The Pumpkin Patch

Not knowing how much longer the nice weather would hold out, Amanda & I took Mya out to a local pumpkin patch on Monday evening. She was very curious about it all. She checked them all out. It was so cute to watch her thump on 'em and try to pick them up. The pictures say it all so I will just leave it at that.

Playing Catch-up

Binge Blogger Malson is back! But I am caught up now. I started with July and had planned on only posting one month a week so everyone had time to read them without getting confused, but Mya took a long morning nap, so I figured I would put my free time to good use. It starts with September and works back to July. When you get to July it will have another intro, sorry for the redundancy.

Playing Catch-up - September (BSU Football)

ESPN's College Gameday came to Boise State for the home opener against Oregon State and we were there to enjoy the festivities. It did make for a long day of tailgating though.

Boise State opened their season against Virginia Tech in D.C. and since we are saving to buy a house we decided to pass on this trip. We still cheered for our Broncos at Mark and Carla's house with the rest of the family. Go Broncos!!!

Playing Catch-up - September (Trouble)

Mya has learned that we keep food in the pantry, not just paper bags and the broom. She also figured out how to open up the saltine cracker box.

Look who figured out how to open the dishwasher. Now if I could just get her to unload it while she is in there. Needless to say we keep it locked at all times now.

Playing Catch-up - September (McCall)

Over Labor Day weekend we joined the Malson family at the cabin up in McCall. This was the first time Mya had been up there and she had fun hanging out with her cousins, playing in the water, riding the boat, and going for walks. Mya's favorite part of the whole weekend was playing in the stairs. We do not have stairs at our house and she thought she was in heaven with 2 diferent flights of stairs to crawl up and down.

Our hous is pretty quiet in the mornings, so she enjoyed playing with Jayten in the morning while we made breakfast.

We lucked out and Saturday was warm enough to play in the lake. The water was too cold to go swimming, but we played on the beach and built sand castles.

Mya and Jayten did get to hang out in the tube for a little bit. She was very upset when I made her get out.

Playing Catch-up - August

If you watch the news on a regular basis you are probably under the impression that the sky is falling and the economy will never recover. Well August proved to be quite different in our eyes. On August 13th Robertson Supply officially opened The Pump House. A seperate location here in Nampa dedicated just to selling pumps...irrigation pumps, home sprinkler system pumps, you name it-they got it pumps. They had a HUGE grand opening celebration and several hundred people came out to celebrate and congratulate them on their new venture. I am so proud of Jared and all this hard work helping get this project off the ground.

Contrary to popular belief, the real estate market is doing quite well too. As a business development rep, I am usually out of the office more than in it, but in August I spent a fair share of my days in the closing room helping people sign their packages. With the combination of low interest rates and realistic home prices now is the time to buy and people are starting to realize it. It is fun to be busy again! To top it off, my event planning business is starting to take off and I had a wedding in August too. I love this thing we call life!!!

Playing Catch-up - Mya's 12 month photos

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Playing Catch-up - First Birthday!

Mya Grace Malson turned the BIG 1 on July 28th, but we celebrated with a backyard BBQ a few days later. It was also a celebration for Jared & I, for surviving the first year of our first child. Lord knows the learning curve was high, but he always gave us the grace and wisdom (and ability to go to work with no sleep) right when we needed it. Thank-you to all our family and friends who laughed both with us and at us as we stumbld through being new parents. It is so worth it. We love you Mya Grace!!!

Mya has made the best little friends at daycare and they were there to help her celebrate the milestone. Lots of family made it over too.

She really enjoyed ripping into the wrapping paper and shredding the tissue in the bags.

"You Grow Girl!" was her birthday party theme and mommy had a little too much fun going all out for the big day. Our friend Melissa made a giant cupcake for Mya and daisy cookie cupcakes for her guests. As you can see below, Mya knew exactly what to do with it.

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Playing Catch-Up!

Binge Blogger Malson is back! I know I have been off-line this summer, but Mya is so active now and I didn't want to miss anything. I told myself when I got pregnant that I was going to be a mom that participated in her life, not just narrorated her life. Well, Jared & I have definitely been particpating this summer. Wow, she keeps us busy!!! Because I am so behind, I will keep this short and sweet...cliff notes.

July - Fun in the Sun

Mya loves the water so we spent countless hours in the backyard playing on the slip-n-slide. Mommy & daddy, even uncle Zeke & aunt Amanda, got in on the old school fun this summer. She would crawl up and down just giggling and giggling.

The park is always a good time and Mya loves the swing.



The zoo! Jared & I thought it would be fun to take Mya to Zoo Boise this summer. She loves animals and gets very excited to see the cattle and horse and both her grandparents' house, so why not. Ummm yeah, she thought we were there to see all the kids. She spent the majority of the day talking to all the other children walking by..."hi, hi, hi!" It was pretty cute though. The tiger was the only exhibit she seemed interested in. She would point at it and say "rrrhhhrrr."