We are in!!

Okay, I am sorry for not posting...but life has been quite busy for us! Here is a little synopsis of the last week for us:

Sunday, Oct 12 : It finally stopped snowing ... 22" in all!! The cabin got 48"!!! Crazy! My mom left today after helping pack up some of the houses, cleaning, and having fun.

Monday, Oct 13 : Chris got ALL the blinds up in the house...and they look amazing too! We are so happy with our choice and feel that they really add to the house. :) The packing is starting in full force.

Tuesday, Oct 14 : Chris worked on the water softener, dryer, and misc things at the new house. The washer will wait until we are done with the current washer at the old house. Packing continues! I also got to leave the house and go on Ryan's first field trip to the pumpkin patch. That was fun! Look for a post later about that. It was Doug's birthday today too, so we had a nice supper with them and then it was time to get busy packing and moving.

Wednesday, Oct 15 : It was Becky & Kendra's birthday today...and a busy day for us! Chris and I picked up the Apex moving van and got that all loaded up and then Chris and Doug unpacked it and I worked on getting things packed and unpacked.

Thursday, Oct 16 : BIG, HUGE DAY! Almost all the BIG items were moved out of the house!! Clay, Chris, Karl and Doug made two trips with the moving truck and the house is looking empty now! The kid's rooms are EMPTY! The kitchen is almost empty. The kitchen table, couch, loveseat, chair...gone! Very productive day. The kids stayed at Doug & Doran's so we could work like crazy.

Friday, Oct 17 : The final big things were moved today...and done by 6:30pm! Chris worked on getting the tvs working. The phone, cable, and internet is now working (we can work on Monday now). Rainya came over and helped with Hailey's room...it is done. Ryan's room is not :) It was a late night working on boxes, but Chris and I got to spend our first night in the new house. And Hunter finally got to come and stay at the new house too.

Saturday, Oct 18 : The morning was not very productive, but it was still fun. We had Hailey's last soccer game. Then it was back to the unpacking and packing more. Doug and Chris (and Kari too) make more trips with the moving van today, and I made trips with my car. I was also busy unpacking so I could reuse the boxes again! The kids came over for supper and got to spend the night in their new rooms. THEY WERE SO EXCITED! :) Hailey slept great. Ryan slept in his "usual" way...up a few times and into our room. It was nice having them back with us and in the new house as a family! :)

Sunday, Oct 19 : Our morning was fun having breakfast, watching cartoons, and playing at the new house. Then we spent time unpacking, cleaning, etc. again. The kids and I had to run a few errands, and Chris went back to the old house for more work in the garage. We had supper at the new house (NOT PIZZA!!) and then went back to the old house for our last trip with the moving truck. Yahoo! The rest is just a few small things, cleaning, and then we will be done with it!

Monday, Oct 20 : Back to school and work. What a great feeling to be sitting down working again! :) At least I wasn't unpacking or packing!!! We LOVE having 2 offices...especially Chris! Our phones, cable and internet all work great. The kids did great getting up and ready for school. After school, Doran took the kids back to her house so I could clean the old house. IT IS DONE! CLEAN. FINISHED! Chris has to move the washer and dryer and paint a few little spots and then it is done. It is so nice to know that we have everything here. It is all here, but no where near organized or unpacked. That will take YEARS! Ugh! At least we have the winter to work on that a little.

So...there you have it...a little about our week. I took a few pictures today and hope to get them up on here tomorrow (Wednesday) but no guarantee on that either. :)

Snow update

What a crazy weekend!!! IT IS STILL SNOWING!!!!! We have over a foot...not sure how much yet...and it is still going strong. They said another 3-5" today and then 1" more tonight and then we will be done. Red Lodge has to be over 4 ft by now!! Hailey is excited...she wants to start skiing!! :) I am just picturing the nice mess we will have on Friday and Saturday when we are moving at it is 65 outside again! Messy!

Yesterday the kids went outside to play in the snow and build a snowman. They were both so excited to make snow angels. Look at the picture closely...Ryan is ready to throw a snowball too. Thankfully he isn't a good aim and missed Hailey! :) Then they played on the swingset too. Finally a picture of their snowman. Isn't he cute?!?

Yesterday (Saturday) the roads weren't too bad to drive in...until night. But over night we got MORE SNOW and this is the morning view of the back yard. Look at Hunter...poor dog...cannot hardly walk in it!!

I am sure more pictures will come!

So not ready...

