Christmas Morning

The kids had a very merry Christmas. They must have been really good this year because they scored with Santa. Their toys have been packed for nearly a month so they were really excited to have toys and electronics to play with again.

On another note, I really need a good camera. The camera on my phone is just not cutting it anymore.

Christmas Eve

We made it out to Palm Desert last Saturday. We're so grateful that my mom and sister are willing to share their home with us for a couple of weeks.

On the 23rd we had an early Christmas Eve celebration with my mom, Gregg & fam, and Suzanne & fam. We had a great dinner and lesson by my mom. Then all of the grand kids got to open their Christmas pajamas.

The kids had fun playing at Grandma's house. We also went over to Aunt Suzanne's gymnastics school and had a lot of fun.

Moving...

We've been busy around here! Packing, cleaning, looking for homes, the kids school work, entertaining Claire, Cub Scouts, Soccer, Activity Days, our church callings, Dr. & Orthodontist appointments, the landlord doing walk throughs of our home, Christmas shopping.....well, you get the point.

We haven't had TV for over a week now and that wouldn't be so bad if every single toy wasn't packed, along with the computer, board games, the wii, and all but a couple of books. But, we're all hanging in there and we're managing to stay entertained.

We leave for my mom's on the 22nd. We'll stay with her for 2 weeks while the kids have their Christmas break at school. Robert will commute to work from there. After that we'll head to my in-law's house for a few weeks. During this time we hope to secure a place to live. We'll also try to live life as usual here in Oceanside as far as school, sports, and church go. Should be interesting.

We've looked all over Carlsbad and Oceanside and we're trying to weigh all of our options to decide what is best for us all around. It's a little stressful not knowing that we have a home to move in to at the end of all of this, but we've definitely been through tougher situations and the Lord always provides a way when the time is right, and like I told the kids, As long as we're all together things will always be okay."

Here's to another adventure together! Can't wait to find out the conclusion of this one. :)

San Diego Temple

The kids and I(and my church youth group) were able to go down the the San Diego temple over the weekend to see the lights and watch a singing performance. It was COLD...atleast by southern California standard. The kids and I were amazed by all of the beautiful lights and nativities. It's the first time the kids had walked on the temple grounds. It was really neat. Definetly worth seeing.

Last Time...I hope

I found this on Claire's floor the other morning. This is Claire's hair, her pajama pants, her sheet and parts of her stuffed animal. Atleast this time she didn't cut her bangs to the root!! (like the previous 2 times. ) She did this in the night while everyone else was sleeping.

I'm hoping this is her last hair cut for a while. I got a picture of the back. There are a lot of short little layers and the sides are short and uneven. The hair stlyist got it to look decent for now.

Above Average

Linda had her 8yr. physical last week. Her entire life she has been average in hieght and weight. This time she was about the same in weight at 54th percentile. But, Linda is getting taller and now is at the 60th percentile in height. This would explain her growing out of all of her clothes.

Also, Linda recieved the Student of the Month award in November. So, I think it's safe to say what we all already knew, Linda is above average! :)

On a side note, Linda attended her first Activity Days activity and had so much fun. It's great growing up.