The last 2 months has been completely crazy, so I have a lot to catch up on. After 2 months of Drew travelling every week and being home on the weekends, we were finally able to all move down to our new home in Albuquerque. We were not able to sell our home in Nibley, but we were lucky to find a family to rent our home, and we found a nice little house to rent here in ABQ. I have to admit, I do miss my home in Nibley. I miss my large kitchen, my large yard for the kids to play in, and especially miss the great friends we have there. The neighborhood here is nice, but completely different than what we got spoiled with in Nibley. I miss all the neighborhood kids running around together. I don't ever see neighbor kids running around here, and I am not comfortable letting my kids run the streets the way they could in our old neighborhood. They have made friends with the little girl next door though, so that has been good. The kids like their new school and their teachers, and they seem to be adjusting well to that. They have all-day kindergarten here, so that means they are both gone from 8:20 to about 4:00, and Wednesdays are their short days and get out at 12:15. Luckily the bus stop is just a couple houses down, so I am able to just send them out the door in the morning. Drew still has to travel a bit for work and has been gone a lot since we have been here, but it should slow down for him after Christmas time. We were able to travel home to St. George for Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time with our family there, and the kids did great on the long drive. It took about 11-12 hours including stops. The kids had a great time with their cousins, and we had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner at my sister's home. (Thanks Gina!!) Drew and I got new callings in our ward here. Miracle of miracles, Drew was NOT called as any kind of clerk or secretary to the bishopric. He was called to teach the 12 and 13 year olds in Sunday School. I will be teaching the Valiant 8 class, which will be Ethan's class at the beginning of the year. So we are looking forward to our new callings. Here are some pictures taken over the last couple months.

Londyn's first Halloween. Cute little ladybug!!

Goodbye kitchen. I really miss you.

Ethan and Blake in the moving truck

Goodbye Addy and Gracie. We miss your cute faces around here.

We miss you too, Kati!

The kids thought we were driving to New Mexico for the move, but we surprised them and stopped at the airport and flew down. Here they are waiting to board the plane. They loved it!

Haley and Averee on Thanksgiving.

Jon, Becca, and mom. The guys in the background probably carving the turkey (and taking a few samples of course.)

Gavin and Gina

Gina, Ethan, and Maren enjoying the spread.

Tayler, Blake, Gracie, and Carolee

We had family pictures done while in SG. It was really cold out that morning, and the boys had had enough by the time we finished.

Here's some of the kids playing in the leaves during pictures.

Londyn just being cute.

Ethan adores his baby sister.

Santa made an appearance at our ward Christmas party. Blake asked for walkie talkies.

Ethan wants a camera.

Londyn's first experience with Santa.