I was TAGGED

10 yrs ago:
10 years ago it was just a few weeks from spring break my senior year of high school. I pride myself on having a great memory, but I am at a loss trying to remember what I did on spring break of my senior year. However, I do know I was for the first time SINGLE my senior year (but only for a little bit) I met Marcus the summer before college and the rest is history......

Things on my to-do list today:
Well since I am typing this at 9:30pm I plan on going to dream land pretty soon, but tomorrow:
1. Houston Zoo
2. Choose MORE things for the house (built-ins, stain, who knows what else?!?!?!)
3. Look for Mason some Easter pants
4. Work on trips for my travel agent career :)
5. Since it is not tomorrow yet....my list may grow by leaps and bounds :)

What would I do if I became a billionaire:
1. Share
2. Travel
3. Travel
4. Travel
5. Share
6. Vacation ;)

Three of my bad habits:
1. Biting my nails...that is why I always have fake ones :)
2. Going over my cell minutes
3. Forgetting to lock my car door (no Mason is NEVER left in the car!)

Five jobs I have had:
1. 4th and 5th grade teacher
2. Sonic (got LAID OFF....I was too young however Laura had to quit...she was my transportation to work :)
3. Pizza Hut (the tips were great...I worked in the restaurant one I was not a delivery girl..however, Laura do you remember interviewing with Crystals for delivery????
4. YMCA caretaker person after school in Lubbock
5. Texas Tech Ticket Office for sports

Five things people don't know about me:
1. I am a LIGHT sleeper
2. If I am in trouble I am not going down alone :) (LAURA...ring any bells)
3. I was in speech when I was in elementary school
4. I drank HOLY water...thanks to my sister AKA: TOILET water :(
5. I love to TRAVEL :) Well you may have got that one already...too tired can't think of another one!

The ABC's of Mason

A is for APPLE JUICE

B is for BALL

C is for CAKE

D is for DOG
E is for EATING
F is for FRIENDS



G is for GANNY D and DADDIO

H is for HAT

I is for IMMENSE LOVE

J is for JOGGING

K is for KISSING

L is for LAUGHTER

M is for MOVIE

N is for NANNY AND PAPA

O is for OUCHIE

P is for POOPED OUT

Q is for QUILT

R is for READING

S is for SIPPIE CUP

T is for TIGGER

U is for UNBELIEVABLY HANDSOME

V is for VICTORY DANCE

W is for WAGON

X is for X-TRA LONG CAR RIDES

Y is for YUMMY BLUEBERRIES Z is for ZOO

Happy Birthday, Mom/Nanny!!

My sister, dad, and I threw my mom a surprise 50th birthday party! We did not think we were going to pull it off (it is hard to keep surprises from my mom) but we did and it was a blast. Here are some pictures from the weekend Birthday Bash!

The Birthday Girl and her grandson :)

Mason going for a new ride in his Car...he love it!!

Playing at the park with Papa

SOO FUNNY!! Mason thought he was turing the TV on and off with his remote, but my mom was he thought he was HOT STUFF!!

My boy and me :)

The 3 of us

Papa, Mason, and Nanny (still has no clue of her Surprise about to take place ;)

Walking into the restaurant SURPRISED :)

BFF's

The cake ;)

SOOOO PRECIOUS!!! Mason LOVED Laney....he would hug her, pat her, PULL her down near him...love on her...."Laney, will you be my valentine?"~Mason (he has never acted this way with another baby soooooooooo cute ;) LOVE IT :)

The Guests

My sis and Paul

Kylie helping mom open gifts

**We had a great time even though Sunday I woke up SICK AS A DOG....went to the doc when we got back in Houston and found out I had Bronchitis and Upper Respiratory JUNK!!! YUCK....luckily I am all better now ;) Hope you had a great b-day mom :)

*Sorry the pics are small...just click and they should get bigger

House Progress

Well I haven't posted anything in a while about the house....well that is because NOTHING has been done in a while until NOW!! Finally, our brick was ordered, delivered along with our roof. The windows were ordered IN THE WRONG SIZE and now they are here and finally in place. Below are some pics of the house as of the last few weeks.....more has gone on this week, and I will take more pictures soon.

Notice only 2 windows...the rest are in NOW...FINALLY :)

Our staircase...I love the way it spirals all the way up!

The game room with the door that leads to the patio and the other room without doors yet is the media room

The master bath...with see through fireplace to master bedroom

Sorry so dark...the master bedroom...I LOVE the big windows...I probably won't love them when the sun rises in the am....guess I better find some CURTAINS :)

They should be finishing the roof soon and start sheetrocking soon too. More pics as it comes along.

Our Favorite Restaurant

On Saturdays we frequent La Finca, our favorite restaurant. Mason devours his cheese enchiladas. However, he was more interested in eating our lemons than his food.

*Isn't that giggle the cutest :)

Mason LOVES:

Blueberries

Post Blueberry shot....HMMMMM what on earth could he be doing ;)

The Big Apple

I HEART NYC :) I heart NYC more in the winter time. This past weekend I went with my mom, sister, and mother-in-law to the BIG APPLE! We had such a great time. I love going when it is cold and even when it snows! However, it was not too cold of weather this time.....last January when Jenny, Laura, Kristen and I went it was -9 wind chill FREEZING!!! We arrived Friday and jumped off the plane and headed to Canal street. We then went back to the hotel to get ready for our nice dinner out at STKhouse! What an AMAZING dinner! I think we can all say our favorite was the steak fries....oh and of course our steaks :) Then after dinner we headed to The View restaurant and lounge for Dessert! The View is in the Marriott Marquis and it rotates with views of Times Square! The next day, like always, we woke up EARLY and headed out for more shopping, sight seeing, and EATING :) We finally headed back to the hotel, Hyatt Grand Central, and got ready for the theatre. We went to see Grease. I loved all the music..I was kinda disappointed that the play did not follow the story and was different than the movie...OH WELL I still had a great time. After the theatre we headed to Carmines for a post theatre dinner at 11:00pm :) Then we decided it was about time to head back to get ready for flight home the next day. Before we left on Sunday, we ate at a diner called Pershing square...GREAT BREAKFAST!! Sunday was by far the COLDEST day we were there. We all had a BLAST and await our next trip to NYC...hopefully around Christmas time :)

Standing in the taxi line

Our UPGRADED room...View of The Chrysler Building (don't know if I would really call this an UPGRADE)

Standing in the Hyatt lobby

Sisters :)

Eating a hot dog on Canal Street YUMMMMMM :)

Times Square

Our visit to Fox News...it was OFF air :(

My sister, mom, and me

Before the theatre


the fam
Grease....was not too happy with this show, but loved the music
Our Grease Souvenirs
Our last dinner at Carmines before we left :(