Sunday, July 26, 2009

Mothers With Style

If ever a woman had style, this one does. I first met Amber back in our early married days in our BYU ward. Of course one of the first things I noticed about her was how gorgeous she is. Just look at her fabulous hair. And she always looks so stylish! (So do her girls. And although they are beautiful all on their own, I'm pretty sure their perfect hairstyles and coordinating outfits are courtesy of their mother.) When I first visited her apartment, I realized that she is also an awesome interior decorator. And that is not something that is easy to do in an apartment on a limited budget! I also found out that she has real style with creating scrapbooks. You should see the things she comes up with! (My scrapbooking attempts are rather pitiful in comparison.) But those are not the reasons that I like Amber so much. She is just such a nice, fun, easy going person. It is a real joy to be around not only her, but her family. Her husband and daughters are just as great as she is, and we feel so lucky to know them!

Well, Amber has another amazing talent. She is a phenomenal photographer. She just recently started a photography business, and if you live in Arizona, you are very lucky. If not, see if you can plan a trip to Utah when she might be in town. We lucked out with not only having the chance to have Amber take some family pictures for us while she was here, but also to have her fun family stay with us for a day. It was so much fun to visit and catch up. Just look at these cute kids!

Amber & Josh make taking family pictures easy and even fun. It was really one of the best experiences we've had, and believe me when I say that our family has had a LOT of family picture taking experiences! You can check out some of the other fabulous pictures Amber has taken at her photography site or her photography blog.
Thanks again Amber & Josh for coming to stay. We're so happy to call you friends!

Monday, May 25, 2009

Happy Birthday Tyler!

We have an 8 year old!


I still remember so well the night he was born and made me a mother. How has it possibly been eight years since then?

We like to have cake twice a day for birthdays around here. Coffee cake for breakfast and birthday cake for dessert.


Tyler had a special treat this year. His grandpa was able to be in town for two days, and one of those days happened to be his birthday! These kids adore their grandparents, and getting to go birding, swimming, and to the store to pick out a present (or two) with Papa was almost more fun than he could handle on his big day!

The fun didn't end there...even though it was already more fun than should be allowed to fit into one day! Tyler invited a few of his friends to go bowling with our family. We all had a blast. Andrew and I had a little competition, which boosted both of our usual scores a bit (he won); Tyler & Robby made some awesome shots (is that even correct bowling terminology?) and showed us their cool moves; and Annie outscored every person there (except her dad)!

And just so you can laugh a little at our expense, Andrew decided to take a few action shots of our bowling skills.

Check out the concentration!

How can such feminine delicateness outscore everyone else?!

We're so lucky Andrew makes so much effort to be there for the kids' birthdays for as much time as possible. His presence is really what makes the day so great!


And in going along with our 'theme' of not having any theme and just throwing in as many different things as Tyler loves into one day, here is the BYU cake he asked for!
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Ty, I love you so much bear. I'll always be so thankful that Heavenly Father sent you to me. You made me a mother, which is the greatest thing I could ever hope to be. Now I'll keep working to be the best mother I can possibly be, because you deserve all the best. I am so proud of your pure and tender heart, your desire to learn new things, and the way you loyally protect those you love. I love you so much!
Love always, Mom
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

This is AP, signing off for now

[Disclaimer: Post by Andrew]

Okay, this is the last time you'll have to hear from me for a while... was that sigh of relief from me or you? ;-)

Becca works so hard, and this past week has been so crazy busy, that I told her I'd post some pictures to catch up the blog. Done and done. Now you can go back to the cutesy clever posts you're accustomed to :-)

Hopefully you'll enjoy the pictures and remember that we're grateful for our friendship with all of you.

Over and out.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Annie's 3rd Birthday

[Disclaimer: Post by Andrew]

Time sure flies way too fast for me when I spend time with this little girl -- I can't believe she's 3!

The day she was born...


First birthday...


Second birthday...


Big girl now -- 3 years old!

Waking up to PINK balloons


Painting her nails with Mom


Opening some cards over breakfast


After lunch, a quick "date" with dad to play games at Chuck E Cheese






Birthday party at cousins' house


Excited about birthday gifts

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Climate Change -- Please change!

[Disclaimer: Post by Andrew]

So, Al Gore swung by Utah to plead his case for climate change recently... I just wish he would have left some of his global warming with us!

I woke up today to over a FOOT of snow. I'm done shoveling the driveway for the year. It's April 16th for crying out loud! I opened the garage and hit the gas to plow right over the snow. Fortunately the roads weren't too bad and by the end of the day all the roads, drives, and sidewalks were completely clear (Good thing, or somebody would have gotten hurt. I don't know who, but somebody...)

So here are a few pics from the crazy day!







Sunday, April 12, 2009

Easter Sunday

[Disclaimer: Post by Andrew]

We had a great Easter Sunday. All our siblings in the area (each of us have two in Utah) came over right after church for a nice dinner and Easter festivities. It's so nice for us all to be able to spend holidays together. Here are a few pictures...

Kids ready for church...


Anna Mason and Tyler


Gwen Mason and Robby


Annie found some eggs in the back yard


Uncle Rob does a lesson for the kids about Easter


Family... isn't it about... TIME? :-) Nothing like a walk on a beautiful day after a family dinner. We all look pretty darn happy here!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Robby's 6th Birthday

[Disclaimer: Post by Andrew]

Robby is the first to have his birthday during the busy Pincock family "birthday season" (four birthdays in six weeks). He's a great kid and had a great birthday, full of fun, family, friends, presents, and of course his favorite... treats.

Before I share a few pics of the current birthday, here are some from a few years back (basically since we've had the digital camera... you know, when we emerged from the stone ages)

Robby turns 3...



Robby turns 4...



Robby turns 5...



And now for the main event... Robby turns 6!

Waking up to balloons is a tradition that Robby loves:



Breakfast of birthday boys... coffee cake -- yum!



Spent some birthday cash on a skateboard



Played a few games at Chuck E Cheese with Dad & Tyler



Lego party at the house with cousins and friends



Card from Tyler



Lego cake with friends

Friday, April 10, 2009

Hairstyles of the not so rich or famous

What do you do when your kids really need a haircut?




(April 2008)



Well, you could take them to a professional hair stylist...




Or, you could save some money and do it yourself at home!



(March 2007)


When you do it yourself, you can end up with the hairstyle you want...
(March 2009)



(March 2009)
Yes, we actually did take our children out in public like this. But what good is it being a boy if you can't have a mohawk every now & then? And what better place to go looking like this than the zoo? Plus, we found it pretty hilarious when we met up with our cousins there and saw that they were sporting a unique hairstyle of their own. (Cousin Anna had a date with Grandpa that night-curlers were mandatory!) You can imagine the looks we got.
Don't worry, by church time the next day, everyone looked more like this...plus a couple of shirts!
(March 2009)