Wedding

We got to go to an amazing wedding this past weekend! Jason's long time friend, Lonnie was getting married. He married this wonderful girl named Stephanie and they had an awesome wedding. They were married in a Catholic church and reception following at the Nixon Library. We got to attend the service and reception and had a wonderful time! Thanks to my mother/father in-law and bro/sis in-law for helping take the kids so we could go! Everything was over-the-top beautiful! The ballroom at the library was a replica of the white house. Open-bar (ie. unlimited diet coke and sprite), fabulous food, the crepe maker for dessert, the coffeee stand (ie. hot chocolate) , great dj, and of course great company all equaled a wonderful party!

Yes, it's a guy kissing a girl coming out of my potatoes. So cool!
Jason with some friends from HS.

What do you do when it rains for a week....

..stay home and make cookies! At least that's one of the things we did this week. We probably stayed home more than any other time ever. CA never has a week of straight rain, that quantity of rain, or that severe of weather (wind, thunder, lighting). It felt like I was back in UT with these big storms. So we had fun being inside, playing with new toys and games, and making cookies. :-)

They are very good helpers.

Park Day

The weekend before our massive week of thunderstorms we had an awesome family day at the park! I packed a lunch and we spent a wonderful afternoon just relaxing and playing with the kids. The sun felt warm, and we were the only people there! I love our little hidden park. Thanks to Wendy and Tess for showing us where it was! Fun day!

Isn't Ryan getting so big?! He'll be 2 next month. It makes me sad he's not my baby anymore. He wants to be a big boy, and already thinks he is!

Ready to Go...

Monday after new years and we're ready to go! Christmas stuff packed away, and off to start our routine (which means monday morning preschool for Jayne). I love January cause I love setting new goals, evaluating how the last year went and what I want to accomplish this coming year. One of my goals for this next year is to run the OC half marathon in May. Should be fun! Here's to a year full of getting lots done!

Happy New Years!

We had a really fun New Years! We got Jason's parents to babysit and got to go to dinner and a movie in LA with our good friends, the Sweats! It was the latest we have stayed out since probably before we had kids. We had a great time! And got to enjoy some football time and wonderful food with Jason's parents the following day.

Santa Stopped By....

Waiting on the stairs to see what Santa brought (although Jayne had already snuck down and peaked, I heard her do it and laughed. At least she admitted it and didn't lie when we asked her.)

We had a wonderful Christmas! Filled with lots of fun and many memories. The kids loved every bit of it, which made it so much fun for us. I ended up with my camera but no camera card when we went on our pre-christmas trip! So I'm still waiting for pictures to be sent to me from my sister/in-laws. I was so bummed. I'll post a few more when I get them.

We had a wonderful 5 days in Palm Desert prior to Christmas with Jason's family. We had lots of playing, great meals, great company, and beautiful weather. We headed back Christmas Eve day and stopped by my parents and grandparents house for festivities and dinner. We finally made it home around 10pm and Jason and my night began! We finished unloading the car and getting everything setup around 1:30am. We were tired. Luckily, our kids slept in till about 7:45, since they were so tired too. We were able to stretch out opening presents, a big breakfast, and playing with all the new toys till around noon. We had lunch, a nap, opened a last few presents, and then went on a hunt to find a place for dinner on Christmas night. We'd been gone for over a week and had no fresh groceries, and we found out almost every restaurant is closed Christmas night! So we ended up at Champs sports bar, watching the Chargers game, as it was the only restaurant open around us for about 10 miles. We had a great time. It seems like the celebrating has just kept going and going! We've had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Jayne with her new Kitchen from Santa!

Ryan with his new Basketball Hoop and Little People Farm & House from Santa!
Jayne was so excited and couldn't wait to open everything! Ryan was happy with just 1 toy. We had to practically force him to open anything else. He could have played with 1 thing all day. Boy how that changes when they get older!!
One of the last presents we opened was a new Wii from Santa!! We were so surprised and excited! I've been wanting one for years! So I was thrilled!!