Surprise!!

Jacob's family has always had a Christmas tradition where they get a final gift for Christmas - something that they really wanted or would really like. But in order to get it, they had to unscramble what the gift was first. This year, I did something a little different! Jacob had to unscramble this:

A New Addition to the Family!!

Yep! We are pregnant with Bock Baby #3. Here he is unscrambling it and then realizing what it said! Of course he got his real final gift afterward (an electric train for the Christmas tree!).

Christmas 2010!

We had another great Christmas this year! The girls actually enjoyed opening up presents and Emma is starting to understand Santa Clause and the birth of Jesus. Emma loved getting her princess dress up clothes and basketball hoop (such a diverse girl!) and Maddie loved her rocker. We also got to have Christmas with my family and we had such a great time!

Family Christmas Pictures

Here are our family Christmas pictures. I just love my adorable family!!

2nd Annual Bock Christmas Party

We had a lot of fun again this year with our Christmas party. We missed a few friends there but had such a great time with our wonderful friends who were there! We played a trivia game, "What's in your purse/wallet" game, ate great food and had quite a funny gift exchange. I think everyone's favorite part of the night was Joel trying on his Superman Snuggly that he won!

First Visit with Santa Clause

Here is Maddie's first visit with Santa Clause. I think she loved it! Actually, a good friend of ours from church was Santa Clause so it made it even more funny.

Gingerbread Houses

For the past five years, we have been able to keep up the tradition of making gingerbread houses with our friends Neal and Meleah. Every year it gets more difficult with more kids that get added to the mix but every year it is so fun! Thank you Neal and Meleah for such a fun tradition!!

Mission Inn at Christmas Time

Every year we go to the Mission Inn to look at all of the lights. This year we were especially excited to go because the girls have really been into the Christmas lights. We got to go with MaryBeth and Nathan this year which made it even more fun. They have the yummiest cupcake shop there which we definitely enjoyed as well as all of the beautiful lights!

It's Christmas Time!

Christmas is a pretty big deal at our house so of course we were decorating our house on Thanksgiving Day. The girls had a lot of fun helping us this year and they love turning on all of the lights every night. We love Christmas!!

The Year of the Breaks

So.......as many of you already know, this is the year of the breaks for the Bock Family. Not only did Emma break her leg in June (cast was on for 8 weeks and no walking) but she now has a broken arm to add to the list! Two days before Thanksgiving, Emma decided to try and jump off a chair while Jacob and I were in the other room. I think the chair toppled while she was trying to jump but I all know is I heard a scream and then Emma came in our room with an arm that was clearly broken. She broke both bones in her forearm (30 degree break!!) and had to have the bones reset just like her leg. Mom, of course, had to leave and Dad took good care of Emma until it was done and I was able to come back and love her!! She is doing so much better than the leg because she can still walk and do a lot of things. I guess we will just have to not let her do pretty much anything in the future to ensure that this does not keep happening! We love our little Emma and she has been such a trooper through the Year of the Breaks!

Five Year Anniversary!

Jacob and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary on Nov. 19th. We decided to keep it simple and went and stayed at the Mission Inn while my WONDERFUL sister and brother-in-law (MB and Nathan) took our girls for the weekend. We loved the Mission Inn and even got upgraded to an awesome room! It was gorgeous but the best part was the shower had TWO shower heads! We stayed up late, slept in, ate some yummy cupcakes, saw the new Harry Potter movie, went shopping and spent the evening at the Santa Monica pier where we had our first date and where Jacob proposed. It was a wonderful and relaxing weekend!!

Halloween!

Last night we went to our annual ward Trunk or Treat and it was a lot of fun! I didn't get any pictures at the party because there was too much going on but I did get some pictures before we left. Since the girls were the cutest insects you have ever seen, Jacob agreed to do a fun costume with me and put on some bumblebee wings and antennas. Everyone at church got a good laugh and Jacob was a sport for doing it!

Live Oak Pumpkin Patch

This year we decided to go to the Live Oak Pumpkin Patch because I was doing it as an outing for CAVA. We got to go on a tractor ride, learn about the different types of pumpkins, see animals in the petting zoo, and pick out our own pumpkins. My favorite part of the trip was seeing the turkey. It was so old and big and so funny! It kept getting mad at us and raising all of his feathers and then gobbling at us. Emma really got a kick out of it too. I think the girls really enjoyed this trip!