Merry Christmas*

I absolutely loved this Christmas! I really don't know how it can get any better. Though I am starting to see why my mom used to get a little stressed on the holidays.... All five of us kids running around talking about Santa, whining that it is already two days after Thanksgiving and the tree isn't up yet. His, hers, theirs, and ours Christmas party, but don't forget your treat that you were supposed to bring. My mom really is a saint, I don't know how she did it! Between Bella, Jeter, & Ty, I was still shopping on Christmas Eve trying to get everything to make the perfect Christmas. Ty and I stayed up wrapping presents for Jeter, Bella, & everyone else after two Christmas Eve parties, and sprinkling the reindeer food on our lawn ( I made sure that Santa stopped at our house). Finally we put our two angels to bed, and hit the sack so Santa could come! Jeter finally woke us up and we spent about an hour with all four of us cuddling on our little queen bed ( I know, the dog hair on the bed grosses me out too but it was Christmas & sheets can always be washed ) when we went up stairs the tree was surrounded by all the presents that Santa had left ( I know I really still can't grow up )! It sounds stupid but Jeter & Bella were running around like they really knew that it was Christmas. Jeter laid on his new bed while little Bella Loo chewed open most of her presents. Then off to Grandma & Papa Jones house we went. After we were done we went to breakfast at Ty's Grandma & Grandpa's house. It was soooo YUMMY.... On about our third stop Ty kept telling me that he was ready for our Christmas nap ( that man still kills me :) ) I dragged him around for about four more hours visiting ALL my family & little ones. When we finally got home for our Christmas nap we only had about an hour until we were supposed to be at the movies. Brooks, Stacey, Ty, and I met Tay and Josi's family at the movies and watched Marley & Me. We all left with puffy eyes and a runny nose. When we came out of the movies it was a winter wonderland outside, and took us about an hour to get home. By the time we finally got home we were both pooped, so we cuddled up with the babies and went to sleep. Probably one of my favorite Christmas's! Ty, Tay, Josi, & I got up and met for breakfast & an entire day of shopping. Ty is too freakin cute. He loves to play with the little ones, and he is always starting some kind of trouble.... He got all of the wrapping paper from the pj's and started a wrapping paper ball fight with the kids. Whenever we all get together you can always find Ty wherever the little ones are. They all love Uncle Ty soooo much, and think he is sooooo cool.

Have you seen the Jones?

I know, It has been way too long since I last Blogged! With it being the Holidays, family in town, work, & just life we have been so busy. Thanksgiving was amazing! My little brother came home from college and it was so good to see him. Both of my sisters and their cute little families came in from Las Vegas. Every Year The night before Thanksgiving all of the girls in my family get together and bake pies. We always have a great time, and make lots of fun memories. Tyler put up all of our Christmas lights, and our house looks beautiful. He always make sure that they are all straight and there is some type of theme going on! We had to go to Target this year and get our first Christmas tree, seems last year we were in the Bahama's for Christmas. We had so much fun picking out a tree and putting it up. My grandma Perkins has given the grand kids an ornament since our first Christmas. So when I was hanging all the ornaments Ty was getting mad that I had way more than him :) Bella thinks that we hung all of her balls on the tree so she spends hours trying to figure out how to get them down. I was a little worried that Jeter was going to think it was necessary to mark his territory, but so far so good. We have been trying to really enjoy Christmas this year, and sit back and just take it all in. Well here are some pic's of the pie baking, and everything else we have been doing ;)

Before & After

I was so lucky to go visit my friend Jesi last night @ Life salon, and we had a blast! She did such an amazing job on my hair, and I absolutely love the finished product. Ok, now I am making this sound like this was a simple task. Don't be fooled, because it was nothing short of a nightmare. First, when we washed out the color and started blow drying my hair it just kept getting frizzier & frizzier. I looked at Jesi (both of us trying not to laugh) and said what are we going to do about this? So we decided to chop it off. After about an hour of cutting, deep conditioning, and some damage control we finally liked what we saw, and could actually run our fingers through my hair! So here is a Before & After, hope you like it as much as we do!

Before & After

Like the self portraits?

THE CABIN!

We are so lucky that our parents let us use the cabin whenever we want. We have had so many great memories their, including the night that Ty asked me to marry him. Brooks & Stacey have so much patience, and when something goes wrong (like the water heater burning up) Brooks just gets the parts and has the boys help him fix it so they can learn how to do it if it happens again. Thank you Brooks & Stacey for all that you do for us, we love you!

Go Ty, your almost there!

Almost Ty!
WEEEEEEE........

How did we get in this hole?

There's the famous number one again.
Cheese Bella!
Mommy's little boy.

The Marble Game!

This is the marble game! Every time that we go to the cabin we will sit there and play this game for hours. Poor Ty & Tay just can't seem to beat me & Josi. The game is like Sorry and Aggravation. As soon as you or your partner get "home" you can roll for the other person. Every where we take the game it is always a big hit! Thanks Stace for always lending us your fun fun game :)
Yeah, Jo is home! On our way to beating the boys again.

As you can see in this picture, Jo is already home! Ty put that finger down cause you & Tay will never be number one :)
Get her Penny!

OUR LITTLE STINKERS!

My little Princess! Mommy & Daddy taking the kids for a little walk down to play in the river on a beautiful Sunday morning.

Ty took this picture, and I absolutely love it. Bella's PJ's and Jeter Boy's collar. I didn't eat the pizza on the counter.......

These are our little trouble makers. We adopted Jeter a year ago on July 7th, and Bella will be a year old on October 26th. We couldn't imagine life without these two. Jeter is such a sweet boy, with such a tender BIG heart. He gets so excited when people come over. He just runs up and down our house, and jumps on the couches (I know, naughty)! He would make anyone fill soooo loved! Bella is our little priss. She just thinks that she owns everything, which she practically does. These two are the best of friends. Bella just adores her big brother and always tries to do everything that he does. Most of our nights are filled with laughter from theses two, they definitely keep us entertained and on our toes at all times!

"I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love."