Right now both of us have the opportunity to be going to school full time and working towards a degree. I will hopeful have my Bachelors degree by next year and Jacob will have his Masters in 3 years. We currently both have employment opportunities as well, I get to work from home and Jacob is working for the school. Also we have the great blessing of managing apartments while we attend school. This can be stressful at times but really has been such a blessing to us. All I can say is life is good!

This year I turned 22 years old, wow does that seem old or is it just me. I have surpassed all of those ages that I waited so long to get to. Like turning 8 and being able to get baptized, then 12 when you were finally a big kid and could go to young womens, or 13 when you officially become a teenager, or even better 16 when dating could begin, then 18 when you can sort of call yourself an adult, and then 21...wait what could I do at 21? Never mind, it just seems like I had been looking to all of those time frames that it is kind of strange to now have another life changing age come along until maybe 40 I guess. It is so exciting to think what could happen in then next 18 years. I really have no idea where we will be but I am excited to see where life will take us.

My friend Felicia made me this cake for my birthday, isn't it beautiful, just looking at it you would have thought it was a really expensive cake we bought from a store!

Thanks Felicia!

Jacob bought me a computer chair for my birthday, it is really nice because I was just using a hard kitchen chair. After sitting on one of those for 5 hours then sitting on the same uncomfortable chairs at the school for another 3 hours I was not a happy camper!

My new chair is wonderful, I might even like it more if we took it out of the box:)

We had several couples over (I tried to get a group picture but it never happened) and we all ate cake and ice cream and played games, it was a great birthday even if it was a boring age like 22!

CELEBRATING 2 YEARS TOGETHER

2011-01-05T10:02:00.000-08:00

January 2nd was our anniversary and I can hardly believe Jacob and I have already been married for 2 years. They have been the very best two years anyone could wish for, Jacob is an amazing husband and a great anniversary planner! This year we took a trip to Bear Lake and stayed for a night and went snowmobiling the next day.

I drove for a little while but didn't like it very much because I didn't feel like I had much control, which was true. Jacob probably liked it better when he was driving so we both knew someone had control! We went for a while and then stopped to have a little picnic up on top which was a lot of fun.

I guess we should admit, we did get stuck once but it only stopped us for a little while. I wish I had be able to record what Jacob said after we got out because he said it was because of my plan that we got it unstuck! And I guess if I am being totally honest, it was probably my fault that we got stuck in the first place but that's beside the point.
This was just a cave we saw as we were driving there. All in all we had a great time except for now my arms and back are pretty sore from hold on so tightly the whole time, but it was a great anniversary and we look forward to many many more.

Florida

2010-12-21T12:00:00.001-08:00

THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH

First Car... Look at Justin's hair!

Second Car... the girls look like their having fun...

but I'm not sure what face

Levi is making

Third Car....

I'm sad to say we almost lost Aaron

Most of the crew, yeah there were a lot of us and that picture is leaving some out!

We tried to leave them there...but they just had to follow us.

The Castle!

Harry Potter World!

So so so cool!

So cool I don't mind being a nerd, and letting

everyone know that we are Harry Potter Freaks!

Dumbledore's Office! The Hogwarts Express

Hogsmeade

It was such an awesome trip, it was really fun being there with everyone for a family vacation to visit the Webb family!

2010-10-25T19:40:00.000-07:00

Hawaii

Everything was amazing but this sail boat just really made the trip for me, I love being out at the end of the boat with the wind and open ocean!

The PCC!

This was our first snorkeling experience and they

had a hard time getting us out of the water!

This is one of the coolest hikes I have ever done! We hiked up all along the edge and it was gorgeous! It was really windy up at the top though!

There were many beach days!

Dole Plantation and a really pretty hike

Pearl Harbor

Sorry I put these on backwards so actually the first things we did are at the end of the blog, but I guess it doesn't really matter sense this blog is....well quite a few months late.

Messed Up Morph...

2010-05-23T21:39:00.000-07:00

So we found a website that predicts what our children will look like. However, we chose pictures that, well let's just say do no adequately portray us. We uploaded a black and white picture of Ashley ( I wasn't thinking about the color issue at the time) and a picture of me with a slanted face. Haha, tell us what you think...

We did it again with better pictures, but surprisingly our "baby" got uglier. Maybe we'll hold off on having children a little longer so I can mentally prepare to kiss that face...

2010-05-20T15:34:00.000-07:00

holyoak family pictures

We were cutting it pretty close, we just barley caught the end of the light :)

2010-05-18T20:36:00.000-07:00

Mason Family pictures

The whole group

JACOB AND I

The parents and the cute kids

We tried for a long time to get all of together and ready at the same time, and I guess it's true what they say...Good things come to those who wait. All the pictures turned out really good.

2010-04-11T17:52:00.000-07:00

Summer vacation!

If Jacob and I's summer jobs weren't fun enough we thought we should take a road trip before we

went back to Ephraim. We camped along the way and got

to use our camping gear for the first time.

We hiked up Angel's Landing in Zion's national park.

This is where we started, and way up at the very top of the landing ahead was where we were headed.

We even got to see a rock slide, we kind of missed it with the camera

but you can see the dust that was left over from it.

This is maybe half of the way up, it was a beautiful view the whole way.

This was all Jacob's idea.

This hike has a lot of switchbacks, and for some reason we ran up them. (I'm sure that was Jacob's idea as well)

We made it just fine...... our lunch on the other hand didn't fair so well

We were on top of the world. The rest of the vacation our camera battery died so no more picture. But we spent a night in Las Vegas and we also went and saw the Hoover Dam. It was a really fun trip and a good break before we headed back to school and work.

