Christmas

Christmas Eve

We had a wonderful Christmas! It keeps getting more fun every year with more kids and them getting older. I just love it! We went down to Vista for several parties with my family on both sides. We spent Christmas Eve down there as well but came home late to put the kids in bed. We had a wonderful Christmas morning, totally perfect!, and then my family came to our house for a late lunch and to exchange presents. It was a wonderful day! But the kids were fighting a cold then entire week leading up to Christmas. I was hoping they would get better, but Christmas day they got worse and started running fevers. We took them in to the Dr. the next day and they gave Jayne antibiotics, her first ever and she's almost 4! They said Ryan wasn't sick enough, didn't look bacterial, and to wait. Well, Ryan got worse and worse. It was a horrible weekend. We couldn't go anywere or do anything. Lucky for me, Jason is off work all week from Christmas to New Years, so he was here to help with everything. We took Ryan back in first thing Monday morning and he had a full blown ear infection in both ears! It was so frustrating. Today he is finally really starting to act like himself again and is slowly getting better. Jayne is doing much better. What a week! Hopefully we won't be sick again for a long time! I've enjoyed the colder weather and rain, but maybe some more sunshine would get us healthy again! Looking forward to a fun New Year's Eve. We're going to celebrate with our brother and sister-in law and the kids tonight. Should be fun!

Christmas Eve Dinner at my Grandma's

Me, my Mom and Sisters- do we all look alike or what?!

Jayne was an angel and Ryan was a Shepherd for the Nativity play. Ryan was hilarious. He totally stood there by the baby and cradle for at least a half hour smiling and sticking his tongue out. It was so funny!
Everything ready to go! Santa came and left a slide, a Barbie house and a new bike!

Waiting on the stairs for pictures before getting to see what Santa brought! Jayne's in her new nightgown her Grandma Sharyn made. I couldn't get her out of it all day!

Jayne unloading her stocking! She was all smiles after her Santa gifts. She couldn't wait to open everything. She even helped all of us open our things.

Ryan's first Christmas! He loved the paper and his new toys.

Lots of presents to open!

Jayne trying out her new bike! And new helmet, and scarf and shirt.

Merry Christmas

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Holiday! And a Happy New Year. We are celebrating with my family this year (we take turns) and are very excited for our many parties and opportunities to see family. We're also excited for my Brother's wedding January 3. We love this time of year when so many people's hearts and minds are turned to our Savior. We are so thankful to have the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives. We are so thankful for his birth, that we celebrate during this time, but even more so for his great atoning sacrifice and resurrection. We are so thankful for our testimony of these things and spirit of Christ in our lives. We feel humbled by the great blessings the Lord continues to bestow upon our family. We appreciate your friendship and love! Here's to a wonderful 2009!

Preschool Christmas Program

I love Jayne's preschool for many reasons, but one of them is that they can actually talk about Christmas and that it's about Christ's Birth, not just the "holidays" and Santa. They did an adorable Christmas program- sang songs, and talked about the true reason for the season. Jayne loved it and will miss school the next 2 weeks, as will I.

Rain, Rain...

We have really loved all the rain we've gotten the past week. When one long storm had passed, I told Jayne we should go out and jump in the puddles. We haven't had any substantial rain, enough to make a puddle, in so long that she didn't even understand what I was saying. So we got dressed in some grubby clothes and headed out to get drenched! At first she resisted because she didn't want to wear the grubby clothes. She kept insisting on dresses and her normal wear. She cried big tears that she, "looked like a boy," and off we went. Needless to say, she loved it....

Dancing in the Rain

A Very Merry Weekend

We had a great weekend! We babysat our two nephews, Josh and Jake, on Friday night. We made homemade pizza's. Then made homemade christmas cookies and watched the Santa Clause is Coming to Town movie. Saturday we did a Breakfast with Santa with our ward then we went to the Laguna Niguel Holiday Parade, which was right down the street from our house. It was very well done and we were surprised at how big it was. That night Jason and I had a Christmas Party to go to at a friends house! We had a great weekend and really felt the holiday spirit. It's been cold and we've even had some rain! I love Christmas and December!! I got my Christmas cards in the mail today, so you should be receiving it soon. If you don't, email me.
Frosting their cookies!

Jayne and Jason at our breakfast with Santa
My two little helpers at breakfast.

Jayne and Ryan on the side of the street at the parade.

Jayne watching the parade.

Jayne got to bring a share item for her preschool class. We also did the sponge curlers for the first time on her hair and they were these fantastic ringlets! It was so beautiful! She was all decked out for school that day :-)

Jaclyn's Bridal Shower

My sister Tiffany, my mom and I hosted a shower for my soon-to-be sister-in-law Jaclyn! They are getting married January 3 in the SD temple. We had so much fun planning it. It turned out great! We also celebrated my Dad's birthday and nephew Ashton's birthday later that night too. Another fun weekend of celebrating!

