what do you get?

what do you get when {uncle roy-d} gets an early christmas present?

 

a bunch of goons playing 'guitar hero' all day long.

what do you get when you let {eric} go out and play with the kids for a couple of hours?

a humunga-dunga

{hawaiian snow - "woman"}

we have had such a lovely thanksgiving with lots of family and friends.  we started out with our traditional volleyball match against the hammonds...which we won! hooray! then went home and emma dyed my hair some {crazy} dark color--which i love now...shocking at first though...you'll see when i get some pictures up. then we had a {scrumptious} thanksgiving dinner...followed by napping, gaming, and a ping-pong tournament. 

last night we went over to some friends for a fun dinner and looked out the window and it was a {blizzard} outside.  in the few hours we were there it snowed four inches!  we are definately not in oregon anymore! the kids were so thrilled and have loved playing in it today.

truly, a fabulous time. 

7 1/2 weeks old

well, i've had a few requests for some recent pics of joshie so i snapped a few today and thought i'd put them up so long.  our little boy is growing so beautifully!  he is so yummy!

in other news, we are now in colorado.  all of my siblings are here for thanksgiving and it is so fun to be all together.  i love being back in colorado!  it feels so peaceful.  the job search is going and we are also considering starting our own business so we'll see what happens. i'm excited to get my hair done tomorrow...i'm going brunette...pics to follow!

quick update

things are going well here. we are in dubois, idaho staying with eric's parents right now and looking around here and rexburg for jobs. the trip over here was an absolute whirlwind! i don't know what we would have done without eric's mom and grandma to help! they were truly heaven sent. the kids have done amazingly well with the whole thing...they handled our exhausting and long trip to idaho with hardly a peep. we are very blessed to have such easy-going children.

we spent last weekend with my siblings in rexburg and had a really fun time. it was great to forget the stresses that we have and enjoy some goofing around and just being together. we also got to go to the rexburg temple for the first time. it was beautiful and a very peaceful experience. thanks aury for watching our little hooligans!

this week we are just trying to tie up loose ends from moving and get this job search underway. i'm sure i will be putting some pics on soon. this baby is growing so fast...he is starting to get chubby little cheeks and thighs. i love a soft, squishy baby!

blind-sided

we are sorry to let you know that eric lost his job on friday.  this came as quite a blow to us and we are sad to say that we have decided to pack up and move closer to family to look for a new job.  we are packing up this week (eric's mom and gramma are with us) and we will leave for idaho by wednesday.  our plan is to stay there for a week or so and then move on to colorado.

despite everything, we feel a calmness about this whole thing.  we have been praying for a long time about eric's job and asking to be directed to what we should be doing and where we should be.  we feel like this is Heavenly Father helping us along or maybe kicking us out the door on to bigger and better things. 

we want all our oregon friends to know how sad we are to leave--especially so abruptly and without warning!  we have loved living here and have come to know some AMAZINGLY good people.  we truly appreciate the way that you have supported us and looked after us with all our family so far away!  we will miss you.

p.s.  if anyone has any boxes they are willing to part with, we would greatly appreciate it!