Home Owners!!!

Its official we own our first home!! We closed on it On the 11th of this month. Its such an exciting time for us and we just cannot wait to get all moved in. We plan on starting the move this Tuesday and will finish sometime between then and when we go back to work on the 5th of January.

i promised pictures so here they are............

My House

Brandons house

ha ha just kidding!!! These are our ginger bread houses though..... we had a blast making these. Brandon bless his amazing soul made the houses from scratch....no ladies this was not a box we bought....he made the cookie dough and cut out the shapes(with cookie cutters, but still) I am so impressed with him.
Although i think if my dad were alive and he saw how horribly crooked my house is he might be disappointed in me......i don't think i got his construction gene! :) The night we put these together was full of laughs! We had a heck of a time getting them together, but the end result doesnt look too bad!! :)
P.S. I forgot to take pictures of the house, so those are still coming at a later date.

Well while i am posting i am going to say Merry Chirstmas. I dont think i will have time to post again until we move into the house, so i hope you all have a great season. This is such a special time. A time to remember our Savior and the reason why he was born and all that He did with his life. How blessed we are to have someone who loved us as much as he did to come and give of His life for us, and even more how blessed we are that He still lives and loves us today.
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!

Here are some pictures of our tree and all my nativities(my favorite part of decorating!! )

Warning!! Longest Post i have ever Written!!!

Well i thought seems how I am sick (with a flu bug) and don't feeling like doing anything, i would update our blog. Its funny that i don't do it more often, because really we do lots of "blog worthy" stuff, i even take pictures of it, and then i never post it. But i like to think that its the thought that counts....right!!
We will start with most recent activities and go to less recent activities.....
Yesterday:
We went and cut down our Christmas tree. This is my new favorite tradition since i have gotten married...and this was only the second time!! I think there is something special about trudging around to find the right tree for you. Besides fun comes out of it.....like yesterday.....we finally found our Christmas Tree and Brandon's parents found theirs, just to realize that we were clear up the mountain, and really had NO easy way of getting them down. So having very inventive brother-in-laws and hubby....one tree went down being held by Travis (brother-in-law to me) backwards on 4-wheeler. Sorry no picture of that one. Our tree, which was considerably larger started off by the top being held by one sitting on the front of the 4-wheeler, and the bottom being held by another on the back of my four wheeler. My instructions as the driver of one 4-wheeler was not to go fast or slow and keep the tree between the 4-wheelers. (sorry no pic of this one either...it didn't last longer than 2 feet!! :) )So a last, one person sat on the back of my 4-wheeler holding the bottom of the tree and the other walked down the mountain holding the top!! : ) We pray for more snow next year and we can take a snowmobile and sled to get them down.......then again...... we had a blast figuring it all out, and let me tell you i appreciate this tree more than any tree i have ever found in a lot!!

Here are some pictures of this eventOur tree before taken from his natural habitiat! :)
Me and Justin--him holding the end of the tree on our treck down the mountain
Poor Brandon taking his turn walking down the trail with the tipof the tree.

Pictures of the decorated finished product to come!!


Next event.... Last night
We had a birthday party for Brandon's brother Travis. He got to choose a game we would all play together....which was Monopoly. Gee I have not played this game in ages!! We had a blast!!! The ultimate money lovers were yes my dearest husband and Travis. The rest of us went totally bankrupt!! No fun loosing, but Brandon did rectify me and bought back the real estate i have worked very hard to get from Travis....and ultimately Brandon was the real winner with an absurd amount of money in the end. Yea!! Now he needs to work that magic in real life....we would be millionaires!!
Here is some documentation of this game!Brandons Loot!


NEXT...... :)

I had promised some pictures of the house we are buying. We should be closing sometime this week, although we most likely will not move in until the last week of December/first of January. Funny, last year we moved this time of year...We packed up our decorated Christmas tree and had a royal mess last year for Christmas. I sore over and over again that i would NEVER move again in December..... a little ironic isn't it!! So this year we are staying put till after Christmas. We are getting excited to move into our own place though!!!
Our very yellow bedroom! :) This is the current peoples furniture--obviously.

The upstairs playroom. There are also 2 bedrooms up here.


The downstairs living room.
That's all the pictures for now. More to come! :)


Well i think that is enough....hope you are all having a great holiday season!!
P.S. Pray harder for snow! :)