2010-04-11T17:32:00.000-07:00

My Summer Job!

I loved teaching kids to swim, it was the best job ever. Probably because it didn't ever feel like work.

It was alway rewarding the first time they jumped into the deep end.

It was really fun being able to work with Caleb all summer. He was a great swim teacher and the kids all love him. It is something that probably won't ever get to happen again but I'm so happy that we got to spend time at work together!
If teaching little kids wasn't enough I got to teach water aerobics! I used to think water aerobics was just for people with bad joints but I was wrong. That was probably the best shape I have ever been in. It was so much fun to work out with the ladies and push them to get stronger and stronger. I hope I will have the chance to do something like this again. And thanks to all my ladies who stood by even when I made them tread water when they thought they couldn't do anything else!!

2010-04-11T17:10:00.000-07:00

I planned a fun date on the one year anniversary of when Jacob and I met.

It included a few of my favorite dating memories.

First it was in the same place we had our first date. It brought back memories of how 'missionary like' Jacob was that night and how far away he kept the whole time.

I made a huge cookie with Ice cream on it.

(The same thing we did the second or third

time we ever spent time together)

It did look like a heart, be I didn't

think to get a picture before we started to eat it.

And we can't forget the countless number of sunsets we watched together.

2010-04-11T16:48:00.001-07:00

So most of you have probably given up hope of another post ever popping up on this blog but here I will prove you all wrong. But you should probably not hold your breath for the next one, so ENJOY!

Over the summer I got to go on one of Jacob's river trips. We went down Desolation Canyon and it was amazing, not only the canyon but getting to see my Honey at work! Man he is a tough man!

Whipped cream eating contest, I could have won but his mouth is bigger!

Jacob working hard to feed all of us!

It was a once in a lifetime fun time!

A look at Jacob's training in Westwater Canyon

2009-06-21T18:05:00.000-07:00

The Watchmen in Westwater Canyon...eerie looking dude!

Just put in for Westwater, I was hoping i would live to see another day at this point.

I somehow survived Westwater Canyon....YEEEHAAW! (VIDEO)

Swiftwater Rescue Training, sporting the wetsuit!

o-k-l-a-h-o-m-a

2009-03-15T19:08:00.000-07:00

Spring Break turned into a long road trip to visit Jacob's hick roots, this is what the trip amounted to:

Ashley giving...directions?

Somewhere in Texas.

Royal Gorge!

Tough Cowboys.

Ashley the Logger :)

Jacob the Climber :)

Love in a Trunk.

She thinks my tractor's sexy!

We had a blazin' good time with our grandparents, parents, and uncles!

As you can see most of the trip was spent clearing land, and getting poison ivy, haha, but we had a blast. We saw Cashion, where Jacob grew up, its a small town, smaller than our backyard, well almost. If you blink you'll miss it. We had good food at the restaurants around Oklahoma, the old family favorites, Blue Moon (chinese), CiCi's (pizza), Eishen's (best fried chicken and okra) - they came out with pickles, bread, and onions, no plates, fried chicken (yummy!), and fried okra, we also ate at Pops, a nostalgic restaurant built on Historic Route 66. It was a great trip, and we were sad to leave, but life goes on!

THE BLOG....

2009-02-27T14:24:00.001-08:00

So here I sit, Ashley away taking a test, with the assignment of fixing the blog. IT can be frustrating, I know I am a noob at this, but hey it looks decent now, and we have good music you can listen to now, so be happy! Well I don't have much else to say, it's the weekend, so maybe i'll get caught up on homework, but be excited Ashley and I are off to Oklahoma next week so that should provide a great post on the blog!

Photo Tagged!

2009-02-25T12:42:00.000-08:00

I GOT TAGGED!

Here's how you play:

1. go to your my document/my pictures

2. go to your sixth file

3. go to your sixth picture

4. blog about it

5. tag six people(no cheating!!!)

Ashley is embarassed, so I am writing this. Anyway, I was down in Cedar City visiting her and we were bored so we went on a date to a fun tepinyaki (however you spell that) restaurant then having no money, we decided to go play "dress-up" at walmart. I chose this lovely outfit for her to put on, the other pictures show a more wild side of Ashley (i'll let you use your imagination) but she got lucky with this one, it was a great date, cheap, fun, and has provided laughs even now. :)

Our Apartment

2009-02-17T12:09:00.002-08:00

This is our first apartment! It is kind of boring but luckily I have a great husband who was willing to bring it some character!

I love our green carpet, grandma furniture, and slanted ceilings!

Trip to Moab

2009-02-17T12:09:00.001-08:00

Jacob and I decided to take a trip down to Moab on Feb. 6th. We had a great time, and the kids always make it even more exciting! While the adults were all busy doing a puzzle all three of the children climbed into the cupboard under the sink!

How cute! We also went for a hike with all the kids and had a pretty fun time! It felt so nice to be outside and not have to wear a coat, hat, gloves, and three layers of pants! Man Ephraim is cold!

Wedding

2009-02-07T17:39:00.000-08:00

Jacob and I got married on Jan. 2 2009 in the Mt. Timpanogos temple. The crazy thing is that we had only met about six months before that. But everything worked out perfect and we were very ready to start our lives together!

It was a great day with a lot of our family and friends! This is a picture of everyone that came to see us at the temple.

My side of the family. It is growing a lot! And we will soon add one more in August when Cassie has her second child.

And now Jacob's side of the family! And my new niece and nephew that are just so cute!

And now we get to start our own family! I love that guy!