Out with 2014 IN with 2015

First, let's do some Christmas Posting!  YEY!  We had a nice Christmas, Hermy kept us busy, and we enjoyed Dean getting up after all this time.

 

Silly Hermy

 

Jake discovered his love for Legos, and Hermy is just too fun!

 

Captain Her-merica and ROCKIN JAKE at Chuck E. Cheese

 

Dec 14, Dean gets up for the first time since July!

 

Happy 4th Birthday Jake! 

Buddy in front of the Tree!

 

 

Jake got a Bike from Santa Claus and Daddy helping him ride!

We had a very low key vacation this years since we couldn't travel to the Ranch.  We all missed going down there, and hope to get there soon.  We didn't do much for New Years Eve but we watched the Dick Clark's Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest, then we had to try to keep Buddy calm from 8pm until about 1am with all the fireworks.  HE HATES FIREWORKS!

Here's to a happy and prosperous new year!  2014 was a difficult year, especially the last half which you all know and followed me thru all the crazy posts, some I barely believe happened!

Jake is OMG FOUR YEARS OLD!

My baby boy is growing up!  He is so smart, funny, and a joy to be around (well 90% of the time anyway).  Since we had so much going on last month with Dean coming home right before Thanksgiving, we did an "easy way" out.  We went to ...

Chuck E. Cheese!!!

It was really quite a good time!  There are something like 10 tables the length of the party area, and each kid gets one table length.  Each table ate at then same time.  Then had the birthday song sung and candles blown out at the same time while Chuck was walking around. IT WAS GREAT!  Caos! But GREAT!

I made a Captain America cake, and the two tables next to us were spider man and Batman theme, so we were the super hero section!

Jake also got to do the ticket booth, where you stand in the booth and tickets and ticket vouchers fly around you.  It was loud so he didn't do it for the whole 30 seconds, he only grabbed 4 or so tickets.  HOWEVER, the 100 ticket voucher landed on his head!  But, he looked down and it fell of.  Really funny.

Before the storm!!

Jake playing GAMES!

Jake and Anna riding the helicopter!

Jasmine beating Jake at air hockey, these kids are GOOD at this!

Party time!

Jake smiling for the camera, not mine, someone else's, probably Nonnie's. :)

ROCKIN with Chuck!

 

Birthday medal time!

Blow!

This says it all, he LOVES Chuck!

Thumbs Up!

THIS is some Yummy Cake

SKEEBALL!  He is really starting to get good at this too!  

He won just as many tickets as I did!

THAT's MY BY!

This is the best pic we got of Jake and Liam :)

I'm not sure what Jake is doing, Strike a POSE!

Nonnie gave him some LEGOS!

Happy 4th Birthday Jake!

We Love you!!!

Being Home is Good!

Howdy everybody!  Sorry I've been away a couple of weeks, but it's been busy!

We had a lovely Thanksgiving despite the Aggies loosing and the crazy last play that should have been called back.  Oh well, bring on the bowl game!

  

GIG EM AGGIES!

Alfredo, Dana, Joe and Lexi

Me (Dayna), Alfredo, Queenie, and Jake.

Jake and I spent the whole entire weekend getting our house ready for Christmas, inside and out!

 

 

Now, we are trying to get most of our shopping done online,and filling in when we can in the stores, and getting ready for Jake's Birthday!  We are doing the Chuck E. Cheese birthday package, so lets hope it's fun!

The best news is we are going to SLOWLY be getting Dean up and around the house starting soon. We are taking it slow because he has an appointment in mid January to get a new cushion for his chair which we feel the old one is what caused all this stuff in the first place. 

I'm also glad to report that Dean is really glad to be home, and he's feeling really great.

Have yourselves a merry little Christmas!

The Holiday Season has begun!

Hello everybody!  Glad to report that Dean has settled in and we had a very boring weekend together at HOME!  I was getting ready for Thanksgiving, and Jake was playing with all his toys and messing up the place after I cleaned it! :)

The weather on Saturday was crazy warm and beautiful!  Jake and I went outside to Play!

 

Jake flying his kite!  He's awesome!

 

And, of course a little scooter time!

I also got a chance to put up some Christmas Decorations!  I have a long term agreement with Dean that I will wait until after Thanksgiving to put our tree up, BUT, he agreed that I can put up my nutcrackers and my nativity scene.

I have 55 nutcrackers and counting.  Do I need more?  YES, do I want more?  YES!!!

 

SON OF A NUTCRACKER!  I LOVE THEM!

All set up!

And, Jake put "Jacob the fisherman" and "Michael the angel" next to baby Jesus.

I do believe that is where they should go!

I also was able to get some of our yard decorations ready.  

We are going to have a GREAT Christmas Yard!!!

 

We have 4 of these reindeer.  We thought they were small, the box was small, but everything was tucked inside the body!  They are taller than Jake!

And, just a quick update on Dean.  He's doing great!  He's enjoying his time home and getting back to the normal swing of things.  He still has some recovery to do, but so far things have gone very well.  He will be up and rolling soon!  Please pray for continued healing and strength!

On that note...

May you all be thankful for everything you have this Thanksgiving.

Please pray for our service men and women serving away from their family's.  

Thank you for all you do for us.

Please think of everybody who has to spend the holidays in a hospital bed.  And pray that they have nurses and staff who care and take care of them properly and that they have visitors.

I am so thankful for friends and family for all the support I've had these last few months.

I am grateful Jake, my wonderful son, who really took care of me as well.

And to his courageous birth parents who I think of every day as I look into their faces every time I look at Jake. 

I am thankful that my awesome husband Dean was able to come home before the holidays and spend some much needed time with his family.  

Happy Thanksgiving!