HAVING FUN!

Hyrum and Matti (Mason's cousins) stayed the night with us. Mason loves those guys so much. They are such good kids. We all had a good time. In this picture they are watching the movie "Footloose" and they are trying to dance like they do in the movie. It was so funny to watch. They were really getting into it.

Lee was such a good sport to dance with the kids. He was just acting like a goofball, making fun of the whole 80's dancing thing. But they were sure havin fun.

Hyrum,Matti, and Mason hanging from our stairs. These stairs are so fun for kids. Its like mini playground right in our house.

Just the three of us! I have the best family ever. I love these two so much!

OUR POOR CAT

So two weeks ago our cat went missing. He was gone for six days. We thought for sure he was dead, because he always comes home at night and it was super cold the week he was gone. To our surprise he came home!! I was so happy I cried (hey he's part of the family). I noticed that his back leg was all messed up he would just drag it when he walked. I thought he got hit by a car or something. So the next day I took him to the vet. The Dr. said he was pretty sure that our cat was caught in a trap. Can you imagine having your leg caught in a trap for six days in -3 degree weather, with no food or water? It just broke my heart. He ended up having to get his leg cut off. He is doing a little better. I wish I could find the person who sets traps out, so I could tell them what I think of them.

FEELING NOSTALGIC

This picture was taken eight years ago. We had only been married a little over a month, we were living in a crappy trailer in Pocatello. And we had just recently found out that I was pregnant.

Okay, so I was not going to do a post for a while, but today I just couldn't stop thinking of my husband. Lee and I had a really tough start on our life together. We got married really young I was 19 he was 20. We had no money. Lee worked at a Chinese restaurant washing dishes,and I was pregnant and always sick so I did not work for more than a few hours a day at a home health place. I remember that we had a jar full of change and anytime we needed to go to the store, we would always have to count out our change. It was rough and to make it all the worse Lee and I pretty much fought non stop for the first few years of our marriage. Looking back on it I will honestly say that I really never thought we would make it. I know a lot of the fighting was my fault. The first two years of our marriage were honestly some of the hardest times in my whole life. But I wouldn't change them for a second. Going through that with Lee has only made me love him more. Him and Mason are the best things that have ever happened to me. I'm getting so choked up as I write this, because I have been so blessed to be Lee's wife. I am so glad that we have stuck by eachother through the trials that we have received. I do not regret one single day I've spent with Lee. Even though we still fight now and again, we have come so far and made so much progress. So thanks to my amazing husband for all the bad times and for all the good times. I will love you forever.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LACEY

Lacey i just wanted to do a post and tell you a few of the things i love about you and to tell you how much i love you.

This list is made up of the traits and actions that i love about you.

1. your rapist wit (sense of humor)
2 bowling on the wii with you
3. the way you act like a goofball when we go snowboarding
4. loving scary movies
5 hating chick flicks
6 loving Halloween
7 letting me see the q.t. (inside joke)
8 putting up the Christmas tree
9. getting all hyper when we wrestle("Come on, Come on!)
10 kicking my ass in pig. (it makes me humble)
11 being such a good cook.
12 playing old maid with Mason
13 looking so damn hot
14 that you love to run
15 taking care of Mason, feeding him, washing his clothes, just overall being a good mom
16 putting up with my music and even liking some of it (sublime, brand new)
17 that for the most part you hate country music with me
18 sexxx, yes that kind (notice the x's)
19 not watching soaps, sitcoms, and all those other soulless tv programs
20 i love that you are generally a very active person-running, swimming, snowboarding, volleyball,and such an so forth.
21 being such a good kisser when you want to be
22 being so damn hot

Well this is just a few of the things that i will say that i love about you. There is a lot more, but most of those things, i hold too close to my heart ,to share with just anyone on this blog. Lacey i love you and happy birthday.
Lee

Mason hard at work!

Okay, don't think we are mean but yes we make Mason run on the tredmill(we talked to the doctor and he said it was fine).We only have him do this in the really cold months, when he can't get outside and play. He only runs three times a week at the most and he runs for one mile at a really slow pace. He does a pretty good job, but he whins a lot too. I had to force him to smile in this picture. He didn't really want his picture taken while he was working out. Thanks Kim for his running shorts. He looks so cute in them!

This is Mason doing his homework, which he has every single night. He is so smart though and usually has no trouble with it at all. He looks like such a grown up. He makes me laugh.

HITTING JUMPS AND SLIDING BENCHES!

Here I am hitting a little jump! Its scary but so fun! I didn't even crash.

Lee sliding the bench. Maybe one day I will be able to do this! He is quite the snowboarder!

Here is Lee hitting a big jump! He is so awesome at this. What a stud.

SNOWBOARDING!

On Saturday, Lee and I went snowboarding! It was way fun. We usually take Mason, but we decided to get a babysitter so that we could hit it hard, and board all day. It was super cold, but the snow was decent. Lee is amazing at snowboarding, all the kids love to watch him hit jumps. I'm no where near as good as Lee yet, but I'm getting a lot better every year. There is nothing like the feeling of carving down the mountatin. This year I am going to try and learn how to hit jumps(so I might be in a cast sometime soon!). Mason is so dang good at snowboarding for his age. It sure helps him to have a pro for a dad too. Anyway, this is how we will spend every weekend for the rest of the winter. I hope it keeps on snowing!