Christmas Morning and Christmas Vacation at the Cabin

We had a wonderful Christmas. My kids were spoiled once again. Stockton and Makenna both got bikes, bike helmets, VS Smile, each of them got their own laptops, trucks, barbies, my little ponies, tons and tons of clothes. Grandpa and Grandma sure give the best gifts. - Thanks! Sam got his Wii (that he opened before Christmas), guitar hero and a DVD camcorder. I really wanted the CriCut and my Wii fit, yeah! Santa sure was good to us. What a great guy! My kids didn't really understand what Christmas was and that it was coming, but they sure caught onto opening presents. They both thought it was GREAT!

Now up to the cabin we go. We had so much snow once we arrived that we had to back pack our luggage into the cabin from the road. We were playing all day yesterday out in the snow, sledding, making snow forts, and having snowball fights. Makenna, Stockton, and Jaker's (my nephew), are having a BLAST together.

Even though we are in the middle of moving - We have had plenty of time to take pictures.

Usually when I walk into a room, I see Makenna typing on my laptop or talking on my cell phone. It drives me CRAZY. That is why I have a new laptop now and another cell phone, becuase the old ones were damaged by my kids. So, instead of the normal, she somehow found my digital camera this time. I just got a new camera, so I was trying to get it away from her. The only way was to take a few pictures of us together and let her look and then there was now tantrum or crying that usually follows. So, here's some fun pic for the blog. WE ARE MOVING TOMORROW!

Trying out the NEW SNOW GEAR! We are getting ready for the CABIN!

I had this great idea that I should have the kids try on all their snow gear before we get to the cabin. I just wanted to make sure they were both fully equipped for all the snow. Well, at first Stockton cried when I was putting on hise snow pants, but as soon as he knew what they were for, he wants them on ALL THE TIME. I couldn't get him and Makenna out of them. It was fun watching them play, I am sure they WILL LOVE THE CABIN and all the SNOW. Grandma is getting them NEW Sleds and everything. We can't Wait!

We are MOVING this week and STILL trying to SELL OUR HOUSE!

We are moving to Shelley this week. We still are trying to sell our home. What a time to sell our house. We are excited to live closer to family, but we sure are sad to leave our home. Christmas sure has different this year - no lights, no tree, we sold all of our furniture and are living out of boxes - it just feels so weird. All of the kids gifts are packed in boxes. Moving the week of Christmas is not fun at all, I don't recommend it. Thank goodness my kids are still young and don't really know. We are leaving the home staged and will be listing it with a Realtor this week. The FSBO didn't work this time. On our last home we were pretty lucky. We sure miss Utah.

Well, wish us luck. We are pretty good at this moving thing now, at least I am not pregnant this time. This is our 6th move in 5 years of marriage. YES, it's been a lot of moving.

Thank you for all of your Christmas Cards! Happy Holidays!

We have a NEW NEICE and COUSIN!

My brother Brandon and my sister-in-law Ginger had a little girl and they named her Gracie Ganae Longhurst. Congrats! Makenna will finally have a little cousin to play house with!