Hangin at the rental house

Sydney did Toris hair

                                          Little girls playing while the big kids are at school

                                                       First and last Snow of the season

Sydney turns 11!! WHAT???!!!

 We were still in the rental house at this point and things were crazy!  Dad brought her lunch at school and then after school we all went to the mall and Sydney brought her friend kaiya! They shopped and shopped with her bday money. We ate at the food court and then came home for cake!

I brought in cupcakes for her class as she requested. 

I stole her glasses! 

Fun pictures

Halloween back in Nampa!!

Steven was a scary ghost, Tori was a Monster High girl, Reese was a Fairy , Sydney was a punk rocker and Harper a pumpkin

  For the kids elementary parade at school Tori was a lala loopsy doll and Harper wore her batgirl outfit , and Sydney was a black cat. Steven was a start wars trooper.

Sydney went out with her friends this year (McKenna, Kaiya, and Paris)

Trick or Treating in our soon to be new neighborhood.  We had a great Halloween, all together and seeing all our old Friends!

                       

Happenings in Idaho falls before we move

We were pleasantly surprised to have the oppoortunity to move back to Nampa. Steve was going to be managing the nampa store.  We couldn't believe that we were going back to Nampa!! we had been hoping to move back as soon as poosible but thought it would be closer to the 5 year mark which we weren't looking forward to moving the kids thens because by that time they probably wouldn't want to go back.  Such a blessing!!

Before we left we went the ward dutch oven dinner where the kids had fun getting their faces painted and hanging with friends.

Wish we would have started them earlier in gymnastics.  Sydney and Reese both got to do about a month of gymnastics and loved it.

Sydney and Stevens color run 5k.  Steve ran the 3 miles with them.

           Saying good bye to friends :(

Steven and Joe

the Olsons were some great neighbors right around the corner that we always had a fun time with.

Tori and Brooklynn

Sydney and Anaya

Tori lost her second top tooth!

We decorated a pumpkin for dads work this year instead of carving since we would be packing up the week of halloween.  The kids did the purple minonion.

As we were house hunting in the neighborhood we want to move into we saw our old Crossfit coaches house for sale.  We decided to check it and out and see if we could fit us all in there.  We loved it and made an offer and they accepted.  We were to close on Dec 1st but before we moved it we were going to add a wall for a 5th bedroom do some painting and recarpet.  BUSY BUSY BUSY time of year with Christmas and Birthdays on top of everything .

and the packing and anxiety begins!  Ill admit these packers were better than our last by not smoking every 5 minutes and using the bathroom without washing afterwards then touching our things! EEWW! These guys did a great job but somethings were packed in random boxes making it hard to find things when needed.....

We made it to Nampa and were able to move into our friends rental.  Steve got there and started work on Oct. 18th and came back on the 24th.  The following Monday the packers came and started there packing.  We drove over on the 29th and the kids went to school on the 30th while the movers unloaded us.  Just in time for Halloween back in Nampa!!

Sydney and Steven both got the teachers and classes with their friends that they wanted.

Tori was very excited to have the same teacher as Sydney and Steven in 1st grade.