Don't know where to start...December?

I have let my self get so far behind that its been since Halloween since I posted. I will just go by months.... I will compact them and it will take less time!
we will start with December. Bryson Turned 2, he is such an amazing little boy, its crazy to think how many emotions I feel every day because of this little boy! he makes me laugh, he makes my proud, he makes me want to cry sometimes, scream sometimes, he absolutely makes me tired by the end of the day, he is a little firecracker.
Over the last few months since turning 2 the flood gates are open and he is talking so much! in fact today he said Love you.... he hears it about a million times a day I have been waiting to hear it back :)
beforeafter ha ha ha!!

Grandma Julie came to visit for the birthday celebration and we had a good visit.


Next comes Christmas. We went to Southern California, spent time with both families and had a good time. I am realizing that we didnt take any pictures with my family!! here is some with the boys and there Aunt and Uncles.

Pumpkin Madness

So I usually blog about my cute boys but this time its about Pumkins! I love fall and all the yummyness that is connected with it. at the beginning of Oct. we went to Humboldt and we visited the pumpkin patch. I picked my pumpkin from the vine. It was displayed in my bay window for decoration for Halloween and then was made into a few yummy treats.
Pumpkin double layer cheese cakepumpkin curry soup


and there was a Pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting but it looks like I forgot to take a pic :(

Our Boys!

I swear these boys are getting so big so fast! here are a few pictures of the boys the last few days! The big event is yesterday Bryson slept in his new big boy bed. These pictures are after nap time when I went to get him, he is so proud and happy. At night we did have to put him back to bed but he did really well.

some other cute pics!

We heart Humboldt!

Matt and I had such a great time living in Humboldt, we love going back to visit and it is so much fun bringing our family up there, especially Bryson right now because he is in an exploring stage.
We went to visit our friends Daryl, Sarah, and Raya and soon to be Marshall.

First we went to the Community Forest and let Bryson run around in the woods. I love that this Park is surrounded by Redwoods!

So we woke Bryson up from his nap since it was getting late. I feel like a bad mom but this picture CRACKS me up! we put Everett in there after Bryson was awake but the look on both of their faces is priceless!

After nap we went to the school house to see the Elk,Bryson liked them so much he wanted to go play with them....we didnt think it was a good idea! Everett was just hanging out.




(just a cute pic)

The next day we started the day off with the farmers market. We love Arcata, and we love the Plaza!


Bryson and Raya were very cute running around! we love Raya and wish we saw her more often.
They were having pastel on the plaza, people drew pictures with chalk it was pretty cool!
After nap this day we went to the pumpkin patch we got our pumpkins from the vine it was such a good time!


and that was Humboldt, on the way home we stopped in Leggett to the drive through tree.


Yay for road trips!

Weekend in Sacramento

Last year for Miriams Birthday we went to Sacramento to hang out with her and go to Apple Hill, we had so much fun that we decided to go again. (here is a picture from last year.)
This year was a little different, they didnt have as much fall stuff to take pictures by, but they did have a petting area and this year they had a pony ride, Bryson had his first ride ever and was very happy and serious on his ride!
Bryson really likes Gatlin they are buddies! Gatlin and Miriam are so awesome with our kids we are lucky to have them in our kids life!
Our favorite part of Apple Hill is the Apple pie and Apple Cider! its sooo AMAZING! its a fun family and friend day out :) Miriam thanks for having a Birthday that we can celebrate every year.

Carly came to visit!

We had such a great time when my friend Carly came to visit. She is my friend from high school and over the past 3 years the only time we have seen each other was at each others wedding, it's nice but you really don't get to spend quality time when someone is getting married!

We went to Santa Cruz and went to the beach, then had some YUMMY Brazilian food at Cafe Brasil.
Unfortunately everyone got sick the rest of the time so we hung out at the house, Carly went home and she got sick. But we did get some cute pictures

After we walked around for a while Matt took him to walk down by the waves, for some reason it didnt occur to Matt that Bryson would LOVE to get in the water or should I say run to the water! so this is the result.... it was hilarious.

Brashears family visit minus Travis

Matts dad was able to take leave from the Army and was able to visit, so the whole Family( except Trav) came up and had a good time with Bryson.Grandma and Grandpa took him to Happy Hallow





visit with the stoddards. They came down from Sacramento. Bryson had such a good time!
other cute pics of the trip :)