Baby Jahangard

Our Best friends Melissa and Shaheen are expecting their first Baby. They shared the excting news on Fathers day, and Julie was very moved. She has been kinda alone as a Mom. She was the first of her close friends to be married and then to have not one but two kids. Melissa is due at the end of January :) We are so excited to meet their little boy. We are also very excited to see Melissa and Shaheen in action as parents. We know that they will do great! We can't wait for J and Janna to meet him too!

In preparing for the Baby, Julie and our friend Christine gave Melissa a shower. It was a fun day of celebration. Melissas Mom Nancy helped too, she made some yummy food!

Melissa and her Mom Nancy

The Cake

She received many nice gifts.....everything was so cute!

Melissas belly is irresistable! She is such a cute pregnant Mommy! Christine and Julie could not resist they had to kiss the baby! They cant wait to meet the little guy!

Julie, Melissa, and Christine ~ Best Friends!

Preparing for Christmas!

Preparing for Christmas was pretty easy this year. We did not feel rushed one bit, that might of been because we did not do much shopping...it seemed very relaxing. J was really into Christmas. He was very excited about Christmas lights, and all the decorations he would see. He remembered Santa from last year, and he could not wait to get our Christmas tree. Him and Daddy picked out the perfect tree for our family, I know we say that every year...but thats just how it goes.

Here they are making the final decision

J being cute

J helping daddy get the tree in the stand

J was really proud of the tree, he was really good with the ornaments too! We only broke one and that was just because he bummed the tree when going by it.

J and Janna in front of the tree getting ready to go see Santa! They are so cute in their little outfits :)

Daddy hung all the lights, and J loves all the colors. You can kinda see them in this picture. The house looked great! Thanks Daddy!

Thanksgiving Camping Weekend!

This year on Friday after Thanksgiving we went camping with Mom, Dennis, Auntie Linda, and Uncle Paul. We went to a new place we had never been, its called Silverwood Lake. It was so beautiful, and the weather was great! We are pretty sure we will be returning there next year, it is a great place to camp during fall. As we were there we were reflecting on how thankful we are for the beautiful outdoors that God has created for us! This was a first for Janna! Her first time camping! She just went with the flow! We are pretty sure she is a natural at it!

This time we stayed in Mom and Dennis's tent trailer, but we set up J's tent inside. That way he would feel more comfortable about where he would be sleeping.

The evening time was very cold, but we stayed warm by the camp fire. Uncle Paul always seems to have the best fires that give off the most heat. Here are the ladies! Julie, Janna Rose, Auntie Linda, and Mom. Papa and J staying warm!Julie with her little guy snuggly warm! Grammy and the Grandkids! Joshua and J fell asleep by the fire...as you can see J grew out of his gloves from last year, so he is wearing socks on his hand :)

We went on a hike that was so beautiful! We found a bunch of leaves. J sure had fun in the leaves. Here is big brother Joshua Wayne and little sister Janna Rose!

Janna so cute!

Even Grammy joined in on the fun! Where is Grammy and J? Here we are, we don't get many pictures by oursleves these days. The background is the lake that we hiked around. It was so beautiful! We had a very nice time.

What a great trip!

Day at disneyland Boys only!

We were recently blessed with a Disney pass again. We use to have them and they expired, but it was nice to receive them as a gift again :) J loves Disneyland, and he loves the characters. He talks of them often. Joshua and J had a special day at Disneyland and California Adventure with our friends Andrew and Jordan. Jordan and J have been friends since Jordan was 3 weeks old. He is only 3 weeks older than J.

Jordan and J being silly boys

Daddy and J ready to go 3D

Andrew and the Boys going on the adventure of the Rope Bridge

Theres our Boy. He sure does Love it there! Can you tell ?

Daddy and J :) What a fun day!