You have to love the Ward Christmas Party!

We are trying to be sociable and get to know our new neighbors. Luckily, we moved into a great Ward and everyone is really friendly.

I am bound and determined to keep up on my blog, so come back and visit more often!! We are having so much fun in our new house and getting ready for Christmas. With almost all of our Christmas shopping done already, all we have to focus on is spending time with family and having fun with the little ones.

First Christmas Magic!

We got our Christmas things out this weekend and started decorating. Little Millie is so enamored with my little Christmas Village. She loves to watch the little People dance around in the "Palace Ballroom". It's the exact magic I hoped the kids would feel when I bought the houses years ago... too precious.

We are so grateful and excited to be in our new house for the holidays. We have been blessed so much since we came together. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. For the first time in a long time I can say that and mean it. Life is Grand!

By the way, I have the BEST Husband ever! He climbed, cut, spliced, and straightened our lights. They looked better than the neighbors and they had to pay for theirs. I am a lucky woman to have him!

Millie kept us company while we decorated outside.

There are so many things to be grateful for! Most of all I'm grateful for my Children, my sweet Husband, my Family, and the opportunity we have to always "start over". We had a great feast at Mom and Bob's with lots of family at little ones. It was a great day!

The other kids were gone with the "ex's". We miss them so much when we have to share them, but they have too many people who love them.

Mandy earned herself the name "Martha" this Thanksgiving with her awesome turkey rolls.

Cutie Maggie and David. It's just not fair to be so cute and pregnant.

FALL FUN!!

Ok, Ok, I know it's late. My motto these days is "better late than never". We had a blast though!

Trinity was such a gorgeous little witch, Bridger was a super spy, Emma was Cinderella (at her Momma Ronnie's) and Millie spent her first Halloween as a purple witch.Thanks, once again to Mandy and her block party, we had a fun Halloween party to go to!

We Bought Our House!!

We just closed on our house today! Wa-Hoo!! We are so excited to have this new start and to finally have enough room for our growing family. We will be living in Sunrise Meadows. We have been saying for two years that we wanted to live in that neighborhood. I guess it just goes to show, you better be careful what you put into the universe!!

We will miss Mom and Bob though. They are the best and we have had a lot of fun. It couldn't get much better for living with your Parents!!

Here's some pictures of what we've been up to...

The Kids' School Carnival

Painting Grandpa's "Barn"

Lake Powell with Dave's Work -- They Rock!!

On the hike from He_ _!!

The "Crack"

There's a good reason...

There's a good reason I haven't updated all summer! We have been so busy and having too much fun! Also, we sold our little house in Saratoga Springs and have been living with my Mom and Bob for about two weeks now. We were lucky to sell our house in this market and are taking our time house-hunting and saving up some money. They are the best for letting us move into the basement.

Take a look at our summer adventures!

Ward Ball!!

Dave's 28th Birthday... Look at all those kids!

Princess Emma

Camping with the Claytons

Lehi Roundup Rodeo

Kids and Cousins at Lehi Parade

Stadium of Fire and Miley Cyrus!

Millie's first food

Our last Sunday Breakfast before the move