Here's A Few To Catch Ya'll Up!

So I am attempting to catch everybody up, and try to be a better blogger... This is our trip to VA for Christmas. It was kind of weird without Amy and Ryan (and their families..) but, we had a blast with Mom, Dad, and Katie at the house! And of course the holiday season was beautiful with all the snow! We had a white Christmas for the first time in... I don't even know how long!! We did the usual, Brunswick Stew tradition:) It was my first year participating in the WHOLE experience! Jake had no idea all the work that went into it, haha. It is not just a one day deal, but it was awesome doing it with Katie, Dad, and of course, Nan! Here are some pictures of the Stew making!

This is us pickin chickens and beef:) Katie got a little sad when it got down to the ribs, haha
We found a sharp bone that looked like "Scars toothpick" from the Lion King.. Here's Kates impression :)

After pickin chickens we went home to do some shoppin and had a snowball fight! Thanks Kate:)

Day 2 of the stew making!!! This is a picture of us in the garage. Yes, you make the stew in the garage... It aint moonshine! Don't judge! haha Good thing i had Poppa's stadium jacket to keep me warm! haha

Jakes first stew experience!! This is the ore we use to stir:)

You cant make stew without a few Diet Cokes in hand! Gholson tradition:) For those of you who know me its one of my favorite traditions! haha

Here's Katie stirrin!

Me making cake balls:) Mmmm... I could definatly go for some of those right now!

This is me at about 18 weeks. Ignore my busted face.. I was gettin ready!

Me and Kates Christmas nails!!!!! Ready for our Christmas Eve party at Nans!!

Jake and Brian with baby James! We were SO glad B & B came to join us for Christmas Eve!

Brittany with Me and Kate chattin like we do best!

When we got home that night we decided since there were no kids.. we could open our gifts whenever we wanted!! haha, it all began with a scavenger hunt for Katie and Dad! .. and ended with and brand new WII!! along with the Wii Fit Plus! dad got Tiger golf and Katie got Jillian Michaels! We had a blast playing all together! FUN!!

Jake got a little Mad Gab and Tim for Christmas! (After he told me Christmas eve that we sould just get something small for eachother... after we had decided not to get anything cuz we got a new laptop... so i had to scramble last minute to buy him something! lol, sooo jake)

The reason Jake decided that we should get eachother something... because he wanted to get me these GREAT boots! I love them!!

Us playing on the Wii! I will soon post video of mom doin the hoola hoop! haha, its PERFECT!

Leeroy and Dolly aka Ms. Peebody (the newest addition to our family.) She is SO sweet and her and Leeroy totally love eachother! They play ALL DAY!

Heres Dolly watchin Jake brush his teeth.

This is me at 24 weeks!

Well! Theres a little update! I am really gonna be better at makin updates on here for yall!! Hope everybodys doing great!

I told you I'm not very good at this...

So I warned yall in my first blog post that I am HORRIBLE at this! I knew i would never keep it updated, which is why I never had a blog in the first place... BUT! Now that I'm not working I don't really have an excuse! A lot has happened since our last post... so I will try to fill you in now and then add some pictures on Sunday:) Here is what has changed...

1. We are pregnant, which most of you know! lol, we are having a baby boy on May 30 or I guess whenever he decides to come around May 30th, haha.
2. Jake quit his job in Washington and began looking for a new job at the end of October.
3. Jake found a job in Wichita...
4. I quit my job in Washington:) Which was so sad... NOT!
5. We had Christmas in LA the first week of December
6. Then had Christmas in VA on Christmas!
7. The following week we took the Saxton family trip in Oregon
8.The NEXT DAY we started our drive to Wichita!

So needless to say, we have been crazy busy! Jake is LOVING his job here:) Which is so great! He loves the people he works with and the cases he gets.. Everyone at the office says that he is the most laid back dentist they have ever met. haha, which is perfectly put. We are currently looking for a house here in Wichita, which has been really fun!

