Happy Birthday Greg!!

It's Jake's Dad's Birthday today, he is enjoying is birthday on a Cruise! He will be coming home with Pam on Sunday to some freezing cold weather!! So HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG!! Hope you are enjoying, the warmer weather!!

Happy Birthday to me =)

Well I celebrated my 22nd Birthday on this past weekend. I had a couple very nice surprises!! First surprise was on Friday afternoon when I received a package of roses from proflowers.com! From Felicia and Brad!! They were beautiful! Yellow, peach, pink roses!! They are all opening up very nicely!! My second surprise came after I got home from watching the girls. I walk in the door and everything is normal. Then, there is a knock on the door...who could it be.....I open it, and there are my parents, Dad's holding the video camera and Mom holding her camera. I was very happy and very surprised!! After all the hugs, my parents, Jake and I headed to dinner. Then hung out and watched some diner's, dive's and drive in's...we all love that show. They headed back to the hotel and called us in the morning, where we took a drive to Mount Pleasant and went to a 50's themed restaurant called the pixie. Then we headed to the movie theater and saw Marley and Me. I thought it was a very good movie, very sad at the end. Jake thought of his past yellow lab Bailey and Mom, Dad, and I thought about JJ. It was very very very sad!! The ride home needless to say was very quite, I think we all were kinda in shock of how sad and how much it affected us.

We got back into Houghton Lake and Mom and Dad headed back to the hotel to freshen up for dinner at Buccili's to celebrate Greg's and My Birthday. It was very nice, Ally, Lexi, and Liya even took some time from Grandma Diane's to come eat dinner with us, which was very nice :0) After dinner, we headed back home where Joe, Greg, Pam, Mom, Dad, Jake and I played Pit (Lola seemed entertained just by watching.),had some cake and ice cream and then it was getting late and everyone headed back home and to the hotel.

Sunday Morning, Greg and Pam headed on their 5 day cruise!! I got beautiful Pink and White Gerber Daises from Jake (My Favorite :0) . Then we met up with mom and dad for a birthday breakfast!! Sadly, they had to head back home before it started snowing again in Chicago. Jake and I then went baby shower gift shopping for Jenny, Paulie and Baby Lewis. Then came home, and hung out, Jake that night then made me dinner. He made some great pork stir fry!! It was delish!!

The rest of the week has been like every other day, mostly just hanging around.

We have some happy belated birthdays to say:

Auntie Theresa and Grandma Jean!

Happy Early Birthday Greg, tomorrow is his birthday and of course he is enjoying it on a cruise!

We hope everyone is staying warm!!

Jake and Jamie

Christmas and New Years have come and gone...what to do now?

Well, December is over and this is what we have been up to:

Christmas Eve, Jake got out of work a little early and we headed down state and stopped at his family's Christmas, we got to visit for a little bit and then headed down to Illinois!! It was a good drive, quick and we stayed awake!!

Christmas Day, we spent the morning opening presents with my parents, brother and his wife and my sister. It was soo nice to see everyone, (I was getting a bit homesick). We had a lot of fun and we couldn't wait to get home because we got a Wii and a Wii Fit!! Soo exciting!! After opening presents, and eating yummy breakfast pizza, Granny came over!! It was really nice to see her, I hadn't seen her since I moved in May! We then headed over to Aunt Candy and Uncle Roger's house for the rest of the day! It was a lot of fun, Andy and Ellen were in from California, Raj was there, we only got to see Jeff and Lynzi for a little bit, then they headed to Lynzi's family's Christmas. We had a great dinner! (even if we couldn't sit at the kid table). We also played PIT, oh my gosh it is one of the most fun games ever!! It was really really nice to be back in Illinois and see my family!

Family

all the kids with Granny
JJ

Doser enjoying his xmas present

Day after Christmas, Jake and I slept in until about 10 and then headed out shopping. We had a chance to meet up with Kristi, Julie and Kurt at Chilis!! We were very excited to see all 3 of them!! After lunch we all headed to the mall for some more shopping, after shopping we met up with Ashley and my Mom and went to Home Run Inn for some pizza and a drink. Home Run Inn is where Ashley, Jake and I go to eat, all the time!! Then we all headed back home and Ashley had to leave because of some crazy fog!!

