Christmas at D-Land

They really out-did themselves this year! Cinderella's castle is breathtaking!! Everyone was crazy taking pictures. It was soooo pretty. I just stared at it. The pictures don't quite do it justice but you can get an idea of how amazing it is!

Walt and Mickey with the castle.

Bri and I on Main Street....sorry they are so dark.

Me and the letter R in California infront of California Adventure...they are so cute looking like candy canes!

Our 1st Christmas Tree

I love Christmas time. I love having a Christmas tree in the house. It smells so good. Brian and I are very excited to be having our first Christmas together as husband and wife. We bought this snowflake at Crate N Barrel in Rocklin. We couldn't find a star that we liked but we love this! It is so pretty when the lights are on. I had to show it off! ;)

I am Thankful for.....

so many things! My wonderful, thoughtful, sweet husband most of all! My life would be so boring without him! I love you Brian! I am thankful for our families who are so great to us. We are very blessed to have them in our lives. I am thankful for the gospel. It means so much to me. I know that it is true and that Heavenly Father has definitely touched mine and Brian's lives so much this year. I am thankful for the Temple and for the chance that we had to go through the Sacramento Temple when we went up for Thanksgiving. It was the most special part of the week and we are so proud of Carrie for making the decision to go. I was especially thankful for eternal families while we were in the Celestial Room visiting. A very special feeling. Definitely one of the highlights of this year!! Lastly, I am thankful for the chance Brian and I have to live in Lake Elsinore. We love our ward and our home. There is a great feeling here and we know that this is home.

Making Memories.....

of fun D-Land times this last month. Once with our fam! Once with our good friends the Rothe's! It was fun to have my family over for the night before they checked in to their hotel at D-land...great times! Fun memories!

A Happy Day!

Doesn't it feel GREAT to pay off a credit card? I am in a really good mood today! We are getting ready for my family to come visit. I am excited to see them and to have them see our house. My parents and Carrie came to help us move so I am excited for them to see it unpacked.

Also, Mom's last day at work!! Happy Retirement MOM!!!! We are proud of you and love you and are thrilled that you are out of that place! :)

All moved in...

and so happy the ordeal is over! It was a crazy move. U-Haul SUCKS! We won't use them anymore. They sold our truck out from under us (even after knowing we were coming in at 9 am to pick it up!!!). I am not going to go into it more, it makes me too mad!
It was a very long day last saturday, but well worth it! We are loving Lake Elsinore! I love the mountains around us. Very pretty here. People are so friendly here also. We are excited to go try out our new ward tomorrow.
We also learned that not only will we NOT be using U-Haul anymore...we will NEVER buy a fridge from a garage sale anymore!!! It took 3 days to clean it out. The inside was the most disgusting thing I had ever seen and it smelled so bad!!! Well, I found out why it smelled...there was still FOOD in one of the drawers!!!!! I know it was only $75 but NEVER EVER again!!!!! It was the worst thing ever that I have had to clean.
The house is starting to look lived in now and not like a storage unit. haha We really do love the house. It is a perfect size for us and Snoopi loves our little back yard!!
This was a great move (despite all the mishaps we faced last weekend) for us. I know that this is the place we are supposed to be at this time. I can't wait to see what adventures Lake Elsinore will bring us.....

Oh! I bought the BEST quilt at a garage sale this morning in Yucaipa! (For those of you that love the Quilt Sale in San Fran) For $20 I got an amazing quilt (would have been a one of a kind in San Fran), King size, 4 pillow shams and 4 valances that all match. LOVE IT!!! Great find. Also found a fantastic Bakers Rake that we are painting blue and putting it in our kitchen. I am going to put my cook books on it...too cute!!! Good day!

Halloween Time w/Disney!!

Here are a few pics so far...my back hurt so we weren't there long...but I was able to grab a few cute pics of their Halloween decorations. More to come once we go next week.....

Cute pics of Big Sisters and their Babies

Our new pad

View of living room from the front door.Our kitchen

The living room.
The back yard.

Countdown to Elsinore.....

YEAH! We are leaving the 'hood in just a couple of weeks. Our horrible stay here is finally coming to an end! We couldn't be more happy. We found a great townhouse to rent. It is on the north shore of Lake Eslinore. For those of you that do not know where that is, it is in Riverside County just south of Corona. It is a great small town. And the best of all....NO TRAFFIC! I haven't downloaded a picture yet but as soon as I do I will post it. It is 2 bedroom and 2 1/2 bath. And the kitchen is awesome compared to the closet of a kitchen that we have here in Long Beach! There is a ton of closet space and a garage!! We even have a backyard for our Snoopi! She will love that. We go on saturday to sign papers. We are going to our new ward on sunday also! It is a great ward. We have gone to sacrament meeting a couple of times and people seem really friendly. Big difference from the ward we are in now. Very, very excited about that! Life is really good down here in SoCal for this little Reed family!

More fun news...

Today was a happy day! We (the Reed family) welcomed the newest member of the family. I am no longer the newbie in the family. She is beautiful and I soo loved holding her. No pics as of yet. We had a good time at the hospital. Elise is soo excited to have her baby sister here. It was too cute to watch her. There is no name yet...we are all anxiously waiting.

Tomorrow we are house-hunting in Lake Elsinore/Murrieta area. We are very hopeful. There are some cool ones and we cannot wait to see them! We can't wait to move to that area. It will be great to get out of the hood!! :)

Meeting Baby Mason

He is such a sweet little baby. We had a lot of fun in Sac last weekend meeting our new nephew, Mason Fisher Lewis. It was also Owen's first soccer game! Lot's of fun watching that cute team. I love little kids playing soccer. They are so adorable! Owen made the first goal of the game (and the season!)!!! Way to go O-Dog!

We had a great time hanging out with the family. We are excited to go up for Mason's blessing in 3 weeks!Brian and the boys had tons of fun making paper airplanes and flying them outside. Dill and Owen have a paper airplane book...really cool! Can you find the plane in this picture???

More Summer Fun

Santa Barbara w/the Reed Family

Summer Fun

East Lawn 5K w/the Fisher Family