Moved in and settled..................

Hello anyone that still checks my blog. We have had and absolutely crazy summer but I think things might slow down a bit. Then again maybe not............Jamie has less than a month left in the Marine Corps and our little boy is about to start pre-school.

Yes you read it right we are getting out of the military in less than a month. It is a bit unsettling but we are confident that Jamie will ease into the civilian world with no problem. He is negotiating with people that he works with who have approached him about job possibilities and things continue to look good. I know most of you are wondering why we don't have a job already lined up but Jamie actually does not officially get out of the Marines until November but since we have saved our leave over the last couple of years he is allowed to take terminal leave at the end of his contract so that is why he is out in August. Whew that was a keyboard full!!

Next is that our little boy who is not so little anymore will be starting pre-school at the end of August. It is bitter sweet because he is SO excited that he can hardly stand it and I am excited for him. I will keep you updated on how it goes.
Now I know most of you who read this blog already know that we have bought a house in Spotsy and have been awaiting some pictures after we moved in. Well wait no more because here they are.
They are a bit jumbled but:
pic 1-Guest room
pic 2-Guest room 2
pic 3-Kitchen
pic 4-Master bath
pic 5-Brynn's room
pic 6-Addison's room
pic 7-Guest bath
pic 8-Master bedroom
pic 9-Master bedroom 2
pic 10-dining room






































































I will try to post a few more later. Have a fabulous day!!

I need to get back on the blog train!!

I know I have been really slacking in keeping this blog up. We have been so busy lately it has just been exhausting! We are in the process of buying our first house and it has been kind of nerve racking but also very exciting. I will post some pictures soon of the house. We have also been refinishing furniture and getting rid of some things that have been cluttering the house. We also have sold Jamie's jeep. For those of you who didn't know that was his "baby" and it was a hard decision for him but in the end I think he is ok with a deserving 16 year old ending up with it.

Also this weekend was a first. Addison slammed Brynn's fingers in the car door. Not the first time that there has been a brother sister fight that resulting in bodily injury and I am sure not the last. Don't worry her fingers are fine bearing only a small scrape but her feelings are a very different story. For the rest of that day she would look at her finger and then look at me with such a sad teary face and say "bubba slammed my fingers in the door" followed by "bubba hurt my feelings" It almost made me want to cry. Much to my surprise Addison was equally upset after seeing her finger bleeding. I guess there is some fondness between them!!

Well I think that is all for now. I will be posting some new pictures soon.

I know it is a little late but Happy Late Easter!

Brynn is too cute! She has started posing!



Aren't they cute!!



AAAWWE!



I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH!!

Our home.........

Hello everyone. I know we have been in our new house for sometime now but I thought I would post a few pictures of the inside for you. The First pic is our master bedroom, the second is Addison's room, third is Brynn's room and the last is a picture of our living room. We love it here and are excited that we are finally in our house. I don't think I could ever go back to a townhouse.

And one more time!!

And a few more!!

More Pictures!!!

Pictures of my babies!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE!

We took the opportunity to take pictures of the kids today because it was a gorgeous day and they were in a relatively good mood. We had our first Thanksgiving at our house with no company this year and honestly it was bitter-sweet. The bitter was that I had to cook the entire meal myself for the first time ever!!! I was a little nervous but everything turned out wonderful! Another bitter fact was that we had NO family here!! We miss our Thanksgiving get-together s with the family and the feast that comes with it!! The sweet was a wonderful day with the most important people in my life! We just have had a blessed day!

We celebrated Addison's birthday on last Saturday and I cannot believe that he is 4 years old! We had a small party for him that day with our dear friends Ashley and Chloe and one of the things Addison had asked for was balloons and party hats so that is what he got! We were all wearing party hats including the dogs!(pictures to come!!)

Jamie is gearing up to go to the range next week so it is going to be a long week for us all!! It usually ties him up for most of the week!

I(Julie) am waiting to celebrate the passing of another year myself. I figure I should just embrace getting older because it is just going to happen!! So bring it on, 26 years

old! Whew!! Hard to be excited about it though! :0)

I leave you with these gorgeous pictures!!

The Marine Corps Ball

The annual Marine Corps Birthday Ball was on Saturday and it was a lot of fun. It is always fun to dress up and go to a formal event once in a while and this has been that time for Jamie and I since we have been in the Marine Corps. This year we were able to take our good friends David and Ashley Troyer. Here are a couple of pictures from our night. Enjoy and I will try to post some others later.