I am so not ready for this..........

but it looks like I don't have a choice!! We are suppose to get 18-24" by Sunday!! TWO FEET!! NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course by next Friday it is suppose to be 59 outside again! :) Hailey and Ryan were excited to wear their new coats, boots, hats, etc. Ryan wanted to wear his new snow pants too since he wanted to make snow angels outside. I talked him into waiting until tonight for that ;)

Surprise visit

On Wednesday morning the kids got to wake up to see Grandma Buckhouse...a big surprise to them! She got in late on Tuesday night, and will be here until Sunday. They both were very excited to see her, but were disappointed when they had to go to school.

Wednesday night we had supper and then soccer practice. I also during that time had to run home and get the sprinkler system ready to be winterized. After practice, we went to the new house so the kids could show Grandma their new rooms. It was a BUSY night...but fun.

On Thursday, Grandma B went with to take the kids to school, and then I had to work at the consignment sale. My mom was busy packing, cleaning and shopping! She then picked up the kids and spent the night playing with them while I finished up with the sale for the night. Another busy night for me, but not so much for the kids. They loved it when I got home with new things for them! :)

Memories with Mom

On Wednesday, Hailey's school put on a "Memories with Mom" breakfast. It is a time for moms to come and have breakfast (donuts and juice) with their kids. (in the spring they have "Donuts with Dad" too!) Hailey was very excited for it..and so was I! :) We had a nice time in the very full gym, and then it was time for school!


Of course I also walked down to Hailey's classroom while I was there and got to see two of her art projects. I love her apple tree. She said she made it with falling apples :)

Hot tub

I am so glad I called the hot tub place on Monday morning. They were suppose to move it on Friday, but decided to change our appointment to MONDAY (that day!!). So, with Chris gone in MN, I quickly had to drain it and get it ready to go to the new house. It was worth every penny to get them to move it...it didn't look like a fun time and even with those 3 guys doing it, they almost dropped it!!! It is all fine and is already at the new house! :) It is warm...but still needs to have the chemicals adjusted in that, but that will take a little time to do. :) Ahh...one thing done!! Also just glad that we got to keep the hot tub too!!

House update (10/2)

There were a few little things done lately....they finished the garage steps by putting down indoor/outdoor carpet (LOVE IT!) and Chris got both garage door openers up and running (SO VERY NICE!!).

The new fridge is in and looks so much better than the other one. It isn't the cool french-door, freezer on bottom like the other one, but it looks better and does have some neat features on it too. :) And, the new washer, dryer and water softener are in the house (but not hooked up yet).

Then, one BIG thing got started....the fence!! All but 3 of the posts are set!! It is going to look so nice! :)

The singing kids

Here are some funny videos of the kids singing from Sunday night. They had to sing "Jesus Loves Me" during church on Sunday and even Ryan got up there and was singing and doing the sign language too. Enjoy!!

OH...and good luck figuring out what Ryan is singing in this one! :)

Annual picture time

Every year we take our family picture in Red Lodge. This is our TENTH year taking pictures...how is that possible?!?! We started in 1999 for our engagement pictures...and now look at us (no comments on the aging of us please :). Kari (our photographer) went with us to Red Lodge to get the pictures done and also have a fun time. We didn't get to leave until 4:30 (Sunday School, church, shopping at KOHL'S...yes...they finally opened in Billings that morning!!, Chris going to the doctor for allergies, etc...and then we could finally leave!). We took the family pictures right away...then the kids fell in the water (just their feet)! :) We drove up to see the fire damage (sad, very very sad) and finally to the cabin. On the way there, wouldn't you know it, Chris saw a moose. When he got out and had my camera and got closer he found not one...not two...but THREE of them!!! YAHOO!!!!!! We wanted them to come closer, but they didn't cooperate. :) The pictures aren't that good as it was very dark, but still a great experience. After fixing our fridge, we finally got to have pizza and then off to home. It was a fun night, but we were all wishing it was still the weekend and we could have stayed up there longer!!

Here is a little preview of the family pictures...and one of each of the kids. Don't be surprised if you see one of these for Christmas cards too :)

House update (9/27)

Special Saturday edition of the house update...because the sod is DONE!!! YAHOO!!!!!! Chris, Kari and Doug worked so hard today from 8am - 6pm getting the sod all done!! What a difference that makes. We ended up with a pallet of extra sod, but that is better than running out. And, most of that is because we decided to have another landscaping island in the front yard.

First...cute pictures of Ryan trying to help :) Look at those muscles ;)


Here is what it looked like on Saturday morning around 10am when we left...

And here is what we came back to find at 6pm!!


(they even put extra sod on the neighbors yard to help with the drainage)
(last picture is of the view from Hailey's bedroom)