Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Germany.  Love you all!!  .....Guess what, we move back to the states this year and will visit HOME!  Yeah for 2013~ 
Hope you all have a Happy New year!!  Love,  The Jones Family

Happy Anniversary!

Today I celebrate my 8th year Anniversary

I am so happy to be married to my Best Friend Joseph Jones.  He completes me.  He is the Father I envisioned he would be for our children and more. 

 I love how he plays with the boys and I love the quiet times of snuggles.

 He is the friend that will never leave my side and is always there for me.  I look forward to making the next 8 years some of our best yet.  I want to make him happy and everyday I will strive to do just that.

I love you Joseph and I am so grateful I made the choice to be with YOU for the rest of my life on Earth and forever in the Eternities....Thanks for choosing me too.  

Here is to the next 8 being better than the last.  Love you Babe!!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

 

So for our Anniversary we went out to lunch at Nicks Diner in Herforst.  It was nice that a new couple in our ward took our kids for a few hours to allow us time to talk with out being interrupted.  I loved it.  Then my visiting teacher gave us some sparkling apple juice to help us toast to the next 8 years.  It has been a wonderful Anniversary.  Thanks to our friends who have helped make it that much better when I am a little unable to make it the best.  Joseph has been such a big help in the house and with the kids that it has eased my worries some.  He takes good care of me.

 Here are some updated photos of my leg.  My whole leg is bruised from my knee to my ankle now.  The top of the shin, side of my knee and my calf muscle are where most of the pain is.  I believe I tore my medial ligament on the side of my knee and maybe fractured my Tibia or a really bad bone bruise.  Time will only tell what is really wrong.  It hurts though and it is hard to get around.  I am trying to stay off of it.  It felt like the pain was getting better till yesterday and now it hurts worse.  So if you want can you pray for my knee to get better and that my house doesn't go to pot in the mean time.  Thanks....I would appreciate it :)

Christmas!!

Bridger was Bouncing Arya and looked like he was going to be the one to fall asleep.... (see video)

Arya and Bridger boy

 We made things with candy...

 

 I made santa and his reindeer flying through the sky

Gideon made a monster city

 Bridger made a Great sea lizard city too

 We heard the Thomas' didn't have a Christmas tree or any Christmas decorations so we made some for them and delivered them on Christmas eve....They loved the homemade touch :)

 My Silly's.....

Arya Girl on Christmas Eve

 Yes this is me with Crutches again...... (Check end of post)

 

The boys waiting for us Christmas morning...They woke up through the whole night asking if it was time yet......  We barely got a wink of sleep that night.

  

Us sleepy eyed and ready to open presents

 

Me standing by one of the Christmas gifts I made Joseph

 This is us on a date.....  Can't wait!

 Bridger holding his gift from Gideon, play dough foam stuff and dry erase crayons and don't forget the skittles

 Gideon holding his gift from Bridger

 Gideon made me a necklace.  I love it!

 Tradition of Christmas PJ's in front of tree

 Arya's 1st Christmas

 Arya in her Christms PJ's

 Our little Christmas Angel

 So I re-injured my knee again.  I was playing at the park with the boys and jumped down off of a slide (not thinking about how I don't have an ACL connecting my bones) when I jumped down I felt everything collide and shift in my knee.  It was excruciatingly painful.  When Joseph was helping me up he even heard something (maybe a bone) shifting in my knee as well.  So I am on crutches again and opted out of getting it checked out on Christmas eve, instead I got an apt with an American doc the day after Christmas who gave the referral to my insurance who I met with today and it took 1 hour to set up an apt. with a German Doc to check me out on January 10th to see if Surgery is needed right away or not.   My knee is swollen still and quite bruised.  We shall see in time what the bad news is and till then I will put my baby in a front pack to go up and down the stairs (Joseph is on night shift and not home on some evenings) and try to stay off it and let my house become like a tornado alley.  Oh well, there is a time and a place for everything.  Right?!

It really was a wonderful Christmas though.  I am so blessed to have such a wonderful beautiful family.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Videos from Christmas

 

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December in a picture review

Arya and I hanging out

Gideon lost another front tooth!

Arya chill'n with daddy

Arya's Bedroom

 

Love these kiddos!

Thanksgiving day

Away in a bouncer

All cuddled up tight

The little Arya sleeps all through the night....well not quite yet :)

We got a bumbo and this is her first time in it

First Overalls :)

The boys look forward to every morning finding out where Eli has been.  We are loving his visit here in our home

We got Snow!!!!

Building a tiny snoman in the lil bit of snow we had :)

Ha ha :)

Sweet baby girl!  With Grandma Jones' blanket that she just got in the mail

Tummy Time

More Snow!!  Yippy!

Snuggles

Arya bundeled up in a 9-12 month old snow suit.... LOL!!

Playing in the snow together

Making our Cat and mouse course.  This is a childhood memory of mine.  WE always played this in our yard at night time with the yard light on.  Good times!

We all made snow angels

I even made one for Arya

Snug little girl

Cheeser!~

Snuggling with Bridger Boy

Happy girl!!! at 2 1/2 months old