And so it begins!

On Dec 25th we got the news of a house in Bennington Idaho that some friends of ours had! They called and offered us the house! It was a no brainer living in a 110yr old home with mold and mildew and only 900 sq ft with 1 bath and 3 tiny little bedrooms (picture on the left) or move into a 3200 sq ft home only 6yrs old and has 5bed rooms and 3 baths for just a little more than what we were paying... Um.... YES...Yes and a thousand times YES!!! So as you can imagine I started packing the next day so excited we took our first load to the house and this is what awaited for us!!....

(Maybe we were a little hasty with the yes factor)

The picture is no exaggeration our new driveway is like 200 yards long and it's in a valley so ALL the snow gets blown onto our driveway.. It's been...... um..... a challenge to say the least considering we do not have 4 wheel drive..... (thank goodness for the nicest neighbors, once I found out who they were!)

It took us about four full days to move in with the help of my brothers trucks and my inlaws Van... The day I took this picture it took us 18 hours to get up to our house.... let me explain... Chad was with us this trip and we had my inlaws huge 18 passenger van loaded with Tupperware but when we saw the drive way we knew we couldn't get up to the house without getting stuck so I text Jayson to see if he could come and plow it he said he would but it'd be a couple of hours so we decided to go buy chains for the van.. SO we did and we chained up and went back and waited for him.. (we walked up to the house so the kids could be in a warm place while we waited) when he got there we moved the van and he started plowing well just when we were getting ready to move the van up the lane (I had to back the van out first so Jayson could get out) well I did but just as I put the van into drive again the van just turned off.. So chad fiddled with things here and there and decided to get some starter fuel and spray it into the engine but when he did that the van caught on fire!! Yes I said FIRE we jumped out and threw snow on the engine (by the way part of the engine is inside the van in case your wondering) we got the fire out but the van wouldn't start so my brother and chad decided to try and tow the van up to the house... yeah that was a lot of fun.. we kept getting stuck because Jayson's trucks 4 wheel drive wasn't working and after about two hours of trying the van is stuck and the truck has a flat in the middle of our driveway.. We gave up for the night by this time it was close to 9pm and so cold it was hurting just to breathe.. Oh boy.. The next day William came and between Jayson, William and Chad they were able to get the van out about three hours later... The day all this happened was New Years EVE and New years Day so everything was closed... However they were able to find a place that would repair the spare tire (the spare had a hole in it too) for the truck that had the flat tire! It was an exhausting two days.. And this is just the beginning the first two days of living in our new home.... It took a huge propane heater two nights and three days to melt the van enough so chad could figure out what was wrong. He found out that the main wire that connects to the engine had fallen off (a whole 2 min job to fix) Chad was fixed to be tied! We never made it to church that Sunday because we got snowed in! (first of many times) Well enough for now I'll post again soon to let you know what happened next!!!

HINT (It's sad but has a happy ending)

P.S. The last two pictures are of the New house and the barn behind the house....

We've Moved!!

Well we've done it we're moved in however I just got Internet an hour ago so as soon as I have more time I'll post our adventure over the last three weeks... But for now know I haven't forgotten to blog just been unable too.. We now live in Bennington ID (hum... never thought I'd live in Idaho.. got any potatoes!!) We're adjusting and trying to get into a routine... Life is good I'll post again soon I promise..

We were Blessed!!

We had an awesome Christmas and I hope you all did too.. Other than Atazia was sick with the flu. The kids all got what they wanted for from Santa..

Qwade - Nerf Gun and target

Atazia - Makeup

Kristosha - a baby doll that laughs and shakes..

They had a lot of fun opening presents and eating all their candy from their stockings.. It was a very good and fun day... However Chad and I got the best surprise of all... Drum roll Please!...... We got a house in ID on 12 acres for just a little more than what we're paying here it has 5 bedrooms and three full baths.. We are so excited we'll be moved in toward the end of next month!! Yay finally a new place that isn't covered in mold, mildew and oldness... The plugs work, the wind will stay outside for a change and it's bigger than 900 sqft...(oh and it's not over a 100yrs old) So excited I can't even wait in fact I haven't slept very well because I keep imagining where I'm going to put all our stuff and how I'm going to decorate etc... Also we have some more great news... Chad is officially a Herboligy student as of last Monday.. He is more excited about that then the house, probably because he won't be spending as much time at the house as we will... that and he's been waiting many years to be able to do this... We're all so excited in fact this morning Qwade woke up at 5am to start packing all his stuff he even went into the garage and got some boxes to pack all his stuff in! When he was done he came into my room and asked what he can pack next he wanted to do all the movies.. I chuckled to see him so excited that he was willing to work !! (shock..LOL) But to be honest I kind of feel the same way I think we're all very ready to move..We are so blessed, Life is great and things are finally moving forward for the better... (I'll take some pictures of the house when I get moved in and post them so you can all see what it looks like...) Have a great day and happy new year!

Christmas Traditions!

Tradition!

We have kept some of the traditions that I had when I was a kid and when Chad was a kid and I thought I'd share some of them with you. On the first Saturday of the month we decorate our tree except we do NOT string popcorn (I hated doing that when I was a kid) Chad wasn't there but my mom came over and helped us. My mom loved it and so did we...

Then Last Night we made our homemade ordiments that we do every year!!

Qwades - Atazia's - Kristosha's - Chads -Mine -Hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas season so far... I know we are in spite of not having chad home but we're praying he'll be home for Christmas.... Have a wonderful day!

I put curlers in Atazia's hair last night.. thinking that since her hair doesn't hold curl from the curling iron that this would give her a wave... UH No it's more like kinky curly central..Not what I was expecting and then of course there was the frizz factor included..

SO here's my little girl who looks like she just put her finger in a socket, Qwade and kristosha laughing their heads off and it took everything I had not to laugh my head off. Poor kid considering I'm the one who made her that way..LOL

But after a couple of mins of putting some frizz stuff in her hair and putting a couple of berets....Her hair looks Much Much better... What a cutie pie.. Even if she does look a bit like Shirley Temple..

Funeral.

Grandma's funeral was on Tuesday but i didn't get home until late last night.. It was a wonderful service I learned so much about my grandma and how wonderful she really was.. I wish I had known her in her younger years I think we would have been great friends. I will miss her but I'm happy for her....