We are finally settled down

Well I know i'm going on a month and a half without a post but we have been very, very busy with moving and getting settled. But I have finally finished unpacking and have lots and lots of boxes piled up by my front window. Which will soon make it down to the basement, crawl space area. But I am so not going down there so when Mike finally gets a day off it will happen! Hopefully tomorrow. But I have managed to finally take some pictures! The ones of the snow are what we saw about an hour away driving up here. One thing about Roseburg is it's beautiful! There are in the mountain area and there are a lot of trees! Which we are use to living in Jacksonville. But our house is up on a hill area too so the one thing that we didn't get in the house we found was a back yard and not much of a front yard so there is not much of a place for the kids to play. But that means we will be going to the park a lot! Which i'm sure they won't mind! But the pictures I have here are my living room and the other half of my living room, the kitchen with no kitchen table yet I have that on it's way and hopefully will be here on the 10th. Madison's room and Jake's room and our room which has an awsome walking closet and a pretty big bathroom. Then my laundry room which I love that I don't have to go out to the garage anymore to do it. And a big two car garage. We have a little deck that will be nice to sit out on and relax once it is not 30 or 40 degrees outside. But we have an awsome view of the mountains being up on a hill so I love that! But Mike has begun work and been working for about a week and yes it SUCKS already. I hate it and I feel like I never see him anymore. But I guess I'll learn to deal with it. But I have only gotten lost a few times but hopefully will find my way around soon!

Our Christmas!

Wow I know it has been forever and yes I needed Angie's yelling at me to BLOG!!! for me to get my butt in gear and finally post some pictures. I have been pretty busy lately with going home for a month and seeing Mike's family and then going to Utah and then to my parents. I had such a wonderful trip and want to thank everyone for taking us in and taking care of us. It was so good to see Mike's family and spend the week with them. We got to go to sea world and in San Diego Mike's parents spoiled me and the kids by taking us to downtown San Diego and loving the kids. (As much as they would let them! LOL) Then we got to drive up and see Mike's Grandad and that was great he is so wonderful and we just love him. Then my mom and dad flew me and the kids and my mom to Utah and I got to see almost all of my relatives and my wonderful friend Deidra and her family. Then after Utah I went home to Yuma for almost two weeks with my family. I had such a good trip and loved spending every minute with my family and Angie and Jeff and the kids came from Phoenix for Thanksgiving and Mike got to come from San Diego for Thanksgiving also. I am so happy I got to see Ang and her family I miss her and them so much Angie is one of my best friends and it's so hard being away from her so it was great to spend the whole weekend with her and the kids. Then I also got to see all my best buds! Alison, Shelly, Emily, Isabel, Angela, and Edna. I got to see Ericka and Carrie for a breif hello I wish I could have seen more of them. But it was a great trip.
But as for Christmas we had such a great day with the morning starting out in a blur of toys as it always is on Christmas morning. The kids as you can see got spoiled to death with toys and more toys! The had fun opening all there presents and Madison kept going and going!! She even wanted to open mine! Jake on the other hand started asking me if I would open his! But thank you Grandma and Grandpa's for all the gifts and Ang for Madison's and Christina for Mike's and Sarah for Jake's and Josh for mine. We draw name's on my mom's side so thanks again. We loved them all. But I hope everyone enjoyed there Christmas and took a few minutes to remember the true meaning of Christmas and how blessed we are for our Savior Jesus Christ. I hope everyone has a wonderful new year and accomplished all they have set out for the new year!

Halloween

Happy Birthday Jake!!

Today is my sweet boys birthday! I can't believe he is already 4 years old. I am so proud of him and how big he is getting! Each day he makes me laugh and smile and grateful that I am his mom. Mike and I love him so much and are so grateful for our little halloween baby! Happy Birthday Jake!!

Jake's Party

We celebrated Jake's birthday on Saturday we had lots of friends come and have lots of fun. We had pizza from Little ceasars and then we played somes games like musical chairs, pin the flag on the pirate ship, and find the coins in the yucky gunk! Then we had a pirate ship pinata. Then Jake opened all his many presents and got some great gifts! We want to thank everyone for all the gifts and for coming to Jakes party! Then we sang happy birthday and had some yummy pirate cake! Jakes real birtday is October 31st (halloween) but Mike is leaving on Monday so we had his party Saturday. We will go trick or treating on his birthday then some of my friends and there kids are going to come over for some cupcakes! I can't believe my little boy is almost 4 he is growing up so fast and getting so big and so smart! We are so proud of him and they cute little man he is becoming! We love you Jake! Happy Birthday!

Grandma and Grandpa Strebe's visit

This past week my parents flew into see us. We had such a great visit and had a lot of fun with them. Monday we got to show them all around town and the bases and Mike got to show my dad all the things around the bases and everything he works on and then Tuesday we went out to the beach and then Wednesday we drove to Greensboro, NC so my dad could see a business that he does business with. Then we finished the day with driving to Mt Airy, NC the town were Mayberry (from the Andy Griffith show) is based on. They had some fun things to see and it was fun to see my mom so excited cause she loves the Andy Griffith show! Then we drove past Raleigh and went to Smithfield, NC to the outlet mall for a bit. Then we drove home. They left on Friday the trip went so fast but we are so glad they came and enjoyed our time with them. When they left Jake cried so much. He was so sad the rest of the day. We love them and can't wait to see them in a few weeks!

Jake's New Bed

We found Jake a captain's bed and got it all put together last night. We went today and bought him a new mattress and he picked out the pirates of the carabien sheets and comforter. He loves it. I figured since he will be turning 4 at the month it was time for a big bed. I can't believe how big he is getting and it's just going so fast! We are so proud of you Jake!!