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On Jason's 30th we organised a surprise party for him. It was hilarious because all he knew was that Jesi and Ryan would come down in the evening to see him on his birthday... he did not know that we were planning on surprising him! I took him to Costco thinking that he would want to spend him normal hour and a half in there... but he was tired and so just wanted to go home! Nightmare! What could I do to keep him out of the house for another 45 minutes except run away and hide from him! I hid in Costco for about 15 minutes... he called me saying 'where are you because I am leaving and if you don't meet me at the car I'm leaving without you!

I had no choice but to call in the reinforcements... I called Jesi and told her to call me with the excuse that she needed something from the super market! So, it worked... she called, and we went to Albertsons. Thank goodness we walked down the Coffee Aisle... Jason being a coffee addict, we were looking at all the coffee accessories and that distracted Jason for half an hour! It was perfect!

So, we got home and I walked up the stairs to our apartment talking as loud as I possibly could and stomping as loudly as I could so that everyone in the apartment would know that we were coming...

We walked in and BOOOOOMMMMM... SURPISSSEEEEE!!

Jason was completely surprised and shocked and he was so happy! It was perfect!

Jonah enjoying the sunset

We sat Jonah on the table on our balcony as the sun was setting. He loved looking at the sun and of course at his dad!

He's such as character!

More Stanley!

And he continues to grow into a handsome young boy!

I love getting new photos of Stanley. Its great to see how he is getting big!

I miss not being able to see him in person though!

Our first Christmas Tree

I know that this is probably completely boring to you, the reader, but this is something I am very proud of! I love our first Christmas Tree. We bought it 2 weeks early because I was so desperate to get it up and in our window.

It was great to decorate it and have it up for everyone to see!

My first Thanksgiving

Well, my first proper Thanksgiving was certainly not the 'normal' thing I thought it would be... from sushi, to beach outings to chilling in the sun!

A normal thanksgiving involves a lot of cooked food, turkey, veggies, potatoes, desserts... we decided to have sushi because neither Jason's mum nor I wanted to slave for hours cooking a great big Christmas-like-dinner!

Then once we were done with our food we met up with Jesi and
Ryan at the beach! How spends Thanksgiving on the beach...
only in Southern California! We hung out at the beach for a
while with Ryan's dad and sisters, ate some good snacks and
played 'football'. It was fun.

A trip to the snow

Last weekend Jason and I went to a big ski resort called Mammouth with some of our church group. We were lucky enough to stay at a friends family lodge while we were there. we arrived late Friday night and enjoyed a weekend which included a walk in the snow, lots of games, and good food and company.

Stanley at his grandad's house

Stanley gets to play with his Grandad!

I love seeing Stanley!

Mum says he loved playing with the reindeer!