Christmas Eve Gift

Christmas Eve we usually celebrate over at Jake's parents house with his whole family. It is a HUGE gathering, imagine my family times 9, plus a few more! We do a gift exchange with someone else in the family. ( Michelle & Ern, we hope you liked your gift!) Mom and Dad Lay sent us a box from them, Aubrey and Gram and Pa Simpson. The night came, and we were doing nothing, so we let Reese open up the box. It was full of surprises! Thank you soo much for everything, I can't keep my mouth shut when those goomy bears are in my sight...more please?

The Gift Box

Ohh It can't get any better than a peppermint patty!! Yippee!!

But, wait... there are jelly beans in here too! Ohhh YES!

And a ton of Grama Simpsons homemade chocolates...GOOMY BEARSSS!

Ohh Man, that was delicious! Thank you for all the treats!

some pics

Reese at the Christmas Tree

Brody and Kason are getting beat up on... Sorry boys!
Three Generations

Playing Guitar Hero

Nora, Reese and Mila

My cousin Heidi and Zoe, with us.

The bestest of all friends of course!

The cutest group of Sisinlaws...missing Michelle!

My beautiful Mother and Daughter

Finally a post!

We are home and are happy to be back but we missed the snow!!! Bummer! We have had rain the last few days, sure beats 360 days of the sun. Christmas is only nights away, Reese can't wait for Santa to come. Every Santa she sees...SANTAS... comes flying out of her mouth. She is soo cute! My mom came for a few days, and we made a million cookies, decorated and all. It was a lot of fun. We did our tree while she was here for her to enjoy with the kids. We are all ready for Christmas in our house, are getting a little anxious for Reese expression on the morning of. We might even do pretend Santa steps in the living room! (Fake Snow) I watched Aiden the other day, and this is what we did for fun, made tape noses. It was great, totally changed how they looked and was hilarious! I hope all are doing great, and have a wonderful Merry Christmas! Love, us!

Favorite photo

I Love my Babies...

Almost there!

Hey All! I cant wait, we are leaving this Sunday to WA! I was wondering why it is 95 degrees out today? What is wrong with that, it is almost December! We went to a bday party today at the park, ate pizza and cupcakes, a big no~no for me. Reese was the only girl there, as usual! She loved all of her friends gifts, especially this dinosaur that walks and makes noises. Might have to get her one for Christmas! And, here are a few new ones of Brod man! He is getting big so fast! He is getting stronger in his neck, and legs too! I am reading the Twilight book, it is awesome by the way. And am going to see the movie Thursday night. My friends parents own a theatre and we can see it early! YES! Wish you were here to go with me Aubrey and Sheena!

Less than 2 weeks!

Yeah...we can't wait. You have no idea how excited we are to come to Washington for Thanksgiving, two whole weeks! We miss our family and friends dearly. Plus, we are excited to see the new babies we haven't yet seen! Hopefully, Jake will have his leave approved this week, he is pretty sure he will get it. At church tonight for family home evening, Jake spoke about Veteran's Day. It was really nice to hear him talk about his feelings toward the military. There were people there of all ages! It was a lot of fun. He got asked a ton of questions. One was if it was hard for him being LDS in the Marines. He said not really, it goes three ways. First, they throw their jokes, then they have respect for him, and lastly they always ask him for advice. The other Marines want to know how Jake is always calm and can handle the most stressful moments. It's the spirit that is always by his side to help comfort him he told. Anyways, that was my favorite part of his talk. There were a few young men that are considering joining the military. Also, we went to the 233rd Marine Corps Birthday Ball. That was beautiful. The ceremony, and presentations were well put together! Happy Birthday Marine Corps!

More Dancing!

Ok....lol.... here is Reese and Aidan dancing their butts off! And, this is way more Hilarious in person. For all of those at home, we hope you enjoy!

Happy Halloweenie

It's a warm Halloween night and all the ghosts and goblins are out! Our street was not that busy, but a few over is where the happenings were! We took the kiddos out around the block. Reese was adorable, she wanted to walk on her own, knock on the doors and she would say "bye~bye" when we left. SOOO CUTE!!! Talk about getting to be a big girl! She was a bumble bee again this year, the costume fit better this time around. Brody, well he was sleeping the whole time, and we didn't want to dress him up just yet. Reese's buddy Aiden came with us for a little bit, then he got tired and went home. Overall, we had a lot of fun, saw some scary costumes (which I hope Reese forgets about), and now have way too many suckers! Halloween is changing, the costumes especially for girls. They are soo short, I wonder what their mothers think about them. I would never let Reese dress like some that I saw. Anyways, that was just a thought that just went through my mind. I hope everyone else had a spooktacular night! Check out Reeses attennas... I made them with foil! lol ...getting crafty!

Me and Brody Hanging out while Reese is napping!
How cute of a smile is this?

Reese is eating a big girl breakfast!

It's amazing how they change!

Just to give everyone an update on us, we are doing great! Trying to get the most sleep we can, when we can. Brody is a terrible sleeper throughout the day, and getting to be a really great night sleeper now. Naps are the toughest part of our days! Reese is talking a little bit more now. She is always saying, "mama, Dada" and tons of other jumbles. Jake just got recommended for qualification for the tower ground control. He is doing great at his new job! I guess, because he is doing good, it is tradition for guys like him to buy/make lunch for everyone in the tower! So, he is perfecting his curry. And, he is quite the chef when it comes to gourmet meals!

Soo Cute

Here is Reese doing one of her favorite things... DANCING!!! Look for her head shake within the first 3 seconds, its great! She has the best moves even with no music, I wish I had that talent!

You have got to love it!

Getting more Handsome every day!

Brodys Blessing

Grama & Grampa Lay flew in to come to Brody's Blessing. It was a good day! Jake gave a beautiful blessing prayer for Brody. After church, we went to Balboa Park in San Diego! Then, came home to BBQ two 32oz. steaks that Jake and his dad ate for dinner, they barely finished one steak! It was a lot of meat! Who eats that much meat anyways! lol

Pumpkin Patch!

We has so much fun at the Pumpkin Farm. It was a beautiful day, not to hot with some winds going through. There were tons of pumpkins, and harvest decorations. The petting zoo was alot of fun too, Reese enjoyed looking at the horses the most. There were also lots of goats, chickens, a big ol turkey, and a bunny. Reese found her pumpkin, and we got to paint it today. (dont have the photos uploaded yet) At the last minute Brody woke up, so we got a photo of him!

Here is Brody, holding up his head! He is extremely strong already and we are surprised how much he does look up! I can't believe the time just flies by. Did I already tell you Brody has reddish hair and blue eyes...where did that come from? I think me, but it sure is cute on him!

Feeling a little Tired...

Here are a few photos to show randoms times of our new frusterating life. And, then for Brody, of course peaceful! But, in the end,we are all really thankful for the life we do have. I am not going to put the photo of my big mouth on here for your entertainment, sorry. We are trying the routine of Babywise, last night Brody slept for 6 hours straight! Yeah, it was wonderful, I felt so refreshed when I woke up to feed him at 3 am!

Reese and Brody playing on the Jungle Floor Gym, they love it!

We are still always happy!Even with the daily messes~!