Still in AK

This was the second hotel we stayed in- thanks to the Rivard's and their vouchers. Too bad I didn't get any pictures of the first one- it was WAY NICE!! But Bradley and Luke totally made good use of the beds- did the ever popular jumping from one to the other.




Hanging out at Burger King. Still waiting :)


and waiting some more :) ...... mmmmm popcorn!


I did manage to get one more picture of my favorite spot with the snow covered trees- it's blurry because we're driving and there's no where to pull over and get a good picture- but this was my FAVORITE!

Moving???

So this is right before we packed up our friend's truck to head on out to the airport that first night. We had SO MUCH STUFF!!


Here's Charity, chilling in the Anchorage airport- you can tell it's our first night there- everyone's still kinda smiling :)


Kelly drawing- of course :)


waiting.....

Last times

This was the last 2 moose I saw in AK. These ones were down at the end of our street, and then over by Charity's school when I was there- this was a few days before we were supposed to leave. That is something I am totally going to miss about AK- all the moose just roaming the neighborhood. Cool stuff.


I thought this was a real flattering view. Hope she's not bugged :)


This is Charity's class- her last day. She was so sad to leave them, and I was giving her the little "you'll make new friends" talk, and she interrupted me to say, "Mom, I'm not worried about making NEW friends, I know I'll make new friends- I just worry about my old friends missing me!! They're going to be SO SAD!! Everytime they look for me at recess they will cry when they remember that I don't live in Alaska anymore." It was so cute and so sweet of her to be more worried about them than herself. She's a cutie.


This is Charity with her teacher- she LOVED her teacher. It was sad to see her teacher cry when she left too :(


Here's Luke on top of the luggage. We had the hardest time keeping him off the luggage when we had it all piled up.

We Made It!!!

Well, in case you haven't heard- we're back in Utah! We finally made it! We're still kind of in limbo here with Nate not working yet, and with no phone and no internet :) But we are having fun getting back into the swing of things. Our house is nice- we like it a lot. Lots of room for us. It's pretty far out there in Eagle Mountain and we we're not completely familiar with the area yet, but it's going to be fun to get to know the area and make it our home.
So anyway- I wanted to thank EVERYONE for ALL the help we had. We believe you were all angels in the miracles that we witnessed through all of our moving. Thank you so much. If there's ever ANYTHING any of you need- please call us first- we have a lot of paying back to do- and we need to return the goodness.
Thanks!!! Please feel free to call us or come visit- we are looking forward to seeing everyone. I will get some pictures on here soon :) We've had a lot of fun since the last time I posted anything :)
Love ya all- HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Charity in the Drum Jam!

I didn't realize how big a deal this was until I saw this poster on the wall with Charity's picture and everything. Made me realize how special it was!! Charity is the third one from the left.

We all went to Charity's school to see her Drum Jam Group practicing.

Here she is fixing her music on her music stand- all official-like :) I couldn't stop smiling I was just so proud of her.


It's a pretty big group- I guess they take one kid from each class--


She was actually REALLY good- I was proud of her. Afterward her teacher asked if we were sure she couldn't stay long enough to be in the concert because "she's so talented!" and "the only Kindergartener that actually does it right". I thought that was pretty cool. Charity is pretty proud of herself as well. We had to go celebrate!

Here's one video- we'll see if I can get the others to load- they're all pretty much the same :) but it's just so exciting :)

The World Through Kelly's Eyes

Kelly got a hold of the camera and took some pictures :o) Just thought we'd share them with you- Kelly the Photographer :)


This was one of her drawings of me and Nate :) I LOVE her art!


Daddy looks tall from down here :)


Mommy looks lazy from down here :)


Look at braddy go!!

Cute Little Kids

Kelly's few toys that we didn't ship :) She LOVES her bunny.


This cute little kid WANTED to put the high heels on SO BAD- so we gave in and he just looked SO FUNNY!! Totally had to inch around- it was really hard for him to walk. He's so funny.


Here's Charity with her friend "Nona". Nona was in her class before Nona changed to home school. Charity misses her so much!





Here's Lukey trying to walk with the high heels on :) He's such a nut

Putting up our temporary Tree :)

This is one of the ornaments Charity made at her Primary Activity. Look how chapped her poor little lip is!! This dry air is killing me!


Someone at Nate's work gave us this tree so Saturday we just had to put it up!! It really has made our house feel more homey- since there isn't anything else in it to make it feel that way.



Putting on the top piece!! We've NEVER had a tree this big!!


We did save a few ornaments that we didn't pack- but they sure don't cover this HUGE tree by any means!







These are the coolest glasses ever!! They make pictures show up around the tree lights when you look through them.


Okay, I totally don't know what Luke was imagining here- but he was just in his own little world, putting the light on the cardboard, and then pretending to put something in his mouth- I just thought it was cute to see him doing some imagining all on his own. He's his own little boy :)


Still no blue angel- I dont' know what's wrong with me-






The boys have been jumping off things all weekend, and just having the time of their lives- it's so funny. Sorry if you're sick of the pictures :) They always insist that I take more :)

We're down to about 7 hours of sunlight- and yesterday Charity didn't get to go out for recess so it must have been colder than -10 degrees, so it is getting pretty cold :) Still no snow though- go figure. But we're counting down the days till the big move- it's totally coming up!! Hope you're all having fun getting ready for Christmas!

Little Boy Stuff

These moments just make me so anxious for our baby to come. I'm glad he will have such fun big brothers to look up to. They're all going to have so much fun together- I get excited to see the three of them together!

Whoever said we needed toys or furniture to have fun...

Boys are so good at improvising- when they want to have fun- they want to have fun, and that's just what they do :) Brad and Luke totally made good use of our Christmas tree (in the box) and the sleeping bag. They discovered this entertainment totally on their own since the girls were at their Primary Activity and not here to make them be dogs or horses or something :). I thought it was cute so I of course had to get out the camera, and then being the hams that they are- they went to town, trying to make some great action photos. They've totally learned how to pose for pictures now :) Bradley taught Luke how to come running over to the camera after each jump to see how the picture looks. They're fun little guys! I'm so glad that they found something to do in the middle of our nothingness :)

Now how's this for an action photo!

Luke just loves watching his big "bubba" it's so cute! I can't wait till Luke has his little brother watching his every move. They're gonna have so much fun!!

This was funny because Bradley kept trying to kinda push Luke off (such a big brother), and almost everytime- it backfired and he would make himself fall off somehow- crazy kid.

This was one of the times he was posing :)

Luke had to copy Brad :)

Posing again :) what a goof.

Luke actually got brave enough to sit down on the box and just fall backwards and do a back somersault. It was pretty funny- kinda scary :)

Pay no attention to the mess in the background. Somehow- even with how little stuff we have left here- we still manage to have a messy house :) Go figure.

Crazy kids

I'm glad kids are so durable.