This past year has been a little rough on Mike when it comes to anything medical. He lost his eyesight in April in his one eye, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in May, started his Copaxone treatment in June, and we’ve been on watch since.

The last month or so has been trying to make sure he is still doing ok. He gre a large bump on his tongue and we were worried it was bad, so he had to get it removed and tested. Thankfully it was not cancer or anything!

Then Mike went in to get his eyes checked and he had to get retested for his eyesight. Unfortunately, he needs glasses.

Dialated eyes. Poor Mike. Hopefully this is it!

It had been almost a year since I had ridden Mundy’s Gap. I was going to go out and ride it to see if I was ready for the El Paso Puzzler. Let’s just say after this ride, I decided to opt out of the Puzzler this year.

Brent kicking my butt up the mountain.

Here I come!

Nice shot Mike!

Before the Schramms and Hooblers took off back to Arizona…we took a little ride on A Mountain!

The whole crew..

Coming up the trail…

The other side of A Mountain.

Mike going downhill on the hardest part of A Mountain!

Back in January, Mike took a day off to go with the boys snowboarding in Ruidoso.

Silliness on the lift.

At the top of the lift with Alex…

Alex with his skis…

I took some pictures of the decorations around the house and forgot to post them! (It’s also good for me to post them so I remember how to set up things for next year.)

The living room..

Barney’s new stocking..
My Christmas village getting bigger..thanks mom!

Well, another successful Christmas is down in the books. These are a little out of order, but here we go!

Christmas Eve Eve with Barney. We ate corn beef and cabbage (I have this new obsession with cooking with the crockpot) and then went for a little bike ride.

Christmas Eve Dinner. Actually, more like Christmas Eve lunch. Mike had to work that night, which really stunk, so we had it a little earlier. I made the reindeer bottles courtesy of Jen and Pinterest.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care.

This guy at church was talking about what his family motto was and I leaned over to Mike and asked him if we have a family motto. I forgot. We do have one! It’s lame but we say it all the time:

“It is what it is.”

Haha! Do you have a motto?

So Mike and I joined the local bike club and Mike joined he racing team called “Zia Velo”. Every year they put on a Toyr For Tots fundraiser where they ride around town and then meet up and give toys. We had a police escort through Mesilla and then down Valley (which is a realy big street in town).

Here is a shot of me with the other Zia Velo folks t the front.

The beginning of the line of over 100 riders.

Right before the start sporting the new jersey.

I am addicted to Just Dance 3. It is so much better than the second version. I think the songs are so much better!!

I totally recommend getting it!
P.S. I totally rock at “Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAO and “Promiscuous” by Nelly Furtado.