Hitting the Road

Max had a conference in Cheyenne, WY last week so we decided to make a family road trip out of it. Especially since we would be so close to Estes Park, where we went on our honeymoon. It is one of our favorite places to visit! 

We ate lots of awesome food on our vacation!

Here we are in the mountains we honeymooned in...8 years later!

We saw tons of wildlife!

We took Liam to Grand Lake Lodge. I have always dreamed of doing family vacations here when we had kids! 

They have these awesome swings all across the front deck where you can swing and watch the lake!

We will definitely be back with Liam for some family fun as he gets older!

We took Liam on his first hike in the mountains. Look at that face!

He loved every minute of it!

The Rockies are so beautiful! Definitely go if you get the chance. 

It got a little cold on top of the mountain...we were in heaven!

Of course we had to enjoy one last yummy breakfast before we headed back to South Dakota!

We can't wait to go back again soon! 

Teeth

On July 23rd our little peanut got his first tooth and by the 25th the one next to it was there too! Thankfully he took a little break from teething so his mommy & daddy could get some sleep. But just yesterday the drooling and gnawing on everything in sight started up again. Looks like another tooth might be on its way soon. He is just growing up so dang fast!! If my heart thought it might just explode from this kids cuteness before, adding teeth into the mix just took it to a whole new level!

4 Months Old

On July 16th my baby was 4 months old. How crazy is that?! We are loving every second of it though and are adoring seeing this amazing little personality come out of our little man. 

He is growing so fast and always wants to be on the go! He rolls all around, scoots, and tries to crawl! There is no slowing this kid down. 

At his 4 month check up he weighed 15lbs 15.4 oz and was 25.75 in long. We are 99% sure he will be taller than his mama and daddy someday. 

He talks all the time, especially when he is eating rice cereal just to make sure mama has something to clean up when he is done. And he is always laughing. Cutest. Thing. EVER!! 

Our happy little peanut!

Reading books is the best!!

He likes to be on his feet and moving all the time!
Here he was helping daddy finish the basement. 

Hanging out on the boat tires him out. 

Look at that face. Heart melter!

He is just figuring out the crawl! 

The pool is still his favorite place to be!
We even got a little one for the backyard now. 

This smile brings us more joy than we ever could have imagined!

I don't know how we got so lucky. We praise God for picking us to be Liam's mommy and daddy every single day.

4th of July

Happy 4th of July from the Masters Family!! 

Here are some pictures of how we spent our 4th of July. I didn't get any of the fireworks over the river because I was too busy enjoying them. 

It was a wonderful day spent with our little water baby, my parents, and my Grandma Marge. 

We hope you were able to spend the day making memories with the ones you love! 

Mommy's 1st Solo Trip

When Max had to leave on to go fight fires in the Black Hills on June 28th, Liam and I headed to Chamberlain for the weekend. It was my first solo trip with Liam but he proved that I had nothing to worry about. We spent the weekend swimming and fishing to keep our minds off of missing Daddy. 

Liam had so much fun on his first trip to the pool! 

Testing out the water. 

Swimming with Grandma.

We never stopped missing Daddy tho...

We caught tons of fish!

Liam loves fishing with Grandpa!

We were so happy to have Daddy back home on Sunday! We sure miss him A LOT when he leaves!!

Father's Day 2012

We had so much fun celebrating Max's first Father's Day with a camping trip. Mama & Liam got Daddy a new tent so we can spend many more weekends camping together. Liam also got Daddy one of our favorite books, "Just Me and My Dad". Those two love reading the book together already!

If you can't tell from the pictures Liam thinks he has the most amazing Dad in the world and he is absolutely right. I spent so many years waiting to see this man as a Dad and he has been even more amazing then I ever could have imagined. It makes my heart swell with pride to know Liam will grow up with a Dad who loves him, leads him by faith, and will always put him and his Mom first. 

Max is such a blessing in both of our lives. We love you Daddy! 

Liam's 1st Camping Trip

On Father's Day weekend Liam went on his first camping trip! We went to Union Grove State Park by Beresford, SD. It was our first time camping there and we really loved it. We are hoping to go back there in the fall with my parents and do some tent camping. 

Liam loved watching the camp fire. It put him right to sleep!

Mollie still loves camping too!

Our boy was all smiles like usual!

We went on a hike with Papa Bob. 

More smiles!

The Masters' boys got to spend Max's first Father's Day together. 

There was lots of time snuggling Grandma too. 

Liam loves the outdoors as much as his mama & daddy. Camping is only going to get more and more fun as our little man grows up!