Saturday after Christmas,Mom, Dad, Jennifer, Jake and I headed out to Bollingbrook stopped at Maurice's and Kohl's and then swung over to visit Grandpa Ray!! It was a short visit, so next time we are in town we plan on spending a whole day together! After the visit we decided to grab some lunch at a buffet and headed home were Kay and baby Knutson stopped by and hung out for a bit!! We played Family Game Night on Wii. Which I think is a lot of fun!! Kay only could stay for a little while, so after Kay left we headed back over to Aunt Candy and Uncle Roger's just for a bit. Then parted ways, where Jennifer, Jake and I headed over to O'neils Pub (Kristi's work), had a few drinks, then headed to Chili's again were we had dinner and some drinks with some old friends of mine. (Jen, Abby, Chris, Justin, Johnny and Dee) I hadn't seen them in almost 2 years!! So we had some catching up to do. Sadly, the night ended and everyone headed home.

Sunday after Christmas, Mom, Dad, Jennifer, Jake, Ashley and I went to our favorite breakfast restaurant! RED APPLE! Oh man, Jake and I miss that place!! We had a great breakfast! Then Jennifer, Jake, Ashley and I headed over to Home Depot and Target!! Jake had a gift card to Home Depot, and as for Target...it is my guilty pleasure...haha...I can walk into that store and just walk around for hours...and of course buying things I don't really need...haha...Sadly, our trip had to end we packed up our Jeep, with all our gifts and things we bought that weekend, Doser, and Lou Malinati Frozen Pizza! Yum! Our short weekend had ended and we said our good byes and head back to Houghton Lake, it was a long long drive. About an hour away from Houghton Lake, we stopped in Mount Pleasant, MI to eat at a restaurant called the Pixie. Which is a 50's dinner. I had a wrap and Jake had some Conney Dogs. But it was Delish!! After that we headed back on the road and then spent a while unloading the Jeep!

It really seemed like too short of a trip sadly, but we were happy to see everyone we could!!

This week, we really did not do to much, I watched the girls while they were still on winter break and Jake worked hard at the Dealership and said good-bye to the house in Boon, MI (we dropped of our keys)

New Years Eve: Jake's Parents headed up to the UP and we were lucky we got to spend some time with Jake's brother Caleb and their family friends Jenny and Justin. We had a bunch of junk food and played Wii all night! Midnight came around and we made our calls saying happy new year and I tried to stay up until 1am our time so I could say Happy New Year again to everyone in Illinois! I barely made it!! Shortly after the phone calls I crashed! I was exhausted!!

New Years Day: Caleb had to leave for work but we spent the day watching movies with Jenny and Justin!

Friday: Jake had to work and I watched the girls. Then later that night Jake and I went to dinner and then rented some movies and Wii games! We watched both movies and headed to bed.

Saturday: (Today) Jake and I ran some errands, then played Wii all day!! I am actually getting pretty good at Guitar Hero now!!!

Tomorrow: we plan on doing the same exact thing all day!! Just hanging out!!

We hope everyone had a fun New Years and we Wish everyone a Happy, Healthy and Safe 2009!

We love you all!!

Happy 2009!!

Jake and Jamie

Happy New Year!!

We hope everyone has a wonderful 2009!!!

Buddy the Elf, What's your favorite color?

Well, this past weekend was fun!!

Friday Night: We went to dinner for Northwoods Restoration Christmas Party..Jake and I had a great time, there were even door prizes!! Jake got a $10 gift certificate to Buccilli's (which has the best pizza in Michigan, let me tell you...), I got a $10 gift Card to Walmart!! After we were done with dinner, we opened presents with Caleb and Jake's Parents because Caleb had to work on Sunday for the family's Christmas. It was a nice time, after opening presents we watched Alvin and the Chipmunks with Jake's niece Taylor! She is just adorable!! In the middle of the movie everyone was tired and decided to go to bed! Then Jake and I opened presents together, we cant wait long to open presents...haha..But I got a GPS!!! I was soo excited. Jake got Indiana Jones movies, a deep fryer and two magazine subscriptions. I told Jake the money he was going to use for my stocking I wanted to use towards toys for tots.

