We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Rani and Ronnie's home with the Hauth's. Here we are with the "Great Grandparents" (Grandma Joyce, Grandpa Hauth & Bonnie).
We are almost settled in our new home...it's so great to have a house, especially one with a 2-car garage. The 3rd bedroom, where Madyson sleeps, also has a ton of storage space. So Brandon has his space for his hobby...and all his tools, and Maria has a space for her hobby and all her STUFF for stamping and scrapbooking...it is so great! The park across the street has been wonderful since our yard is not fenced in...yet. The kids love playing outside, seeing how it is almost December and still in the high 60's. It's just gorgeous. The best part is that Brandon's office is literally 3 miles away and only takes him about 5 minutes to commute. It's great, cause we get to have him home for lunch almost everyday. We all love it!
The kids are doing great. They all love the new house.
Kaden is so grown-up...4 years old and starting school on Monday, the 30th at the public Early Childhood School here, just 5 minutes from the house as well. He will be in the morning pre-K program from 8-11 am everyday. He's very excited and so is mom...just a little nervous too. Dad gets to drop him off and his way to work and then he gets to ride the bus to an elementary school to be picked up afterwards.
Sarah is also just growing so fast. She is now in the a twin bed under her brother. Yes, they got bunk-beds. They love them, but somehow they both still end up in mom and dad's bed somehow before the night's over. She absolutely loves playing with all her baby dolls and her little sister. She's way too smart for all of us. She loves to sing and dance to her fun kid songs...every morning!
Madyson is just as sweet as ever. She's 5 months old now and is just so much fun! She started eating cereal in the high chair and is still sleeping 7-8 hours at night...yeah! She also has very much enjoyed having her "own" room. She loves her bed and doesn't sleep well anywhere else.
We are enjoying are new ward. It is much bigger than our last couple wards, but everyone is so extremely friendly and welcoming. We haven't been given callings yet, so we'll be excited to see where we'll be serving soon. Brandon is going to be helping the stake out with the handcarts for the youth trek in March, but it's a temporary assignment. He's excited about it though.
We are very much looking forward to the Christmas holiday here in our home and hope everyone is doing well also. Love to all!