I will be 24 weeks on Sunday so its nice to know I'm over half way there:) Jake felt the baby move for the first time today. It's been SO FRUSTRATING trying to grab Jakes hand when he is kicking and as soon as Jakes hand gets there... he stops. Its like he taunting us! So rude.. Today I grabbed Jakes hand and put it on my belly... He just kept watching tv and he had on his "this is dumb.. he's not gonna do anything" face, then BAM! The baby kicked so hard and Jakes face was all.. "HE JUST KICKED!" haha it was the cutest thing ever. And it made me feel better so he knows I'm not making these things up! haha

Well, i guess that's all for now! We will take some pictures the next few days and put some up on Sunday!

Here's a little update for yall!

I guess it's time for an update! So we are all unpacked, and settled in! I decided to put up some pictures of our new place. I only took a few because Jakes at work, and pictures aren't that fun if there aren't any people in them right?! Jake is doing great working, and it's crazy to think that he is not in school anymore! Leeroy is loving our new place. Every time we go outside he goes "sniff crazy" as I like to call it... Today when Jake left for work I was doing some laundry and realized that I had no idea where Leeroy was! I started looking for him, and when I found him, he was curled up on our bed taking a nap! He's getting so big, he takes his own naps and wants to be by himself.. Oh how time goes by so fast. I am also doing great! Missing my family a lot, but I'll get over it. At least that's what I keep telling myself, lol. Anyhow, I'm looking for a job and keeping busy being a house wife! So, there's the update! ... k, bye!

This is our kitchen! It's super spacious, and really great and I totally love it!

Here is one view of our living room. Leeroy uses this side of our living room to make a mess with his toys! I feel like we are living with a 2 year old... I clean up the toys, turn around, and BAM! There's a mess all over again... Good thing he's so cute... Other wise, he'd be in for trouble!

This is the other side of the living room. There's our little book shelf and Jake's diploma that his dad framed for him for graduation. It looks beautiful, and Bill's very proud of Jake! ...and don't even worry about it, there is a little 90210 on the t.v. OLD SCHOOL! haha, Jake and I have been catching up on some old times! lol




Here's our little Leeroy! Or should I say our big Leeroy! He is so stinkin cute, and people stop us allll the time to tell us how cute he is! I'm thinking about entering him into some doggy modeling contests! haha, JK JK! but he is pretty cute!





Here is our padio. Leeroy is not allowed in the grass out there, cuz the "desperate housewives" of our complex don't like dogs... They are super dog nazi's about getting over 25 pounds and when we first moved in, I took leeroy out back to check it out and got a serious mean mug from a group of the 5 women!

Here are a few from before we arrived in the great state of WA!

Here's me and Kate, doin what we do best a one of Jakes grauations! lol oh the fun we have together!

Here is my husband graduating! YAY!

This is after the 2nd graduation... a.k.a, the LONGEST graduation of my life! ps Katie... your the man for going with me! and keeping me entertained with your love for your genetics guitar playing hero! hehe

Here are my boys on our drive across the country... a.k.a the longest week of my life! But they sure are incredibly good looking!

Here's Ella at the mall in Utah. She told me that these glasses were thebomb.com and that she HAD to have them! We didn't get them cuz I knew her daddy would KILL ME! lol

We are officially bloggers...

Ok so i gave in and finally started a blog. I have no idea how this works, and I dont have my Mom or any of my siblings to help me.. SO! Just dont expect too much! Here is the update on our lives! Jake graduated from VCU Dental School in May and got a job in WA. So, we just moved across the country! YAY, we are finally here, it took forever! ...and I have decided that I am not going anywhere that takes longer then 15 minutes any time soon. We are getting settled in our new apartment and Jakes dad told me that the average person takes 6-12 months to settle in to a new home, so I feel a lot less stress now:) lol, don't worry mom, I promise I wont take THAT long! Anyhow, I haven't had time to take any pictures yet, but more to come later! PROMISE! ok there it is.. my first blogpost i guess! Hopefully for your sake it will get more exciting. I'll work on it!