Jake's Utah Weekend!

About a week ago, Jake had the chance to fly to Utah for a quick weekend with his fam! Since Jason was having his surgery on Monday, the 3 siblings that live out of state flew in for the family to spend time with Jason before his surgery.

They spent the days watching old family videos, looking at old pictures, and reminiscing!

What a group!

Jason, Jake, Josh, and Jeremy (Jason's boys)

Lisa, Jason, Jake, Kim, and AshleyJason & Jake

Jake had the best time with his siblings, parents, Josh, Jer, and Gram! It was so great for him to spend time with everyone! Jason, we love you, miss you, and are thinking about you and Steph every minute of the day!! Stay strong and keep on keepin' on!!!!! Can't wait to see ya!!!!

Jasons Story

Jake's brother, Jason, has an unbelievable story. 3 1/2 years ago Jason went in for a routine surgery, but a mistake during the surgery changed his life forever. Jason is an amazing example of having a positive attitude. Below is link to the Channel 2 News in Utah story that they did on Jason and his story. Please watch!

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=984FBD47-F74B-4596-A5C9-B2716C6237D4&gsa=true&articleID=40144

Jason is having a major surgery tomorrow (Oct 20) that could possibly change his life again, except for the good this time. If all goes well and as planned, he may be able to eat and drink again, without throwing up. Anyone who knows Jason or Stephanie (his wife) and his story will be thinking and praying for Jason. He has started a blog to tell his story and share his thoughts and insights on life. His complete story from him is on his blog. Reading it will change your perspective on life.

http://jasonslifeisgood.blogspot.com/

Jason has taught us how to be truly grateful for the little things in life and to not take a single day for granted. We love you Jason and Steph!

I LOVE FALL!

I absolutely love Fall! The weather here is a bit chilly, but very sunny! It's beautiful! All the trees are changing and leaves are falling! I am so excited to get out my fall sweaters and long sleeve shirts!
Jake's sister and nephew (Ashley and Dallas) were here visiting and we took all the kids to the Whitman's Farm! They had hayrides, pumpkin patches, apple orchards, corn mazes, and a "corn box", it's like a sand box, but instead of sand it's corn kernels! It's the cutest place! Unfortunately, the day we went it was a little rainy, but we still had a good time!

Jake, Eliza, Kira, Alexa

Alexa, Eliza, Kira, Dallas

The "corn box"

Dallas and Jake

Writings on the Wall Blog Debut!

Hello everyone!!! I have started a blog (finally!!!) for "Writings on the Wall".
Last November I started this business out of my home and have loved every minute of it thus far! I'm ready to get the word out even more now!

Writings on the Wall is unique, personalized and one of a kind home decor. These signs allow you to put a personal touch on any gift! As cliche as it sounds they truly are the perfect gift for any occasion! Through the blog you can see sample signs, fonts, quotes, colors, etc, and place orders through e-mail!! You can use the quotes that I have provided or e-mail me your own idea! I love making these signs because every one is different and unique since I can create any name and any quote! I look forward to hearing from you!! Spread the word!! The website is http://writings-byemily.blogspot.com

The art of being happy lies in the power to extract happiness from common things

Ok so Jake is the only person that won't be surprised that I'm this excited, but I just got gas for $2.99!!!!! I never thought I would see that number again!! I am so excited!!!! Jake says I'm obsessed with gas prices, but oh well!! It's a good day!!

Back home again in Indiana!

I just recently went home for a quick visit! It was so great to see my fam and friends!! There are 3 b-days in my family in Sept and Oct so we had lots of birthday parties! My sister's kids didn't know I was coming so it was fun surprising them! I was able to see my niece Kaley play in her first basketball game, where she had the whole family in her cheering section! I was there for the Relief Society broadcast and it was great to be able to go with my mom and sisters. Afterwards 10 "girls" went out for dessert...well it was supposed to be dessert, but we all ended us getting so much food considering it was 10:30! (Sorry again Katie :) It was so much fun!

And the rest of the week consisted of shopping all day and fun dinners at night! I miss everyone already and can't wait to see them again!

For anyone interested...I hear New York City is a really cool place to visit.... :) My nieces and nephew, Heidi, Riley, Kaley, and Molly

My niece Bailey- couldn't you just eat those cheeks! :)

Molly was also a fan of the flower hat!

Bailey and I share the same birthday!

Nieces Taylor and Halle- Bailey checking out her first birthday cake!

Wes and Bailey! I think she liked the chocolate cake!

"All Hail the New York Giants"

Despite our lives being busy and crazy and fun right now, I have been so bad about posting lately! I'm always bummed when someone doesn't post anything new in FOREVER so I'm going to try and be better about it!

Jake LOVES his new job, going to the games, and the fun things he's been able to do since he started! Last week he was able to go to the Champions for Children Gala for the Jay Fund Foundation. The Jay Fund Foundation was set up by Tom Coughlin, the Giant's coach, and assists children with cancer and their families. It was held at Ciprianis 42nd street in New York City! There were Giants players, Jets players, NFL comissioner, coaches, owners, and Jake in attendance! He was able to meet alot of great people including Eli! ) Here are some pics from my personal tour of his office! :)

Entrance to Jake's office....

