Black Eye

It's official!!

Mason has received his first black eye. Yesterday afternoon he was playing outside with our dog, Bruiser, and he slipped on the ice and fell down and landed on the side of his head and now he has a nice shiner!

He was pretty upset about it last night when we told him that he was going to have a black eye because he thought that his whole eye was going to turn black even the whites of his eye! He was pretty upset about what the kids at school were going to say to him, but we told him to just tell them that if they thought he looked bad that they should see the other guy and he thought that that was pretty funny. It doesn't look to bad today, but it is pretty tender to the touch. He landed pretty hard!! Poor Kid!!

Mason with his Shiner!

Serena-Bo-Bena

Yesterday while I was at work at the school a little girl named Serena in Mason's Kindergarten class came up to me and told me that Mason had been calling her "Serena-Bo-Bena." I had to try really hard not to laugh as I explained to her that he was teasing her and calling her that because he liked her!! Well Serena's face got really red because she was extremely embarassed, so I went and told Mason to quit teasing her!

I can't believe that Mason is already at that age where he has crushes on the girls in his class! However, if he is going to have a crush on one of the little girls I am glad that he chose Serena because she is so sweet and just absolutely adorable!!

He also came home the other day and told me that Hannah was his girlfriend. Hannah is a girl in the fifth grade!!!!! I asked him why he thought that Hannah was his girlfriend and he said because she is nice to me and everytime I say hi to her she says hi back.

I think that I am definitely in trouble as Mason gets older!!

Happy Birthday Jose!!

Today is Jose's 26th birthday so I just wanted to take a minute and wish him a happy birthday! We were planning on going out to dinner tonight, but it started snowing and the wind has come up so its drifting pretty good so I think that we are going to stay home and just enjoy each others company. We might go down to the Stockade and have dinner and maybe rent a couple of movies and pop some popcorn.

Happy Birthday Jose!! I love you very much!

Lost Tooth

It's official! Mason has lost his first tooth!! He has became such a big boy, I can't believe how fast he is growing up. I wish that I could turn back time, but I guess that I just need to let him grow up.

Mason with the space between his teeth! It looks like he has lost two teeth, but the tooth in the middle is leaning in because it is ready to come out as well. It may actually come out today if we work at it a bit.

Christmas Pictures

I finally got around to getting the Christmas pictures off of my camera. Here are some pictures of Mason and the rest of my family on Christmas day.

Mason and his awesome Santa gift! Santa was pretty good to Mason this year. Mason received this awesome new saddle which fits him perfectly and he should be able to use for quite a few years. He was so excited!!


Jose and his Jiffy Jack! This is his Christmas present from me. This will allow him to change a flat tire on our horse trailer or camper a lot easier. He won't have to use a standard jack at all. He was really excited about this gift! The things men get excited about!!!


This is my Christmas gift from Jose. I have been wanting a bike so that Mason and I can ride bikes together during the summer so Jose surprised me this year. I really like it and can't wait for the snow to melt so that I can use it!!


Mason's electric guitar!


Mason rocking out on the new electric guitar that my parents bought for him. It will teach him how to play the guitar plus he can do karoke on it. He absolutely loves it! Mason is totally into music so this was a perfect gift for him.

Whitney caught trying to drink her pop. I couldn't resist snapping a picture of her.


Brandon & Mason fighting over Mason's new Boise State Broncos hat. Brandon loves to tease Mason!



My brother, Brandon, with his new freeze brand that my parents had made for him.

Biopsy Results

I finally received the results of my biopsy on Friday morning. My doctor had been out of his office on vacation since the 24th and he finally came back on the 2nd. I called him first thing on the Friday morning because I couldn't stand the waiting anymore. He was swamped with people calling him and paperwork, but he gave the receptionist the okay to give me the results.

It said that it was a breast tissue mass which was NON-CANCEROUS!!!!! I am going to talk to him on Monday because I still want to know whether it was just a blocked duct or whether it was actually a tumor and how I need to procede in the future, but at least for now I know that its not cancer which means no chemo or radiation.

I am glad that for now this is over and done with. I am feeling good except for a little soreness and bruising. I am ready to go back to work after having two weeks off. I think that Jose and I got on each others nerves a bit and it will be nice for me to back to work. I really missed the kids that I work with and it will be nice to see them again.

I hope that everyone had a nice Christmas and a safe New Years.

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to take some time before the day started and wish everyone a Merry Christmas! I am so thankful to have each and everyone of you in my life and I just wanted to let you know how important each one of you are to me.

This has been a very rough year for me and I want to thank each one of you for sticking by me and being there when I needed someone to talk to or a shoulder to lean on! You guys have been the absolute best!! I couldn't ask for better friends or family!! Hopefully next year will be a better one for me!

I hope that everyone has a wonderful day with their families and enjoys what the holiday season is all about. Being with the ones that you love!!

Merry Christmas to all!!

Lacey