Part 2 : Pictures

AHHH Mexico...my new home away from home.

Starfish we found while snorkeling

Jared's new friend (part of the entertainment staff)

He was hilarious!!!

The kids at Grandma & Grandpa's in Idaho

over Thanksgiving

Makenna's Christmas Chorus performance.

She had to do some of the choreography.

Tayler was a Teddy Bear in their 1st grade Christmas play

"A Berry Merry Christmas"

Bailey crossing the finish line in her

first Cable Bridge Run (1 mile)

Our family & friends that ran

Bailey at Christmas with her Zhu Zhu pet

Kenna opening her NEW MOON poster

Berek getting his first gun, a 10/22
Tayler with her barbie

Our Christmas Tree

We made smoothies and I guess Bailey's came

out a little too fast when she was trying to drink

it. After this, we gave her a straw.

Kinda Catch-Up

Since Halloween we have been very busy.
We decided to sell our house, so RIGHT after Halloween we began packing (had to be out by the 19th of Nov). We packed up the mudroom and office, things that we wouldn't need for the next 2 1/2 weeks and then Jared and I left.
Where?!?! On Nov 7 we headed off to wonderful Cancun, Mexico. This was planned way before we decided to move. My older sister came to stay with the kids and entertain them while we were gone. It was a much needed vacation with all the excitement we decided to add to our lives. We snorkeled, got certified in Scuba diving, zip lined, rode on a speed boat, ate lots, and laid by the pool. It was hard to come home to more packing but.....we missed the kids so it had to happen.
The next week and a half was spend packing and cleaning, cleaning and packing. I never knew I had so much crap. I even dejunked a month before. The day came and it all fell apart a bit. We hired movers, just to move everything. They didn't have to do anything but load and unload. All the boxes were in the garage, the only thing in the house was the furniture. They showed up over 3 hours late, didn't want to work more than 2 hours that day, and were slower than snails. It was ridiculous!!! I lost it a bit. Finally the NEXT day, with Jared and I (and some wonderful friends that showed up, Jeff & Chrissy) doing more than half of the work, we finished by 3 pm. It was crazy. I've decided that Jared and I could and did do more work than the 4 of these BIG men. I guess being paid by the hour changes how quickly you move through things.
We are here, everything is unpacked but wall decorations and a few boxes in the kids rooms.
We traveled to Idaho for Thanksgiving (this was a week after we moved). It was nice to visit family. We went to the gun range and shot some 22's and shot guns with my nephews, sister, and bro in law. Did a little early morning shopping. Why?!?! I really don't know. That Sunday morning we left for home.
December has zoomed by with barely enough time to get Christmas together. We had our first official professional family pictures taken. They look wonderful and we are so excited to get them and get them hung on the walls.
Christmas came and it was wonderful. My brother John came up and Jared's sister Amanda and bro in law Taylor, not to mention Johns 2 and Amanda's 2 dogs. We loved having them all here. It was great. We were awoken at 5 am to open presents. The kids must have been not too bad this year. They all got what they asked for from Santa. Who'd of thought. :)
Now here we are, a few days before New Years. I will post pictures soon, I hope.