We Moved Again

We have moved to Jefferson City, Missouri. We moved the first week in January. David had to run an office here. I'm excited for him and he will be home a little more often. It had a small town feel and everyone is so friendly. I think we will be good here. and plus its closer to our family in Idaho. It's a good 2 day drive.

David went to find a house to rent about two weeks before the big move. We only had two to pick from. So David went ahead without me. He found a great house . It's a older home but its homing. It has 2 brick fireplaces. a big yard. A full basement where Josh has his room.

These are the pictures David took for us to see.

Back Yard.

It has bridge and a little stream running through it. The kids are having a great time.



Side Yard

Screened porch for the bugs in the summer, and room for a garden



The Capital Building



We have really enjoyed it here so far. When we first got here the weather was very cold. Below 0. It was a nice change. The kids started school on Tuesday. They all liked their teachers and the other students are more friendly. For Michael , he will be home with me. Missouri doesn't have a free program that Florida did. I'm excited to have him home again.


I will have to send some pictures of the house decorated. BUT, we are without a camera. I found it in the washer machine in my jacket. So yes, we will have to found another. I hope to post some pictures soon, but for now I posted a few updates of the Holidays.

Good-bye Florida

Well, we were in Florida a short time. 12 months to the day. We found some great friends, enjoyed all most everything Florida had to offer. Went to the beach, experienced the everlades, winter camping, enjoyed Cuban food. Jen even learned to cook Italian food from a neighbor, Was apart of many baptisms. Our work must have been fullfilled.

We are happy to be in Missouri. And are excited for new adventures.

Our old house.

Miami.

We got to see the biggest ship in the world.

Christmas 2009

Christmas Morning


Our little Bella


Waiting to come down. They put blankets up around the stair case ,so they couldn't see the tree with presents. Silly kids

All the boys got remote controls cars.

They played will all day. It was nice to have a warm Christmas day.

We played and played all day. it was a different day. It was nice

Kyndra with her make-up. She thinks she's all grown up.

Hailee got a DS.

something she has been waiting for some time. We were blessed to have some great neighbors. A neighbor across the street didn't want it so he decided to give it to us. It was great...

Camping in December

Our Ward had a camp out the first of December. The weather was perfect. We had a great time. Some good bonding time.




Kyndras good friend Sommer
Our Awesome Bishop

We will sure miss him and his wonderful family. He was helping the turtle get out of the road but first he had to finish peeing. And it took a long time. Then Mike put it in his trunk to show the rest of the crew. He's a crazy guy. We sure love him

My little crew. It was Bella first camp out.

My sweet friend Angel with Bella. We sure miss you

Thanksgiving

The Hydes and Mom and Dad Westover came to join us for Thanksgiving. We had a blast.

Here are just some of the high lights of what we did.

The Hydes just arrived.

They rode about 15-16 hours and drove through night. we were so happy that you came.

We got to enjoy some beautiful sunsets every night.

Thanksgiving Day

The crew

Another sunset

Our own Turkey bowl.

Kevin had to take the boys our for some football. They had a blast. and yes we are in shorts plays. It was great.

Mother and Son passing the day away. Of course David won.

Oh , so cute. Papa in the Grand kids

We enjoyed the Everglades. I'm sad, we didn't see much that day. But, We did go on a air boat ride another day and saw tons of gators .

David being David

The cute Hyde family.

We swam at the Club House Pool .

Day at the Beach

And took the kids out for Dinner. Wednesday nights are a family night..

It's a fun place the the kids

House Boat Trip

We had the opportunity to go with some good friends the Andersons on a House Boat Trip to the Florida Keys. In November (Wed-Sun) We had such a blast. It was absolutely amazing and everything we had hoped for. We enjoyed beautiful sunsets went fishing and saw lot of ocean life. Before we headed out to sea we were able to see and touch a Manati. They love fresh water and we gave him the hose to drink from. On the First day we also saw some Dolphins swimming by our boat and they followed us. It was so fun to see the Animals in their natural habitat. The kids got to jump off the top off the boat, even Gabe worked up the courage to jump, but only if Dad was in the water waiting. After his first jump, he went several more times. On the Second day we were fortunate to see both Nurse sharks and Hammer Head Sharks. They looked small but were neat to look at. While Josh was fishing, he even managed to hook one of the Hammer Heads, but of course the line broke and he was unable to bring it in. For bait, we used both squid and Shrimp, it worked really well, and we discovered that Gabe really, really, really likes to fish. It was seldom that we didn't see him with a pole in his hand patiently looking over the side of the boat, waiting for his next catch. He was able to catch a couple blow fish, and a few Gar, as well as several fish I can't name. It was so cool stand on top of the boat and watch the Hamm er Head Sharks swim around us, at one point there were four of them. We watched them all evening until it was too dark to see. The third day we went to a local hangout called Ocean View, otherwise known as the OV. We anchored our boat just off shore and shutteled in with the motor boat. The OV is a very quaint and carribean stylehangout. We ate Dolphin Fingers and swam in their pool. Over all it was just extremely relaxing. Where the boat was anchored was the same place we saw the Hammer Head sharks. Just as we were tying our motorboat up to the houseboat, Bella decided it was a good time to spit her pacifier out and it landed in the ocean. David without thinking about it jumped in to rescue the pacifier, as it was our only one. It was only after, that he realized that he was in the exact area as the sharks. So although there werent any present just then, he still likes to claim that he swam with the sharks. That night, we stayed up late, laying on the top of the boat, watching stars. The children all sang primary songs and hymns, as we were able to look up in amazement at the heavens. The final day was Sunday, so we finished our trip and headed back home to attend church. We had such a wonderful time, and grew to love the Andersons even more than we already did. We are so grateful to them for inviting us to participate in that activity with them, and we now look forward to this being an annual excursion. We love you Andersons.

Look what I can DO.....

Michael had learned to write his name. We are so proud of him. He is our first to be able to write his name at this age. I guess that's what happens when they go to school 5 days a week. They will be able to read out of preschool. The schools here so much more advanced. Michael even has homework three days of the week. He is finally enjoying going to school, but as soon as he gets home he wants lunch, then takes a 2-3hr. nap. He sure gets tuckered. We are glad that he likes it and loves his teacher.

Halloween 2009

This was our first year we didn't have to bundle the kids and didn't have to run out of the warm car to run to house to house. This Halloween we sat in our shorts and flip flops and enjoyed the warmth. When we started Trick-or treating we discovered that in South Florida you don't have to knock on peoples doors to get the candy. Everybody sets up lawn chairs in their front lawn and hands out the candy. It saved a lot of time not having to knock on doors.

We went to a friends house and set up camp outside in their driveway and had pizza and had a snow cone machine and the kids enjoyed some haunted house in the neighborhood.

We had a great time.

My camera died was wasn't able to take more pictures.

All the girls

The Big Girls.

I tried some wigs for fun. Purple is not my color. I took off the wig by the end of the night. I felt so weird and it itched.

Kyndra scary girl

Hailee- mid-night fairy

Gabe- He used Michaels costume from last year.

We were able to wear it like shorts and no shoes. And he went trick-or treat without his shoes..

Michael- Karate kid

When we signed him up for karate class. We received a free uniform. It worked our perfect.

Josh- thinking he's to old to dress up. I had him hand out the candy at our ward party.

David wasn't able to go with us to our Ward party on Friday night. Josh was a big help. This was his first year to hand out the candy.

Trick-or-Treat