Mecham Family: August Happenings--2014

I say this every time, but I can't believe August is already over and we are in to September. August was the last real month of summer and we definitely made the best of our last days of summer. Here is a little of what we did during the month of August.

1. I took lots and lots of pictures of these two little favorites of mine.

2. At the beginning of August Amy and I took the kids to Flowserve to feed the ducks. Mason loved every minute of it. He would feed the ducks then run back for more bread. Mason managed to step in every sink hole there was and he stepped in a large amount of duck poo, but his muddy pooy shoes didn't keep him from having a great time.
After feeding the ducks we met Stacy, Canyon, Oakley, and Jack at McDonald's for lunch.

3. Spent a night giving Mason and Tanner 4-wheeler rides in the orchard.

4. Tanner learned to sit in the Bumbo and he loves it.

5. One night Mason lined up all his trains.

6. Got rid of all the concrete that was in our backyard. The project ended up being a huge project because there was about 15 tons of concrete that we needed to get rid of. Ryan was able to borrow a dump truck (which Mason loved) from work and we hauled 2 large loads of concrete in it to a dump. Mason loved having the dump truck at our house over the weekend and he loved being able to ride the tractor with grandpa. When he wasn't riding the tractor with grandpa, he would stand at the top of the deck and watch the action from above. This little Mason of ours is truly ALL BOY. He loves his big trucks. Whenever he sees one he'll say in a gruff voice (like Tim on Home Improvement) "Oh wow."

7. At lunch at the shop where Mason enjoyed riding the fork lift with grandpa.

8. Spent days at the pool. One day we happened to be the only ones at the pool, it was so fun!

9. Tanner loves watching movies.

10. Went to the mall to let Mason play on the tree house. A young man asked Casey if he could draw a cartoon picture of Casey. We ended up playing on the playhouse for about an hour so Casey could get his picture drawn.

11. Spent a Friday afternoon at the Springville Splash Pad with Stacy, Amy, Lin, and Meg.

12. Enjoyed Friday night drinks, movie, and popcorn.

13. Celebrated Garrett and Bud's birthday.

14. One morning I saw a police car that kept going up and down our street. At one point he stopped at a house across the street got a gun out of the back of his car and started sneaking around the house. I kept watching, but soon the police officer got in his car and drove off. About an hour later, there were about 5 police cars across the street. Come to find out a cougar was found in the backyard of a house across the street from ours. I'm happy it was caught and I'm relieved it died on the way to the animal shelter--I was a little nervous it might find it's way back down to our neighborhood again.

15. Casey surprised me with tickets to Phil Vassar at the Scera. Casey got us front row seats! We had a great time, by far the best concert I've been to.