Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to all of our dear family and friends!! We had another exciting year! The most memorable event was the birth of Kyle in early March. Learning to transition to 3 kids and still do all of our activities has been our year! Our summer highlights include an awesome trip to White Fish Montana with Jason's sister Jen and her family. We all loved it! As Ryan said the other day, "I want to go back to Montana...again and again and again." It was so much fun. I also took the kids to Lake Mohave with my family while Jason had to work. Jason got to get away for a short guys golf weekend with his brother, but otherwise we've been home bound with the baby! We feel very blessed to have work, all be healthy, and happy. We're looking forward to celebrating the holiday's with Jason's family in Scottsdale. We hope you all have a safe and memorable Christmas and a wonderful New Year!!

Love,
Jason, Trina, Jayne, Ryan, Kyle

November

For an early Christmas gift we gave the kids passes to Disneyland. It's been a while since we've had them and Ryan barely remembers going. I took him and Kyle after school one day. We had so much fun! It was Kyle's first time. The park was already decorated for Christmas. We met up with a few of Ryan's friends and had a great time!

Happy Boy!

Poor baby didn't get to keep him nap schedule that day. He was so tired he crashed on the tram on the way to the car. Poor 3rd child gets dragged everywhere :-)

The boys and I helped chaperone a Girl Scout field trip to the fire station. Ryan thought this was really cool too.

Jayne's Daisy Troop

I'm so happy we're almost over having the 1:30 church start time. Ryan was a mess and needed a nap but we couldn't cause we had to leave for Church. I was getting ready, and come down the stairs to find Ryan totally passed out on the middle landing of the stairs. Poor guy.

Thanksgiving Parties!! As room mom, I got to help coordinate Jayne's Thanksgiving Feast and go help with her party. Ryan had his party the same day at preschool. He sang songs and got to have his feast!

After the parties, I took all three kids to Disneyland! Jayne was so surprised to get her pass and so excited. She hasn't been for a long time.

I decided to be very brave. Besides taking all 3 alone, I decided we'd stay until bed time. It was a special treat to stay for dinner, the parade, and the fireworks. They even has a special parade for Christmas and make it snow!!

We almost never stay that late, but I have to say it was really really fun! Here's Small world, all lit up for Christmas! It was a very magical day. We missed Jason.

We got to go back to Disneyland on one of our Thanksgiving break days with a whole bunch of friends. Almost the whole boat was filled with friends. The kids loved it, of course.

Happy Thanksgiving!! The kids were all ready to eat our amazing Thanksgiving feast! We had a great day at my mom's house enjoying family.

Kyle fell asleep on the way home from Thanksgiving, still clutching his football that Ryan shared with him. So cute!!

Kyle is now crawling and sitting up really good! He loves playing with the kids.

Kyle also has 1 big tooth and a second tooth is just visible above the gums. He still HATES baby food, but is gradually starting to eat table food. His favorite food- quesadilla's, just like his brother. I love my little blue eyes :-)

Halloween

The kids were very specific with their costumes this year. They wanted to be the characters from a new Disney Channel cartoon called, Jake and the Neverland Pirates. It's super cute, and features 2 boys and girl. They do share a striking resemblance to my children, and yes, they think they are them. My mom helped me whip up costumes for them. They LOVED it!

It's Jake, Izzy, and little Cubby.
We went trick or treating with a bunch of friends around our neighborhood. The kids had a full day of parties and activities. It was a great Holiday!
Ryan was a little disappointing because he doesn't really care for candy. He was the most excited when one house gave out pretzels! He came running out shouting to me that he got pretzels. He did like some suckers and M&M's but the rest he could care less about. Jayne loved it all, and was continually leaving a trail of pixie dust (ie. glitter) everywhere she went. We couldn't figure it out. I thought the sidewalk had sparkles in it because everywhere we went it was sparkling. Jason finally figured out it was Jayne. Lovely. Glitter across the entire neighborhood.
And Kyle was along for the ride :-) A Happy Halloween indeed.

