{Thanksgiving}

Sorry it's taken so long to get the images up from Thanksgiving...there will be more to come tomorrow as well.

We had my Dad, his wife, Gary & his girlfriend, my Uncle Clay and my Aunt Jeanie and of course Us - that made 11 people sitting around the table. I am so glad the table was big enough for everyone to sit around. It was nice to have everyone with us.

We did a Giving Tree, ya know where you trace your hand and put what you are thankful for on the palm and then hang it on your tree. It's going to stay on the wall until the New Year.





I was so pleased to cook for everyone, even though it's stressful it was sure fun to do. My Dad & Kitty brought the Turkey for me to cook and Clay carved the Turkey and the best part of cooking the ham was that it really needed no carving as it was already spiral cut. There was pumpkin pie, pumpkin custard, green bean casserole & of course oven stuffing.

I really did enjoy having all the family around the table and hanging out with us. Our life has been so blessed since we moved back to Idaho and it was an awesome way to warm up our new house. Who can think of a better way to have a house warming then to throw a great Thanksgiving for family.

Enjoy the few snaps from inside the house during Thanksgiving! More will come from when Gary & Sarah took the boys out to play...it was hilarious!

{Meet the P. Family}

Here is a sneak peek to the P. Family and their extended family! They were awesome and it was pleasure to photograph them. Enjoy!

{New House}

I wanted to share a few before snaps of the house - Soon I will have afters posted, but this is the house before all our stuff was brought in. We really do love the space we have now. It's awesome!!! I actually have enough space to entertain!!!! Enjoy!

(front of the house)

(what you see as you walk in the door. The door across the way is the door into our bedroom and there is another door to get to the bath & guest room)

(This is right of the front door. I just love the built-in's! This is going to be our reading area)



(This is directly to the left of the front door. See the arch to the side, that's the front door. I just lvoe the arched windows. We are going to put the tree up in the middle of these windows.)

(This is the view if your back was against the 3 arched windows. You are looking into the diningroom and the kitchen is just past the dining area.)

I will get some pictures up soon of that the house looks like all snazzied up with pictures, furniture and various nicknacks. There is a basement too, where the kids sleep and where William has his media/game room. There is also another kitchen downstairs too as well as the laundry room. It's really amazing just how much space we now have!

{MOVED}

Not knowing if I would have a signal for internet I wrote the following using Microsoft word:

Sunday, November 22, 2009 @ 7:11am

I woke up this morning several times. It’s hard sleeping in a new place for the first time. Every little noise woke me up. Finally I just gave up on sleeping when I looked at my clock for the last time and it was 5:30am. I went to go find a place to put the food that was still in boxes, have I mentioned my whole house is covered in a thick layer of box, and found that it was snowing outside. Soft, fluffy white puffs floating down from the blackness, illuminated only by the security light. It was a nice way to start my day to say the least.

Soon, Ruth was up with me, watching me put away the boxes of food, then Sam & Aaron. I got them each a bowl of Kix and continued to unpack. By this time it was about 6:30 am.

The cats were chasing one another across the wood floors, sliding all over the place and then they would run down the stairs to the basement and then back up again. I think they like the new house.

We didn’t get everything moved yesterday, but we did get a lot. I still have to get the rest out of my storage unit & a few more items that just wouldn’t fit in the Uhaul at Clay’s house. I do, however, have the basics and essentials to get me thru until I can get the rest. Not that there is a whole lot to still get, only 1/3 of what was in our storage is left and odds and ends at the old place…Stuff that can wait until the 1^st or 2^nd or 3^rd of December. It’s not going anywhere.

A few members from the Fruitland ward helped load the Uhaul, but mostly it was all packed up by my brother, Gary, and Uncle Clay before they got there.  On the unloading end there were eight or nine guys here to unload from the Caldwell ward. The unloading didn’t take much time at all. It was amazing how quickly they moved it all in.

My Dad and Clay put together all the beds and the kitchen table, while William and Gary got the “media” room all set up in the basement. I can’t wait to get it all unpacked and the thick layer of box gone and get life back to normal again.

The boys start their first day at their new school tomorrow. They are sooo happy and excited to start their new adventure. It should be loads of fun for them. Well, better get back to packing…

The following was written just now:

Sunday, November 22nd @ 10:40 pm

I decided to see if I could get online while waiting for the cookies to cook in the oven and I guess I do, at least for now, tomorrow, who knows. I accomplished alot today, but it doesn't really feel like it because there seems to be a never ending supply of things that need unpacked.

The boys start school tomorrow and before Aaron went to bed he told me "I am so excited to go to my new school!" and then giggled and then scurried off to bed. Sam fell asleep before dinner and I could only get him to wake up long enough to take a few bites of his food, take a sip of his juice and then he went back to bed and is still there...He woke up really early this morning, poor guy.

The cats are adjusting nicely to our new place. They are just loving it! They are back to their old self's. It's nice to know they are going to be happy here with all this new space to explore and claim as their own.

William is alot happier here too, especially since he has his own space to display all his dragons he has collected over the years. All ready the stresses from discomfort are melting away with every box that gets unpacked, some items haven't seen the light of day since we first moved here and had to keep 'em in storage because we just didn't have the space to display them, now they are slowly being freed into the light!

Anywho, just thought I would update you all, since I have a connection now, tomorrow I may not. I will try and keep you all updated. (pictures to come soon)

Gotta go and check the cookies. Night all!

{Going to be MIA}

The last week or so we have been packing up a storm, preparing for our move this Saturday to our new place. I have been so busy getting the kids registered at their new school, so that they can start on Monday, getting a uhaul and got all the new services turned on at the new place and old service ready for shut off at our old place...with one exception, our internet will not be hooked up until the first of December. We are hoping we can get a signal but more then likely we will have to just wait. I'm kinda bummed about it but happy at the same time, if that's possible, because we will be able to focus more on getting the house ready for all the family we are going to have for Thanksgiving.

My brother, Gary, and his girlfriend, Sarah, have been helping us pack up since Tuesday. It's been nice having them here the past few days. Not only do they help us pack, but keep the kids entertained while I pack, which has helped tremendously, because I don't have kids asking me a million and one questions while trying to pack boxes and they don't get under foot while I move them too.

I am really excited for the move, it's going to be so nice to have all that extra living space. I will upload images once I have the internet back up and running.  I look forward to my return and hope you all have an awesome Thanksgiving!

See you when I get back!!