happy 12th birthday Mase!

I really am having a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that Mason is 12 years old. Didn't I just give birth to him? He's in middle school this year, he can babysit, his feet are as big as mine.....craziness. Sometimes when I look at him, I can still see that tiny toddler he used to be. I really need to savor this last year or two of him still being a kid and not teenager. I know he'll change so so much over the next couple of years and I'm excited for him but at the same time, it makes me want to cry. I'm actually crying a little bit right now as I type this. (The fact that I'm very pregnant right now may be adding a bit to the emotions I'm feeling.)

I'm very proud of the young man Mason is growing into. He is so kind and strong and lives what he believes. I couldn't ask for a better kid or a better example for the rest of our kids. We're very blessed to have him in our home. We love you Mason!



An interview with Mason on November 3, 2011:

Q. How tall are you and how much do you weigh?
A. 4 feet 10 1/4 inches and 87 pounds.

Q. What are you the most excited for in the upcoming year?
A. Getting the priesthood.

Q. What is the most memorable thing you did this past year?
A. Went to Yellowstone and on Trek.

Q. What's your favorite subject in school?
A. Science.

Q. What's your least favorite subject?
A. Writing.

Q. Who is your favorite teacher this year?
A. Mrs. Gissel.

Q. What's your favorite food?
A. Mandarin chicken and chow mein.

Q. What's your least favorite food?
A. Tomato soup.

Q. What's your favorite book at the moment?
A. The lost hero by Rick Riordin

Q. What's your favorite T.V. show?
A. Terra Nova or Alias.

Q. What's your favorite thing to do?
A. Spending time with family and doing family activities.

Q. What's something you'd say you're really good at?
A. School.

Q. What's something you need to work on?
A. Writing.

Q. What are 5 words that you would use to describe yourself?
A. Helpful, kind, determined, smart, athletic.

Q. If you could go on a vacation anywhere in the world, where would it be?
A. Germany, France and Switzerland.

Q. Where do you think you'd like to go on your mission?
A. Somewhere in Europe.

Q. What college do you want to go to?
A. BYU.

Q. What do you want to do when you grow up?
A. Be some kind of Doctor or an architect.

Q. How many kids do you think you'd like to have when you grow up and if you could choose, what would you name them?
A. I'd want 3 boys and 2 girls. I'd name the boys Walker, Cash and Jackson and name the girls Ashton and Violet.

Q. What is the best thing in your life right now?
A. My family.

Q. What's the worst thing?
A. Cold weather, unless I'm warm in the house.