Exciting News

Today, we got a call that a house became available and we could move in immediately! This was great news, because I'm so tired of living in a hotel. We checked out the house and got the keys and move in tomorrow! We're so excited! I'll post pictures later...

Friday and Saturday

Friday, we went to the gym on post for the Christmas tree lighting. It was fun, the kids loved doing all the free activities!

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Saturday, we went to North Pole for the Christmas in Ice Park. Oh my gosh, it was so fun, but SO COLD! I thought we were dressed warm enough, but nope, we weren't. But that didn't stop us from having fun! The slides were awesome! We went so fast! I'm loving all these free activities around here! There were a ton of really cool ice sculptures, it's amazing how detailed everything was.

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Our household goods arrived here yesterday!!! That's so exciting, but too bad they have to sit in storage until we get a house... I'm really excited about our decision to live on post. We visited a guy who works with Aaron, who lives down the street from the house they are putting us in. Man, they are really nice! And big! Heated garage and heated floors, too! That's a plus! And the utilities are all included! Can't beat it! Maybe it'll be ready before Christmas!!!!!! Fingers crossed!

Aaron and I took the kids to Fred Meyer so we could Christmas shop for the kids and they could play for the free hour of childcare in the store! Man, I love that! I noticed that the prices there are not so cheap, we ended up not getting much.

North Pole

Tonight, we visited North Pole and The Santa Claus House. Before going to see Santa, we stopped and ate at our favorite family restaurant, TACO BELL! =)

The Santa Claus House was so neat and the kids LOVED it! Kylie knew right away that this was the "real" Santa because he was at THE NORTH POLE! They were so cute when they approached him. Kylie got tongue tied with where she was from. She said, Oklahoma... noooo Colorado.... nooooo, I don't know.

Santa's Reindeer!

When Santa asked Kylie what she wanted for Christmas, she said, a Duck and a Moose. She brought along her Class Pet, Dineega, the Moose. I guess that's what was on her mind at the time. Korbin was holding a candy cane that he had just got from Santa's helper and his response was that he wanted a candy cane. I guess they were star stricken! I later asked them in the car if they really wanted those things they said, they said yes! .....It's gonna be an easy one this year! wink wink.

After we left North Pole, we went to see what Walmart was like and surprisingly, the prices aren't that bad. They are about the same as what we are used to.

Some pics from today

Housing.... decisions decisions decisions

Today we talked to the housing office on post and I think we've agreed that living on post is a better option than buying a home, even though we found a great house yesterday that we just loved. Financially, it's a better move and if Aaron gets deployed, I will feel better about the maintenance of the house not being relied on by me. I don't know about if I will move back home while he deploys, I'll make that decision when the time comes. The house that we've been attached to is brand new and the same size as what we are used to.

Cool Stuff...

Look! This place IS normal!!!! =)

Only a couple hours of sunlight a day! Had to take a picture!
What are we gonna do today???
Our room...
I took this from my hotel window at 8:00am! Crazy.

No power

This morning, I woke up at 6:00 to no power in our hotel. It came back on and went back off several times, causing the kids' sound machine to go from the waterfall sound to the Rainforest. This woke the kids up, hearing the birds chirping very loudly. I ran in there to turn it off and, stretching, Kylie says (eyes still closed), why are we in a Rainforest???

The power stayed off for 3 1/2 hours, coming on as we were walking out the door for church. I took a candlelit shower, letting my hair dry naturally, and did my makeup to the light of Aaron's phone. Kylies light bright did the rest of the lighting of the room. :-)

We visited a church this morning, University Baptist Church. We will continue to search for the church God has for our family.



And here it is 4:30 and the power is still going on and off. I wonder what's going on!