RAD

Friday Rian graduated from her RAD Kids program. Here she is showing off a bit of her newly learned self defense skills.

Im gonna win

My Cous has got another giveaway on her blog. Im gonna win it this time! However, in case I dont, someone will! So go and enter right here

Ode to Our Abode

I love our house. I am so happy to finally be in it. Here are a few pictures of it. I still have a lot of decorating and unpacking to do.

This is the study or office or front room or whatever you want to call it. This is where I picture a piano :)

Kitchen

Shelby and Graci's room

Part of my Christmas village. I still need snow for it. And to locate some people and other houses packed away

Graci, Barbie, Shelby

I dont think this one needs any explanation

Dad coming to the rescue. Ya, we have a lot of mud here. Especially today since it was so warm

Phoebe's pawprint

When we moved here we were down to one kitty. Now we are back up to 3. Here is one of them.

Fabio's New home. We still need to get roxy over here. 

Brian saw Bo and Midnight  (one of tigers babies) together digging for the groundhog or whatever they are

Can you see the two pheasants? Where were they a couple weeks ago?

The Front. They still need to paint the hardyboard and now the timbers look different. They need to be stained too. 

We finally got our fireplaces up and running! We have a gas one upstairs, and a wood stove in the basement. It is so fun to sit and watch it. I have been spending a lot of time doing that this weekend.  The best part about it is our furnace hasn't kicked on once since we started using it. It heats the whole house!
Another favorite of my house, is my central vacuum. It was kind of a last minute decision but I am so happy I have it.  We had our friends Kory and Misty and their little girl Jettlyn over tonight. They just got married and Misty is from Australia and they are having a very hard time with the cold weather. At least today was a beautiful day.

catchin up

Im a couple weeks behind so I have to do a lot of catch up. Last weekend we finally were able to move in! We owe many thanks to Mike, Brians Friend Banner, Karen, and my parents for helping move, clean, unpack, etc. It went a lot smoother this time around with very nice weather. We lucked out and got everything moved before the storm hit Saturday night. It didn't amount to much snow, but it was cold and wet.
We spent the next several days getting ready for Thanksgiving. Dad and mom worked so hard on our new garage floor that we just love! Mom and I did a bit of shopping, but mostly unpacking and preparation for Turkey day. I even took a trip to Moroni to buy Tom. I came home with a couple smoked turkeys as well that I am excited to cook up. Wednesday night Kim and Carl and kids arrived and we had fun hanging out and watching movies. Thursday morning we took advantage of the little snow we had to pull the sled around. Eventually the sled broke though due to the lack of snow. Everybody had fun though.

Later in the day everyone played each other in baseball or bowling or soccer on the wii. 

I failed to get any pictures of our dinner. Karen and Kelly and family also joined us that day. Then we all watched Nacho Libre after searching for it forever. 

Our new garage floor thanks to mom and dad!

Friday was another cold day but Brian, Dad, and kids all bundled up to go ride the horses. 

Saturday Brian moved hay out of the barn so we can move Roxy in. Fabio is here but we needed to make more space for Roxy. Kim and Carl had to leave Thanksgiving night so they were not able to be at the Christmas party Sat. 

Candice and Gary and Casey and Jenn all came down to eat a delicious dinner and party a little. 

Chef Sheron

All grandkids got pillowcases from Grandma and Grandpa.

Cayden is really excited for his. 

Instead of a pillowcase, Shelby got a Christmas pillow. She was so excited when she opened it up. 

Casey and Shelby are thrilled to have their picture taken. 

The White Elephant Gift Exchange

Poor Phoebe wanted to join in all the fun. 

Dad got the white elephant

Trae and I in our funny faces. This is his last Holiday Party since he leaves for his mission next summer. 

We got more snow during the night. This is what it looks like out my bathroom window.