Caleb & Jake

Saturday: Caleb and I made breakfast, we had chocolate chip and recess's peanut butter chip pancakes, they were delish!! After that Jake and I headed out to Boon to do a final clean up. After we were finished cleaning up. We headed to Walmart to get a couple presents for toys for tots. We got a girl present and a boy present, I picked out the girl present and got a huge thing of play food! Jake picked out a really neat Car toy. Then we headed back to the house were we got to relax and spend time with Jake's niece Taylor. We watched, Rudolf the red nose reindeer and then we watched the cartoon, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It was lots of fun!! She is just way too cute!!

Taylor- 5 years old dressed of for the Wagner Christmas Party

Sunday: We had the Wagner Family Christmas Party!! It was lots of fun watching the kids open presents and was great spending time with Jake's family.

Greg & Pam (Jake's Parents)

Jake and I in the snow

Well, we cannot wait to go to Illinois tomorrow night!! We are very excited to spend time at the Cobos and Smith Christmas's.

We will update again next week!!

Love,

Jake and Jamie

Christmas, Christmas time is near

Good Morning everyone!

Jake and I have been very busy this month, sorry for not updating lately. Where has the time gone. Here are some pictures of the snow we have had this past month!

We are currently living with Jake's parents in Houghton Lake and is great because we get to spend a lot of time with all his family and see his neices and nephews more often, which we love, as you all know Jake is a kid at heart still, so he has tons of playmates now =).

I have been watching his nieces, Ally,Lexi and Liya after schools and the two snow days we have had. Which I LOVE doing!

Lexi is 7 and on the bottom, Ally turned 12 on the 16th and Liya who is 6.

While staying with Jakes parents, I had such a good time being able to help Pam and a few of the kids make snowman cookies, snowman craft and Christmas cards for their parents.

Here are some pictures from that day =)

Ally,Lexi,Liya, Mikahla, and Jarrett

Jarrett and his snowmen cookies
Mikahala and Grandma Pam

Ally is in 6th grade and she recently had a band concert. She play flute. (she is the one with the white headband)

Jake and Pam at Ally's Concert:

We have had lots of moving to do, it was no fun with just the two of us. It really was no fun but we are finished and that is all that matters, all we have to do now is a final clean up and our lease is up at the end of December.

Here is a picture of the ice hanging off the side of the barn in the front of the house in boon. How crazy looking!!

This is Jake cutting down his parents Christmas Tree:

Here is a picture of our Christmas tree:

We had a lot of fun decorating it!!

Jake and I would like to say Happy 21st Birthday to Ashley (Her Birthday was yesterday the 17th)

And

Happy 28th Birthday to Kristi!! (Her Birthday is today!)

Well, that is all that has been going on really, we are looking forward to Christmas!!

Friday the 19th we are going to Northwoods Resteration's Christmas Party(Jake's parents company) and following that we will be celebrating Christmas with Caleb (Jake's younger brother).

Sunday the 21st we will be celebrating Christmas with the rest of Jake's brothers and sister and their families! It will be tons of fun!! He has 7 neices and nephews soon to be 8 with baby lewis on the way, (Due in March). Pam and I will be baking up a storm in the kitchen this evening to prepare for Sunday!! Very exciting!!

Jake has to work Christmas Eve so unfortunetly we wont be able to make Aunt Karen's and Uncle Dale's Christmas Eve Party. This will be my first Christmas Eve in 21 years not there,( I am not sure what I am going to be doing with myself that day) we wont be getting into Illinois until late Christmas Eve or Early Christmas Morning. We will be there from Christmas Thrusday until Sunday. We are very excited to see everyone!! It has been way to long!!

I will post about the parties on Monday I promise with lots of family pictures!!

Love you all!!

Jake and Jamie

Happy 10 Year Anniversary Mom & Dad Wagner!!

Happy Anniversary to Jake's Parents, Greg and Pam!!

We love you!