Last Sunday 2015

The very last Sunday of the year....we are in Vacaville at Jake and Jennifer's ward with everyone! There was 21 of us, we kinda were a pretty big group! Fun seeing people I hadn't seen in a LONG time!

My Fishies Are Home

My favorite cup has arrived back home! I've missed my Fishies!!!! They came back from Michigan full of chocolates! They have had quite the adventure in their travels!

Vicki Arrives Today!

We are on our way to Ontario to pick up Vicki!!! She has been gone just over a year. It feels like she left yesterday with just a billion things that happened overnight!

Our family picture! Ryan is killing me!!!

In the car heading to LA. Gonna spend the rest of the day with Ed's sisters family.

Dinner was Vicki's request, Islands! Yum! I had The Hawaiian, extra YUM!

Cousins playing while waiting on food....

Noelle was loving her Vicki time! She would throw a fit and cry every time Vicki had to surrender her to the car seat!

One Horse Open Wagon

We decided to get our Christmas spirit in gear and head out to The Mission Inn in Riverside to see The Festival of Lights. We haven't been in awhile. Last year it started raining on the night we were thinking about going, so we had a change of plans! But we made it this year. Boy was it crowded! BUT!!! We saved a fortune on cash and calories because the lines to buy anything yummy were crazy! Like roller coaster line long!!! So we didn't buy any of those totally over priced, very delicious smelling, calorie packed Christmas treats! And I was just fine with that! I'm down 21 pounds since summer no need to pay an outrageous amount of cash to get some of those pounds back!!! Hahaha The boys did the Cinderella Cariage last time and they did not want to do that agin! Sooooo we did the wagon tour for the lights. It was totally beautiful as alway!!!

We have arrived!

The boys did not want to do the Cinderella Carriage again!!! But it is definitely worth it to do once!!!

Our beautiful horse

This sweetie was right behind us. She reminded us of Aires and Ford on how they hold their heads and stare at you. Loved their sparkly hooves!!!

In the wagon...if you know them than you know they are happy. If you don't know them, than they look like grumbly teenage boys! Ha! It was pretty chilly, but to Ryan it was perfect weather! Shorts, tshirt, no jacket required.

But we look happy!!! 

It was a fun Christmassy night. The YouTube video shows more of the lights. 

Here it is if us want to see a little glimpse of this fun place!

http://youtu.be/HaJbk-ML8NY

A Favorite Place To Eat!

I always took Chick-fil-A for granted. It was always everywhere I lived. Than we lived in Okinawa for 6 years....was happy to have it again at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville. Now it is a good 1 1/2 hours to drive to one. It was a yummy dinner!!!

My Favorite Elf

Forever my favorite elf!

Christmas Tree Lighting 2015

We zipped over to the Christmas Tree Lighting tonight so Ed could check on his Marines doing Toys For Tots and the Marines doing the Color Guard for The National Anthem. Ty and I went with him. All went fine. A fire fighter sang the national anthem. The flag was still at half mast from the terrorist attack in San Bernadino a few days ago. It's sad and scary to think that every Christmas event is now a target for terrorists....I couldn't help but look at everyone different now and worry for our Marines in uniform who are obvious targets now....

Wilmington NC 2,554 Mi

Whenever we went to Wilmington we would always see the Barstow Ca 2,554 MI sign and always joke about how horrible it would be to end up there. Well we ended up at the other end of that sign here in Barstow. We finally went and got a picture of it! I wanted it last year with all of us in Santa hats for our Christmas picture, but didn't happen.

Family Christmas Card 2015

And in five minutes or less our family picture for our Christmas card is done. I would have liked to have moved the horses the other direction so they wouldn't be so bright, but Mr. Hottie was already annoyed and done so this is the shot.

Kisses For Rookie

Can you tell we just LOVE this guy?!!! He's a REALLY good horse. He is very much adored.

Spur Ride 2015

I earned my second set of Spurs today on The Dark Horse Spur Ride on Fort Irwin. It was a LOT of fun!!! I got a perfect score on the horse and sword course and the grenade throwing course! Yay!!! Surprised myself on that! Was totally sore afterwards but totally worth it! Had a blast with the wives of Wolf Pack! 

FedEx Arrived With Christmas Trees

Santa came to our middle of nowhere neighborhood in a FedEx truck full of Christmas Trees today!

December 1st Gift

I got my sweetie these jammies for his December 1st gift. He loves them!!!

I got Ryan a SUPER soft blanket that he says is the softest EVER that he just LOVES as well as a Star Wars coloring book and I got Ty and Taylor coloring books and some GIANT coloring sheets. They are some happy peeps! 

Count Down Time

The first day of December has arrived so it is time for all the count downs!!!

This one used to be for each of the kids but now one row is for Ty, Ryan, Taylor, and saving one for Vicki!

Ryan went to bed early because he wanted to make sure he got up first to get to do this one first!

Ed always does this one on his way to work except for when he's deployed!

Perfect Foot Rest

Jasper makes a perfect foot rest! He's such a good dog!

Thanksgiving Coma

Someone enjoyed their Thanksgiving Feast today....now in a Thanksgiving Coma.....

What The Elf?!!!

Taylor told Ty she had an early Christmas gift for him. He opened up two boxes to find a scarf and a hat, each saying "What The Elf". Taylor was wearing a jacket while Ty was opening up his gifts. After she had put the scarf and hat on him she said, "If only i had something to match...." Than she unzipped her jacket and wha-la!!! She had on a matching sweater!!! These two are too funny! There is a youtube video of this whole gift unwrapping.

Base Club, MCLB Barstow

The club on base is the happening place for any base function. The Dude In Cammies even has his own cup holder here!

There was nobody here while Jennefer and the kids and I were setting up for the Single Marine Thanksgiving Dinner for later tonight so I took some pictures of this cool little place....

It is very horsie here since the stables are at this duty station.

I just love each of these horses.....