Thanksgiving

This year we were lucky enough to have some visitors come to our house for Thanksgiving.  Jessica, Eric, Luke, and baby Kaleb came from Utah to stay for the weekend.  It was SO much fun!!!  The 2 years olds had a blast together, it is so fun to see cousins play!  Also Becky and James' family was in town so we got to see them too!  It was such a great holiday.  I'm so grateful for such a wonderful sibblings!!  And can't wait to see more of you at Christmas!
Here's a few pics from us going to see the lights.  Unfortunately I don't have any from dinner, but believe me it was amazing!

Thses 2 years were impossible to get a still picture.
Max is in the orange and Luke is in the blue.

Jack 1 Month

The first month with Jack was a little rough.  Lots of crying and not a lot of sleeping. . .. hooray that we made it through.  He grew so much and even though it's not always easy it is so fun to have a baby in our home!  Max loves Jack more than we could have expected.  He loves to hug him, kiss him, lay on him:) and help burp him.  It's so fun to see them together, and surreal that we have 2 boys! I can't believe it!

Halloween

We love Halloween here at the Bryson house!  I was still recovering so Jeff went trick-or-treating with Max. Max LOVED it!!

Max as 'Dusty' the airplane, Jeff as a piolet and Jack as a skeleton

Halloween is exhausting

Introducing Jack Jeffrey Bryson!

We are so excited for the new addition to our family!  Jack Jeffrey Bryson arrived on Oct. 23, 2013 at 11:35am.  He was 8 lbs 15 oz and 21 inches long.  He was delivered via c-section.  My pregnancy was pretty smooth, other than the last month of him flipping up and down each week.  He ended up with his feet down silly boy.  Here are a few pictures of the first couple days.

Love at first sight. . .Brothers

Love these wrinkly feet

Summer 2013

I'm back on the blogging band wagon. . . I'm going to somewhat catch up.  Unfortunately I don't have a ton of pictures, but here's what we were up to this summer.

Lots and lots of boating. . . .and that pretty much sums up our summer!

We are so lucky to live minutes away from Lake Lowell and we definately took advantage.

He looks a little chilly. 

What's better than napping on the boat?

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Max loves the water!

6 months pregnant. . . I kept it up until about 8 months, the water just got too cold:)

Beach day!

San Diego!!

We just got back from great vacation to San Diego.  We went with our good friends from Denver the Trails. It was so great just to be with them. We sure miss all our great friends!!
Jeff and Dustin were responsible for getting this trip planned, and I'm so glad they did.  The weather was amazing, such a good break from our horrible Idaho winter.
Here's just a few highlights. . . .

Waiting for Shamu

Couldn't leave Sea World without some tea cups

Got their surf on

So much fun playing in the sand

Max loved feeding this seagull.  He was laughing so hard!  It was great!

Always an adventure with the Trails!
At Balboa Park

Such a fun little train.
Also Balboa Park

We sure love these guys!!  Can't wait to see them again soon!

Cousins. . .

Aren't cousins just the best!  Max had such a great time with all his cousins, they are so great to him!  We love them!

All the Beesley Grandkids

Luke and Max. . .buddies

Watching Grandpa on the tractor

Christmas

Christmas was awesome this year.  We got to spend an entire week with my family.  Unfortunately Jeff had to go back during the week, but he was such a good sport he let me and Max stay and came back to get us.  We celebrated Christmas Eve with all of my family (except the Whites') and both Grandma and Grandpa Smith and Grandma Phyllis.  I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family, and so lucky to have them so close!  We had a delicous dinner, a nativity scene and some wonderful Christmas stories. . . and of course Christmas pj's.  It was such a great night!

Our nativity

Max going in for the kiss

And then the elves got to work. . .

 Christmas morning was great.  Max loved all his gifts, especially his car track. . . just like his dad knew he would!

SNOW DAY!

We had our first taste of snow at Grandma and Grandpa Beesley's house when we visited for Christmas.  Jeff was so excited for Max to go sledding.  . . all in preps form someday snowboarding.  Jeff is really starting with the brainwashing young!

I think it was a success!  They loved every minute of it!