October Happenings

We did so much in October! We had so much fun. Here's some highlights...

We went to a pumpkin patch. We rode rides, looked at animals, and got a pumpkin.

Jayne was asked to be in a photo shoot for a website. I'll put up a link once it goes live. It's for a new company that friends of ours are starting. She LOVED getting to pose for pictures for 45 minutes straight :-)

We got to see a bunch of cousins/extended family. We had so much fun when Jason's brother's family and parents came to town. We all got together several times to celebrate all the October birthday's in the family and enjoy some time together.

I took Ryan (and Kyle) on his first Preschool Field Trip. We went to a real working farm/pumpkin patch. He LOVED it!

Ryan's Class

Ryan picking vegetables. Then he got to pick his own pumpkin!

Kyle going on a run with Mommy. (It was crazy to be back down to 1 kid in the jogger. It felt so light! We went during the short time that Ryan was in Preschool and the baby wasn't taking a nap.)

Super fun birthday dinner with a bunch of my girl friends!

Kyle graduated to the next size up tub. Unfortunately, he tries to lay down in it so I have to help keep him propped up, but he's getting the hang of it.

Kyle ready for church. I love his mohawk.

Carving pumpkins with Dad! This year, Jayne loved pulling the "guts" out. Ryan wouldn't touch it. We'll see if he grows out of that like Jayne did.

Awesome pumpkins!

Ryan as Buzz lightyear for his Halloween party at school and a friends party on Halloween.

Tiffany at the Temple

I had the awesome privilege to go with Tiffany and her husband Aaron when they went through the temple last weekend. It was such a special day! I felt so lucky to be there.

Kyle 6 and a half months

I can't believe 6 months have come and gone already since this little guy came into our life. He is so adorable! I love kissing his big round cheeks and making him laugh! At 6.5 months....

Kyle HATES baby food. He gags and throws up. Not sure what I'm going to do about this yet. I've tried everything.

Kyle loves to be held. All day. When my arms are too tired to hold him anymore, he lives in the Bjorn.

Kyle now loves to roll around the floor and play with toys. He really wants to crawl and I think we're close to his army man crawl starting.

He absolutely LOVES his big brother and sister! And who wouldn't. They spoil him and absolutely love him to pieces. (Ryan did this all on his own, hence the lined up books. I was getting dressed so Ryan was entertaining him while I got a shower. I ran to get my camera and caught the moment when I discovered them. I love these moments)

Saturday's- USC and Soccer

The college football season is upon us and as everyone knows, we were in full USC regalia. The opening weekend/game was a holiday at our house. Jason had 3 TV's going, and a big BBQ with lots of friends to enjoy the day. The kids couldn't wait to get their USC clothes on and get our flag hung to start our day.

My boys!

Ryan kept saying all day, "This is the best day ever!" Watching football with his dad, and getting to eat pizza, hot dogs, and BBQ chips, he truly was in heaven.
The other thing we're doing every Saturday for a while is soccer! Ryan is playing for his first year. It's called mini-kickers. And Jayne is playing with all of her friends again on a team called Purple Power!

Ryan's first week didn't go quite as well as we'd hoped. He got frustrated he couldn't play like a British soccer pro and had a minor meltdown (while most of the other kids where running around without even kicking the ball). I'm sure he'll learn to turn and pass the ball soon, in the mean time we're just hoping he'll mellow enough to just have fun. I think that's going to be our motto with him. (He's definitely his father's son. His intensity's going to be great when he's 16. Not so great when he's 3)

He wasn't in the mood to pose for pictures so maybe next week. This game actually got called short due to lightning in the area. (which is crazy for southern CA)

Jayne, our innate cheerleader, had so much fun! and did such a great job!! We were so excited for her. It's going to be a fun season watching her improve every week.

But regardless of everything, Dad splurged on Krispie Kreme Donuts to celebrate our first soccer weekend, so all was well!

I have a feeling their going to want these every weekend after soccer. :-) (and yes, Ryan was sad because his hands were dirty. He's definitely my son)