and we're in!

The movers brought all of our stuff, and here is the new project for me. This is going to take some time! 

And yes, I am still going to decorate for Christmas....boxes everywhere or not, we will still have Christmas decorations!!!!

snowman attire

My mom has a snowman that lights up and she puts out in front of her house. I don't have a picture of the snowman, but I do have these pictures of the boys dressing up Raelynn with the snowman's hat and scarf. They were having a great time!

 And then Isaiah took a turn. He was singing a little jingle with it too. 

goodbye green house

It was so much harder to leave our little, green house than I anticipated.

I mean, I was seriously near the ugly cry while walking out the door for the last time.

Thankfully my dear husband is a rock, and decided to get me going again by praying before we drove out of the driveway for the last time.

It was so sad to leave our house. We moved into it right after getting married. We had three beautiful babies there. We had a whole lot of fights, a whole lot of love, and a whole lot of growing in the Lord in this little house. It holds a lot of memories, and the Lord really moved in our lives here.

 Raelynn chilling while I cleaned the bathrooms for the last time

That's the corner our swing set was in

There is my little clothes line my fellas made for me

Goodbye to our living room that held a lot of family & friend fun

Goodbye to our tiny kitchen & tiny dining room that I will miss dearly

Goodbye to our first bedroom

Goodbye to my little boys' first bedroom...I rocked them for hours in that right corner

I rocked Raelynn for hours in this little corner

Goodbye small garage that gave us so many fun memories in the horrible, rainy winters

 Goodbye my little green house

And thank you, Lord, for providing such a wonderful home for us for over 5 years. We are truly blessed!

back to oregon

My camera was buried in mounds of stuff, so I used Bryan’s phone for a lot of pictures. 

We spent Thanksgiving at Bryan’s Aunt Mel and Uncle Mark’s house. It was a lot of people and a lot of fun. 

The day after Thanksgiving, we went to the tree farm to help pick out a tree for Grami and Pops. It was the first non rainy, sunny day we had all week in Oregon! It was a beautiful day to chop down a tree. 

Near La Grande on the way to Portland

 Our good little passengers in the midst of a snow storm

Rae's first time sitting in a high chair

The perfect passenger...no crying, just sleeping

 Hanging out in Daddy's truck

 Very excited to be in the driver's seat

Playing a little Wii bowling

 Isaiah likes Raelynn's snow suit

Isaiah loving on Rae

 They are going to be buds

Out on the tree farm

 Who needs a Christmas tree when you can have free sticks?

This boy was all over the place. He was running wild through the trees

 The fam on the Christmas tree hunt

 A family picture! Too rare of a happening

 Rae was nice and warm

 And nice and loved

 Hot chocolate!

7 months

My precious girl weighing in at 18.5 pounds

Your recent happenings:
~You are finally sitting up! The only problem - you can't lay down from the sitting position, so you fold yourself in half, lay your head on the floor, and whimper until someone puts you on your stomach for you. This cracks me up every time.

~ You have two teeth, and they are so very cute
~ You absolutely love your jumparoo. You just go crazy every time we put you in it.
~ You were an excellent passenger while driving back and forth from Idaho to Oregon
~ We've branched out your diet from sweet potatoes and yams. You now like apples, carrots, and pears. We also tried avocados and bananas, but you were not a fan of those.
~ Your schedule got completely rocked while moving to Idaho then back to Oregon, and you were so easy going about it. There were a few hard, late nights, but for the most part, you made this move a lot easier on me!

Now the fun part. The cute pictures of my baby girl.

keeping busy while we wait for a home

We’ve been staying with my mom in her 2 bedroom apartment while we wait to move into our rental home. It’s been crazy! We’ve been doing good, though. The boys seem to have a ton more energy, which I NEVER thought was possible. 

We’ve been playing across the street and the boys have been riding their bikes. We’ve gone for a few walks while enjoying the beautiful sunshine. We’ve done a lot of coloring. Rae has done a lot of rolling and bouncing in an exersauser we borrowed. Bryan has been working. 

This month has gone by pretty quickly, and without too many tears. It’s been good, but it will be so nice to get into a house and back to a routine! 

Here are a few pictures of our first month here in Idaho!

Do you see that sunshine on their faces?!

Learning to sit up

Sometimes falling

Always cute

Little bedtime reading

Little bath time fun with leftover Halloween necklaces

Okay, A LOT of fun

Learning how to use stencils

Feeding the ducks on the greenbelt

And yes, Grandma already made them BSU hats

Grandma comforting Elias after being attacked by a duck

Elias' throwing stance...cracked me up every time he'd throw some bread

Friendly little goat...funny little boys