Thanksgiving Day!

It's so fun that we get to celebrate Jill's birthday on Thanksgiving! We are so blessed to live close to them and share her special day with her. We love you Jilly!



So cute and prego
Abby badaby


We love to pose by this wolf!



First a little cookin- then the ZOO!

Samuel LOVES to play with Tinker Toys. He loves to build all different things and this is one of his creations!
Daddy Daughter Date~ Jenna made this poodle skirt with the help of her Activity Day leader. She works so hard to have amazing activities. We are so grateful for her hard work. Jenna learns so much from her. They had a great time at their sock hop!

We had a special family day to the zoo! We hadn't seen Jay for awhile with the job he had, so it was time for a Janning day of fun! It was a great November day!

Jay's Aunt Kathy came to visit! It was so fun to see her!
My brother Ken stared dating this girl Jeni Starley. We are all very excited for him. These are some of their dates!

Fall Fun

Dave and Tanya and the girls!

Picking our perfect pumpkin!


The First Time Samuel saved Princess Peach!
Fall time at Rocky River nature center, one of our favorite walks!

Samuel loves to play with the rocks!
Samuel loves his Uncle Rich! He absolutely loves when we go to Aunt Lois and Uncle Rich's house. They live on a big lot of land so he is able to explore everything.

birthday weekend!

I love going apple picking! I love my birthday! So this was a great weekend! I also love taking pictures of my nieces!

Max ( Jason's boy)
Jenna, Samuel, Joel


The Kids Daydreaming at Westlake Rec center park, our favorite park!

Fabulous Fall!

Ella
Jason, Jay and I ~ The old Olive Garden group



We had a Fabulous fall here in Ohio. It was filled with Back to School, soccer games, many fall outings, and time spent with family and friends! Here are some of our highlights.
Jenna started 5th grade and Samuel started 1st. This meant I was home all day without the kids. It was a weird change but at the time Jay was going to work at 2pm so we got to spend time together in the mornings. They both played soccer this fall which filled up our Saturdays. They both really enjoyed it and I'm sure we will be doing it again in the spring.
I was the Nursery Leader at church for 2011 which means I was in charge of watching over the 18month to 3 yr.olds. This was a fun and huge task considering there were 23 of them. They weren't all there every Sunday but it was still very busy for me. I got to spend that time with 2 of my nieces as well. It was fun getting to know these cute, little spirits as we sang, danced, colored and learned about our Savior. I'm grateful to have had that opportunity, as always with a calling, I learned a lot.
We went to the zoo and had a fun outing to Olive Garden with Jay's cousin Jason and his family. That is where it all started(Jay and I met there) so it's fun to go back from time to time. Jason also worked there with us so it brings back fun memories.
We went apple picking then canned applesauce that we get to enjoy this winter. I'm grateful for the friends that we got to go with and that helped me accomplish my goals. It's so much easier with a friend by your side! :)

Jakee's Back!

WE are all so happy he's home!

It was an emotional greeting, not getting to hug jake for 2 years was really hard!
We were waiting and waiting. It seemed to take forever, we made cute signs for him and people smiled and they wished they had this warm welcome!

It has been a long and short 2 years at the same time. We have all missed Jakee so much, yet we knew he was where the Lord would have him be, serving the people of southern California. His flight didn't get in till midnight but there was no way we weren't going to the airport, we have waited to long to see our Jakee. Life was not the same without Jake around. He's the bubbly funny man of the family. He's the joker and he brings happiness and joy wherever he goes. Everybody wants to be around Jake. He draws people in. He's so full of life and so charming! As soon as we hugged and he started talking with us, it was just like Jakee's back. He was the same full of life guy that he was when he left 2 years ago only now he was filled with spiritual knowledge. The spirit was just just beaming through him. He's Amazing! He has served and blessed so many peoples lives in So Cal and we are so glad he went ,but we are so happy to have him back!