Santa Clause

Well I am officially on Christmas break and loving it. Emily is also loving that I am far less stressed. She is also starting to get better about sleeping. So hopefully she will get to sleep through the whole night with out waking up. Other than that Emily has seen Santa Claus for the first time, and I made Jason and Emily stocking this year. They turned out okay. Other than that we are just waiting for Christmas I am like a little kid and cannot wait to open them. Also Emily is loving all the boxes the gift are coming in.

Jason is doing very well at work right now, we are just pushing through to the end of the year.

Waiting in line for Santa

Who are you?

playing with boxes

we are also enjoying the gift we were able to unwrap early for Aunt Lori. So here below is the picture of the stocking I made as well the gift from Aunt Lori in it are the cards are primary kids made for us.

I feel like I did a pretty good job

Christmas

Well Jason, Emily and I have been way Busy getting ready for Christmas on top of that I am working on some Practicum hours and enjoying every second. Emily is trying to figure out how to stand on her own and learned how lift things up recently, her new favorite thing is to lift my shirt and dig her nails into my stomach.

We have already set up our house for Christmas everything has been bought and now we are hoping to enjoy this season. I am trying to figure out what traditions to start with our family, but I am worried I am going to start a bad one. I am excited for Emily's first Christmas she already has the unwrapping presents down. She started with her Aunt Jenny's present and than decided to unwrap her own. However it is not the present she wants she just wants the paper, man does Emily love paper.

Jason is working hard as usual at Geico. He also just finished a bed for sister Michelle, and rocking motorcycle for his nephew. He has really found a new love for woodwork. So if you want something made just ask.

Yesterday Emily was playing with a blanket and was having a blast of course I always get the same face reaction, but I thought it was cute.

Alas this may be a little late, but all the same here we go. Jason and I had our own little Thanksgiving this year because he worked. We started off the day with going to the Turkey Trot which his family tradition. Emily, Jason, his brother Paul and their son Ammon all walked the Turkey Trot together. After that we came home Jason helped me put the Turkey in and he went to work. I played with Emily for a little bit after that, but than i decided I should start this whole Thanksgiving feast. So I started by making the jello salad and I thought of Aunt Lori the whole time. Next I made Grandma's rolls they did not turn out too bad at least Emily loved them, and than of course I made some mashed potatoes and gravy all of that went pretty well. however the most stressful part of the meal was my turkey I put it in the oven and set the timer for how long they told me it was going to take to cook, but my thermometer did not pop. 2 hours later it did, needless to say I am going to be a little more prepared next year. Jason got home for work we ate and than he headed over to his parents house for dessert, but I put Emily to bed. Overall good day, but I figure eventually my food will start tasting better, so my rolls will taste like Grandmas, and my salads will taste like Aunt Lori's and my Turkey will taste like my moms. Sorry I did not take any pictures of my feast I was just too tired of it was completed, but Enjoy the Pictures from the Turkey Trot

Jason and Emily Before the race

Paul and Jason at the Race

Jason and his brothers and Sister

Emily wondering why she is here

Getting ready to walk the 5k

Everyone after the race. They all wear Orange in memory of Jason's brother Luke who passed away