New Years Eve

We are so lucky to have friends that are willing to drive all the way from Fairview to spend time with us and help us finish moving the big things over to the new house.  Jered and Stephanie came with all their kids and spent time with us. 

I love that we try and spend New Year's Eve together.  We have so much fun playing all night long and yelling at midnight.  Norma loves Madie to pieces and loves that she came to play with her.

Katy and James finally found something to do together on the ipad and spent most of their time here on the couch.

Thank you for making us feel special and for coming to help and just spend time with us. We miss having so many friends closer by to spend time with and do fun things with.  I really hope we can make it on a camping trip with the Taylors this year.  It's just not camping without the Taylors.

First Night

Tonight we are sleeping at the new place!  The girls bed has to wait for Nate to have a day off to move over but we got their mattresses here and they like jumping on them anyways. :0)

Tucker is so excited to have his own room!

So is Thad.  Draco is in here with him so he has to deal with the light from his cage but he thinks it is worth it.

The dogs even have to get use to sleeping by each other.  At the other place they had their beds on opposite sides of our room but here I am making them sleep by each other.

What a blessing this has been for us.  I could care less about the raise Nate is getting with the promotion, this house is a raise enough for me.  I feel so much more like this is a home and not just somewhere we are living.  I can finally breathe.

Nathan's Christmas Present

Nate got a remote control helicopter from his parents and it has been killing him that is was wrapped under the tree, unable for him to play and fly with.  He took a few minutes from moving things over to take it for a fly.

I love watching him fly.  We are going to be able to get all his stuff for his planes out of storage too now that we are going to the bigger house and this will be nice for his down time.  If he gets any down time.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!  Driving home late last night we didn't get any pictures of the kids in their new jammies and today we opened presents and started moving things over to the new place.

The boys both got bb guns for Christmas and walked around like soldiers with them. 

Katy got jewelry from Nana and Papa and wanted a picture of her beautiful side.

Norma got a karaoke machine that got taken over to the new house still in it's box.  I feel bad because Christmas was not a relaxing day for any of us.  Nate went to work right after opening presents and I started packing and walking things over to the other house.  This was the best present we could have gotten, moving to the bigger place, and we couldn't be happier.

Christmas Eve

Love Christmas Eve and the laziness we can all have.  Oh wait, the kids can have.  I loved that Gerald's dogs just loved up to the boys while they were playing.

This was also a huge day for our family as well.  We found out that Nate had gotten the Sergeant position that he tested for her in Wendover.  Huge for us because this means we get to move next door to the bigger house.  The boys will be able to have their own rooms, the girls will be in a room that is twice as big as the one they are in now and we will be able to have all our stuff back and not in a storage shed in Grantsville.

Way to go Nate!  We are so proud of you and all your hard work and know that you will be wonderful in this position and will be perfect for the job.

Draco

A bearded dragon.

And a HUGE home for him.  I looked at that thing and wondered how we were going to get it home and where were we going to put it when we did.

Welcome to the family Draco.  He will get to be about 2 to 3 feet long and the boys can't wait.

Us Girls Get Gwen All Day and the Boys Get...

This is my most favorite part of babies.  Holding them while they sleep.  Isn't she beautiful!

Norma got to hold her today too.  And was done just as soon as the picture was taken.  Which I was fine with.  I didn't really want to give Gwen up.

By this time, Katy was very done with me holding Gwen all the time. This picture was taken right before she very slowly tried to push Gwen off my lap but didn't do a very good job at it because she didn't want me to know that she was doing it.  She didn't like that I would hold them both either.  She just wanted someone else to take the baby so I could hold her.  Good thing there are no more babies coming to this family, Katy would not be able to handle it well.

Gerald and Deborah had taken the boys shopping with them to get them a Christmas present.  Gerald had talked to me about what they were doing.  Little did I know what they would come home with.