WOW it has been a while!!

Hello everybody! It has been so long since I have posted a blog I think I forgot how to do it!! It has been CRAZY to say the least in our family but you know I think we are becoming accustomed to not many dull moments!

WOW where do I start.............Well we made it back from Arkansas. Jamie made it back from Iraq and we are moved into our new house and LOVING it. You never know how much you enjoy space and a YARD until you don't have it! We are still adjusting to Jamie commuting but all in all it was a total blessing to move down here!

We are preparing for the Marine Corps Ball which is on November 10th and I am getting really excited. This year our friends David and Ashley are going to be going with us. Very exciting!

Jamie update: Doing really well. His leg is going to have a pretty nasty scar and his finger the same. I am happy to report that nothing else has happened to him and we will all continue to pray for his safety!!! (haha)

I am doing well! Nothing exciting!

Addison had a little mishap on Monday. He was playing downstairs and slipped and did a face-plant into the tiled concrete. WOW we thought he broke his nose but thankfully it wasn't broken just very swollen and now a lovely shade of green!

Brynn is just being Brynn and developing her very own little Brynn attitude!! She is going to be my sickling. She has had 3 ear infections this year so far and I feel like there is another one in the works.

Last night was the first time that we have dressed the kids up for Halloween and we took them trick or treating. They has a BLAST!! Addison was a red Power Ranger and Brynn was a little ballerina!! They were so cute! Oh and Harley was a golfer!! Well enough babbling here are some pictures from last night!! Enjoy and have a blessed day!!


This is Chloe. Isn't she the cutest little bunny!!

Visiting in Arkansas.

Greetings from Arkansas. For those of you who don't know, I made the 2 day, 16 hour journey with Addison and Brynn on Tuesday of last week. I have to compliment my children because driving half way accross the U.S. by myself and two small children could have been very tramatic but ended up being ok. They were very good for me and the trip went surprisingly smooth. Now we are just enjoying spending time with family and old friends and the cooler weather. I have to say I am missing our friends in VA and will be looking forward to going home to them and hopefully Jamie will be back in VA soon. He was originally scheduled to come back this Saturday but has been extended and really is not sure when he will return right now. I haven't had much of a chance to blog lately and so I missed blogging about my little girls second birthday. She turned 2 on September 2nd and I have pictures of her little party that I will have to post a little later but she had a blast. I hope everyone is doing well and God Bless.

Here are just a few pictures from our trip so far..........

My Marine.

I just have to share this picture with everyone. Sometimes I don't think I recognize Jamie as a wonderful, dedicated military man. I see him in camies and some type of uniform everyday and it has become so normal that I forget that he plays such an important role in my freedom. So as he sits in Iraq doing his job in 120 degree heat and proud to be there, I just ask anyone that reads this to just say a quick prayer for his safety and for strength to withstand. I love you Jamie Nichols and I am so incredibly proud to be your Marine wife!

Update.....

It has been a little bit since the last post. I was waiting for something to happen so I would have an exciting post but it has been pretty normal around the Nichols house lately. I have a few recent pictures for you and I will have more soon. Have a wonderful week and God Bless.

Sometimes they like each other.


Been doing a little landscape.


It sure looks like they love each other, huh.


And a rare moment on my blog but I know my hubby checks it.

First fight........

Well my children never fail to surprise me. Last night while playing with some other kids, Addison got into a what started out a very small altercation over a toy with another little boy. There was pushing and shoving and yelling but nothing unusual as I have just accepted that boys are just more aggressive with each other. Well out of nowhere the other little boy comes in with a right hook to Addison's eye. I really have some mixed emotions about the whole thing because Addison is pretty aggressive with his sister and now he knows a little more what it feels like to be bullied but on the other hand I was upset that he is only 3 and will probably have a black eye from someone. I wanted to cry but didn't because we are trying to toughen him up a little. There is a funny side now though because he is worried that his eye won't be blue anymore. He keeps asking me if it still looks blue. Here is a picture of his shiner.



Jamie is safely in Iraq and doing Ok. There is one obstacle for him and has asked for prayer to withstand and that is the heat. It is 120 degrees during the day there. He has said that is already taken a lot out of him and he hasn't been there very long. Have a good weekend.