A Three Month Play-by-Play

 It starts with this...

  This is where we live. Right now it's covered in snow. This is what it looked like when we first got here. It's so beautiful here! We really love it! Our house is on five acres of land. It's so nice to be able to let the kids play and not worry that they're going to get hit by a car.

We also have about 6 horses. On our first day here, the kids decided they wanted to ride a horse. They got on bareback to just take a little trot around the arena. As I watched, they started to tip...until they landed flat on the ground on their stomachs. Yep, we're a bunch of city folk!

This is something that we found. They are everywhere! Sometimes, we go out late at night to just enjoy their flavor. You kids sure don't know what you're missing...or maybe you do.

    

We get to do lots and lots of fun things! One day we went to a Real soccer game! It was so much fun!

Waiting for the game to start!

A real live soccer game! 

The fans are awesome! It was so much fun to see!

For Halloween we went to an awesome pumpkin patch! It was acres and acres and we all got to pick our own pumpkins. 

Kendal and her pumpkin.

Derek, the master pumpkin carver, carving my pumpkin. 

Our pumpkins all finished!

We had a great Halloween. We had the day off so we were able to go down to Derek's sisters' and spend it with them. We had so much fun having dinner and trick or treating with them. We cant wait till next year!

Harry Potter and his Golden Snitch. 

 An adorable, happy devil. So cute!

Now on to Christmas! Kendal got to finish up the tree and add the star on the top.

In our home, we have so many different personalities. Each girl is so unique and brings their own fun into the house. One of our girls loves mustaches. For her birthday, we bought her some mustaches and everyone tried them on. I would recommend that Kendal not grow a mustache!

Christmas was wonderful! This is one of Kendal's favorite gifts. They have the cutest winter clothes up here and when she saw this monkey, she fell in love! 

Brandon got what he wanted...Super Smash Bros. Brawl. And after he opened it, I had to twist his arm to open the rest of his presents.

The three months ended with this. It's my new snowmobile. During the first snowfall, we were headed to Salt Lake to see a movie. On the way, we saw five cars slide off the road. We decided that since we were not versed in snow driving we needed something that would keep us safe...just in case. The funny thing is that the second day I drove it (in the snow) I slid into a curb. I learned that I don't drive well in the snow and that I should just leave it to Derek.

And now we're all caught up. 

This experience has been so wonderful for our family. It has been so wonderful for the kids as well as for us. Before we left, Brandon was being bullied every day at school. Here, he has found some really great friends and is in a school that is helping him grow. There are before school gifted programs and during school gifted programs and he loves it!

Kendal also loves it! She has found some great friends at school and her teacher is a great fit for her. She also loves having 10 older sisters who love to spend time with her. 

While I miss everyone so, so much, this experience has been wonderful! I really never thought that a job could bring so much joy and love into my life. I feel the spirit testify to me everyday that this is where we need to be right now.

I'll try to update more so you can enjoy what we get to enjoy on a daily basis!