Mason Makaio Farley, born May 26, 2009. Weighing in at 9 lbs 3 oz and 22″ long. It was an easy pregnancy and easier birth…it only took us a few years to get him here!
1 year ago
5 Months
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Watch out parents…read the shirt. Mason is now a toddler and ready to take on the world.
Last night was our ward (Church) talent show, in which all four of us played an important role.
Tia was in charge of the entire show and put in a lot of effort on the logistics, food, scheduling, etc. She also MC’d the entire evening.
Kalani has been in a kid’s choir for the past year and took the opportunity to showcase some of her talent by singing Deep in the Heart of Texas.
As for me (and Mason), I saw this as a golden opportunity to pass on a tradition to my first born son: performing Ice Ice Baby. This was my 4th performance, and I thought it would be good to get Mason up there with me near the end so he could work on his stage presence.
Age 14, Ice Hair in Full Effect
His Eminence
My resume of Vanilla Ice performances now stands as follows:
I would try to say my wife made me do this because she was in charge of the show, but there’s no hiding it… I was born for this.
So without further adieu, here are Kalani and Matt, doing what they do best.
My brother Robbie called me up and asked if he could come hang out with us for a week. He was moving houses at BYU-Hawaii, but there was a week difference from moving out of one house and moving into the other. So, of course I said yes. I love having my brothers visit…I get to put them to work for me. While Robbie was staying with us I “made” him mow my lawn, paint my house and baby-sit. When will he visit again…I have more rooms that need to be painted!
Such handsome boys stay under our roof!
A few homeschool families wanted to go camping for 3 days/2 nights. I don’t remember saying that I would go, but some how my name ended up on the list saying that I was attending. So I thought, “Why not, Kalani will have fun and we will make some memories.” When I told people I was going camping at Lake Livingston I would say, “I know I am crazy, you don’t need to tell me.” Yes, I took an almost 11 month old and a 6 year old camping BY MYSELF…Matt had to work.
Kalani LOVED camping. She talked about it for 2-3 weeks straight. And whenever she saw the other moms that would be also going to camp she would show/tell them of her excitement. We took a walk to the lake to figure out where to go fishing.
Kalani tried out fishing…but she pulled out the hook after 2-3 minutes and would try to cast the line again, but it would just get tangled. Fishing just isn’t her “sport.”
Mason also enjoyed camping. He LOVED his sister’s camp chair, which didn’t make Kalani very happy. He LOVED being with the kids and seeing the dogs the other families brought. He also went on a swing and LOVED that…pure joy!
The best part of camping…sitting around the camp fire and singing, playing games and telling stories. Almost all of the kids that went camping are also in a homeschool choir. Here the girls are singing and doing the motions for “Chapel of Love.”
This life is all about making memories good or bad, so I will probably do this again…camping with the kids while Matt is at work. You don’t need to tell me that I am crazy…I already know that! But next time I will be sure to bring an air mattress and hopefully Mason will be walking!
Kalani lost her first tooth today. She bit a carrot about 2-3 weeks ago and that made it loose. So, while she was playing a video game it came out. She is very excited for the tooth fairy to come visit her. I guess Kalani is going to be loosing teeth while Mason gets his teeth in. So from now on Kalani is going to have a hole in her smile. And I am sure the hole is just going to get bigger since she has another loose tooth!
