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!