Merry Christmas

It's Christmas again, right here in the 'Ville

Our time is now short, just six months until

We pack up our stuff and move yet again

This time will be nice, much closer to in.

Yes, we have a job right back in Missouri.

It's nice to know now, and not have to worry.

It's been seven years since we moved away,

And once we move back, we're hoping to stay.

Now we have some news, if you haven’t heard,

A new baby boy, that is the word!

Grows bigger each day, in April he’s due,

To meet Mom and Dad, and of course Jacob too.

Brad goes to church at our Spanish branch.

He works less this year, he still doesn’t dance.

Loves pizza and Frisbee and is still a nice guy.

His favorite new thing is that we’ve joined the Y!

Becca is pregnant all over again.

Loves her blog and her books and her two and a half men.

Likes spreadsheets and thrift and much organization.

But her dream for some day is a beach-side vacation.

And Jacob is learning so much every day,

It seems that he always has something to say.

He talks and he talks, which means he’s not dumb.

We’ve heard it’s a trait that he gets from his Mum.

Little Jake likes to jump and to sing and to run.

Brad he calls “Dear” and Rebecca is “Hun”.

Likes fire trucks, dinosaurs, tools, and a rock.

But it seems most of all, that he likes to talk.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good year.

Best wishes to you and to those you hold dear.

Love,

Brad, Rebecca & Jacob

Religious Diversity

Here is Jacob celebrating his religious diversity:

The Jewish Yarmulke

The Mormon Temple

The other morning Jacob found a rubber band in my bathroom and wanted it in his hair. When I put it in, he looked in the mirror and exclaimed "Temple!" so now that's what he calls it when he sees a rubber band and wants his hair done like this. What a silly boy!

Twins!

I was so excited when I woke up this morning. I got to do something I don't get to do very often in a house full of boys. I got to dress like a twin! See, my awesome sister made these cute outfits when she was pregnant and then she passed them on to me. Don't we look cute together?


Vicky, thanks so much, I got lots of complements and Brad was even a bit jealous he didn't get to dress like us. If you have any left over material, I'd love to be able to make Brad a vest or a tie or something...just so he won't feel left out!

Christmas preparations

Every year there are a few things we do in our family that have become our Christmas traditions. One of those things is to attend a party our church holds every year to celebrate Christ's birth. We had a great dinner served.
Jacob's favorite part of dinner is dessert. We had a friend's birthday celebration the same week as this party and now every cake Jacob refers to as "birthday cake". He was in heaven with this cupcake!

After we ate we got to have a music program, which I got to participate in. The kids enjoyed just dancing to the music, and Jacob was right there in the middle of them.


After the music program was over, we were visited by a special person...that's right, Santa Claus!

We had put Jacob in his PJs since it was past bedtime and we were
hoping he'd fall asleep on the way home. He's also very attached to this hat!

Then this weekend we also prepared to send out our yearly Christmas letters. Here's a sneak peak at the preparation for the picture to our Christmas cards.

What Christmas traditions have you participated in lately?

Cleaning

Apparently, I don't keep the windows clean enough in our house.