The office is set up really cool! It has real seats from the stadium and these replica lockers for clients that come in.

Jake works on the 14th story of a 15 story building that is all windows so his views are amazing! Here is the view from his office of the current Meadowlands stadium and construction of the new stadium right next to it!

And here is the view from the other side of his office of New York City!

I was able to go to the Season opener vs the WAshington Redskins game with him!
and the Patriots game!

Newport Beach

We have alot to post since we have moved to NJ, so first things first! Every year the Reynolds family goes to Newport Beach, CA for their family vacation! They have been going there for the last 20 years! We went the beginning of August and It was another great year, but this was the best yet because EVERYONE was able to come this year! There were 20 of us!
Balboa Island Our beach house is right next to the beach so we spent most days laying out and riding the waves! The weather was perfect everyday!

Walking home from the Fun Zone - Fun zone has arcades, ferris wheel, and shops. nephew Josh, Jake, neice Kira, neice Alexa, and nephew Jeremy

Crab Cooker - Best seafood restaurant ever!

The three stooges!

The gang at the Crab Cooker! Just the adults went to Crab Cooker so we went to The Dark Knight afterwards!
Give Jake King Crab legs and he is the happiest person on Earth!!

We took 2 little boats out and cruised around the Island one evening!

nephew Ben and I had a blast on the boat!

On our boat tour - Kim, Jake, nephew Dallas, nephew Isaak, Steve, Teag, and Ashley

Jake and I at the Fun Zone! We can't wait for next year and miss everyone already!!!

New Apartment!

The building we live in was once an old school and they converted into apartments! It's really cool inside and has alot of character that we immediately fell in love with! There are only 10 apartments in our building so that's really nice too!

The entry. The stairs go up to the loft which has the 2nd bedroom, 2nd bathroom, and 2 more walk-in closets!! We love the stairs! They made it a bit tricky when moving stuff up however!

The dining/kitchen

Living room

Other side of living room

Our bedroom

My favorite part- Our closet!! My side

Jake's side of the closet!

Main Bathroom
2nd bedroom in loft- the opening on the right looks over into the living room
We love the built-ins in the 2nd bedroom/office
We are loving our new apartment and are excited for some visitors!!!

Crazy times!

Where do I begin...I will start with the drive out...NIGHTMARE!!! Jake and I drove out on Saturday, July 26, we were making good time and enjoying the time together catching up(it had been 3 weeks since I had seen him!) We were just about 3 hours into our 12 hour drive when a car pulls up next to us and has his window rolled down and is yelling "Your truck! Your truck!" Jake looks in his side mirror and sees our truck (our toyota, not the uhaul) swerving into the other lane!!!! We pulled over and got out to find the Toyota had started coming off the tow dolly! We had to call 911 for assistance because even though we were pulled to the shoulder the truck was still blocking a lane of traffic on the highway!!! It was a very scary and dangerous moment!! We are so blessed and know that we were watched over! Unfortunately it happened again a little later and we had to wait 2 hours for roadside assistance! The nightmare wasn't over, but it's too much to write! We stayed with Jake's sister's family til Thurs and moved in that weekend. We have been in our new place now for over a week and love it!

Big Day!

Well, tomorrow is the big day!! Jake comes in from NJ and we haven't seen each other for 3 weeks!!!!! We also get our Uhaul and everyone is coming over to pack it up and then we are heading out Saturday morning! It's so crazy that it's really here and we are really moving. It's been so weird and sad saying good-bye to friends and family. But, luckily we aren't too far and we can come back as often as we want to visit!! Bittersweet is the theme for my life these days!

From Peyton to Eli

Jake started his new job with the Giants on Tuesday! It's a very happy day, except for the fact that I'M STILL IN INDIANA! :(
Jake moved out on Saturday and is staying with his sister and her family! I dont know what we would do without them! Our house is officially up for sale and we did find an apartment that we absolutely LOVE! Now, if we can just sell our house, then I can move too! Luckily Jake gets two days off for July 4th, so he'll be home next Thurs. It's not fun being away from your husband for 12 days!!! The house is pretty boring with just me and Oreo! But, I have rented some good chick flicks!

Count your blessings!

Jake and I had a very humbling experience today. Indiana has had ALOT of rain the past couple of weeks and parts of the state have had major flooding. This weekend volunteers from our church were organized and sent out to different parts of the state to help communities in desperate need. Jake and I had the chance to be a part of the efforts today. The neighborhood we were in was hit hard and the streets were lined with trash piles. It was heart breaking seeing their lives in piles on the side of the road. We were ripping down walls and emptying people's houses. Some houses had water up to 6 feet inside and everything was ruined! Jake and I felt so blessed to have been safe from the floods and to also have the opportunity to serve. It taught me to not take for granted the things I have and to count my many blessings!

Big things happenin!

It's been a crazy two weeks at the Reynolds house! Jake has been offered and accepted a position with the New York Giants! The crazy part is that he starts June 24th! So, we are working on getting our house up for sale, packing, finding a new place, and everything else in between! This is an unbelievable job opportunity for Jake! The hard part will be leaving the fam! It's been an awesome year being back home. We have had so much fun with my family and our friends here and are not wanting to say good-bye! But, we are so grateful and excited for this new adventure!