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Jason's Family! We celebrated, did a cousin gift exchange, hosted a big party for all Jonas family in So Cal at our club, had a grown-ups night out to the movies and dinner, took the kids to the Zoo, and watched SC whoop ND once again. It was a fun and exhausting couple days! It's taken us a little while to recooperate :-) On to Christmas!

Where did my black hair go?

Ryan (and Jayne for that matter) was born with this full head of beautiful black hair.
And now, he has a beautiful full head of thick blonde hair. I don't even know what to do with it. I brush it and put jell on it every day trying to get it to do something, and within 30 minutes it's poking out in all directions. It's thick and grows like crazy. I have to trim it all the time or it would be past his shoulders. I'm sure it looks like I chop it since it's fine and you can see every cut, but not sure what else to do. I'm going to figure out how to cut it good. I can't afford taking him in every 2 weeks for a trim! And Jason isn't so fond of the long haired surfer do, so I'll have to learn :-)
Ryan is getting so big! He's pulling up on everything now and crawling all over! I came into his room to get him from a nap a few days ago and this is what I found. He is destroying his bumpers by standing on them, kneeing them, and pulls all his blankets down into his bed. He has a great personality and is so friendly! Everywhere he goes he makes eye contact with the people and starts smiling. They just gush all over him. Mainly it's cute girls and old ladies, but he'll smile at anyone who stops to look him in the eye. And he waits for the eye contact before he starts beaming. He can't nurse in public or the nursing room at church. He wants to look at each person talking and hear what their saying. He won't fall alseep in public, same reasons. He's also starting to smile for the camera, just like my star picture taker Jayne. Ryan is a handful. He lets us know exactly what he wants and when he wants it (whats new) and isn't a good sleeper. We're still up several times a night and have let him cry. A very expensive monitor, noise machine, and humdifier (for his ongoing runny nose) later, things seem to be looking up... a little (meaning only up twice the last 2 nights). We'll see if it lasts :-) But Ryan is a doll. He gives me big kisses and loves to cuddle. He and Jayne are best friends. It's adorable. He'll be nine months tomorrow, the 25! I can't imagine our family without him. I feel lucky to be his mom.

Who am I?

A-
B-

Jayne and Ryan definitely got different features from us, and do look very different, but occasionally I get these glimpses that they look so similar!

Answers: A- Jayne, B- Ryan

Great Weekend: Part 2

Sunday was a great day too. Woke up and had french toast (my favorite), played with the kids and got ready for church. We had tithing settlement at 11 and don't have church until 1:30, so we went to church then headed back home for lunch, then back to church again. In between all that, I did some baking, which I love! I'm not sure if it's how great the house smells after, the fun of doing it and having Jayne jump in and help here and there, or how good it tastes. I did a homemade chicken pot-pie for dinner, so it would be done when we got home, cause we're always starving when we get home from church so late and hate cooking then. I even did the homemade pie crust. My recipe makes 2 pies, so I have another pot pie frozen for another Sunday or crazy busy day. I just love that. I also made some homemade honey whole wheat bread! It turned out great. We'll enjoy it all week. After dinner we made carmel popcorn and watched Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving before putting the kids to bed. Again, nothing major, but just fun and enjoyable. We just haven't had our own space/time/home etc. in so long, it seems simple, but it was just mellow and fun. It's going to be a great week too! We had a great family night on Thanksgiving and Gratitude tonight. Looking forward to several more days of fun and family (and baking)!

**The Kids and I kicked off a great weekend on Friday. I took them on a walk over to our club and played for about 2 hours. We took a picnic lunch, played on the playground, played soccer, and ran around. It was so much fun. I then took a long run home. We went out for dinner, which we haven't done much this month, so that was a great treat for me. Here's the kids on our Friday fun day.

Great Weekend: Part 1

What a great weekend! Nothing major going on, just fun. Saturday we had a great breakfast, took the kids for a run, and ran a few errands. Pretty mellow but very enjoyable. Then Jason watched the kids so I could go see Twilight!! I went to see it with my sis-inlaw Jen, and cousins Emily, Amanda and Emily's friend. We had so much fun! I LOVED the movie. It's hard to really do a book justice but I thought they got it pretty right. I loved the characters and loved seeing the book come to life. Can't wait for New Moon. Jason did great with the kids as usual. We went out for dinner after and had a great time chatting. I don't get breaks from the kids too often so I had to live it up. It was fun and makes you miss your kids (even though I was only gone a few hours). Great day!

Our New Place

So here's a couple pictures of our new place. We still have to organize some things and hang a few things, but overall we're done. It's so nice, especially before the holidays. Can't wait to decorate for Christmas!
Front Room:

Front Room: Walking in the Front Door

Front Room: To the right of the picture above. Room is large so this is facing the other direction when you walk in.
Front Room: This is to the right of the picture above.

Kitchen/playroom/office combo: I love this room.

Kitchen/playroom/office combo: picture facing the other way

Ryan's Room

Jayne's Room

Master: This cuts off the other half of the room that has our dresser and my sewing table. It's pretty big, and we have a beautiful view out the back, 2 separate sinks in the bathroom, and 2 full size closets so jason and I don't have to fight over closet space!