Sweet Sixteen Girl

Maria turned sixteen!  We went to the Denja ranch to celebrate with them.  It's the first time we've seen the whole clan since we got back from South Carolina.  What a great day it was!

Birthday girl

Paulina gets into the act

We caught Isabel

Carmen posing

Mateo loves to ham it up

Paulina was not making strange to us

Acrobats

Paula toasts the sunshine

We caught Raul after a snack

Mike the grill master

Time for cake!

Honored guests and sisters

Sis and friends look on

Presents and cards

Mama Leighanne

Maria loves Paulina

Grandma Paula admiring her grandchildren

Grandpa Raul "Joe" looking good

Paulina hams it up with Grandpa Bob's hat

Backyard fire for the evening

We did real damage to Grandma Paula's fruit melon basket

Peter and Mikey stayed the night and enjoyed the newest Lego set

Easter Bunny and Egg Hunt

The Easter Bunny visited us early.  So, the Mason girls will get two visits when they get their second one tomorrow when they get to Aunt Erin's.  Here is a summary of this bunny appearance.

Some things were found in the baskets

Some other things were left by the bunny outside

The loot gets inspected

It was a pretty good haul.  What can be left for the bunny to leave in California?

Easter Eggs and Cookies! With a dash of Mazie in Facetime

The Mason girls stayed over a night before they left to visit Aunt Erin, Uncle Mike and cousin Mazie in San Diego.  Ever the great project person, Grandma Rose helped them paint eggs and make cookies.

 Look at my hands!

 Look at my egg!

Guess who gets to clean up?

Maeve and the girls love seeing Mazie and Erin on Facetime

We got to have a Facetime visit with Mazie and Erin

Grandma Rose starts the process

"You like mine?"

Paintng the cookies

Grandpa did a little

Aaron missed the action

Taking a break

Maeve and Grandma Rose get into the act

Frosted cookies

Maeve's artwork

Soccer Monsters!

Kendall and Avery are both playing their first year of soccer.  They've had a couple 'practices' and a couple games.  Here are some representative pictures.