The Main Street Electrical Parade....

...is what we as Califorians know! We found out that the City of Caldwell does a ight parade at night for Christmas. So we thought..hey lets go! Of course deep down we knew that we have been spoiled by Disneyland and the effects of Hollywood...but you never know right?! Well, we FROZE and it was ok. We had a blast and will go again...if we forget how cold we were! (: Overall, it was such a neat thing that they do and to get the community out to support each other. And they celebrated the birth of the Savior! What a great thing!! We went with our friends the Settle's and had a great time!
My HOT hubby and me!...my face is red beacuse I was FROZEN!!
Lisa and Carly
Carly is the CUTEST little baby!! She is so little and just so sweet!










"Seriously? We aren't leaving until the end? Really? " haha!
Brandon and Amelia

Explorer of the week!

Dylan was the Explorere of the week at school....in December. IT is like being student of the month just called something different here. They give the kids certificates, a bag full of goodies, their picture taken and posted in school, and lunch with the principal and parents if they want to come and join them. It was so fun to be there for Dylan! He excells at everything he does! He is such a great kid and treats others well. We are soproud that he is our son! Keep up the great work!!

Dylan and the principal

Dylan's fav...Burger King...and he loves making a "chip buddy"!

SuRpRiSe!!

I think that one of the worst expierences is buying a house...and it is the BEST! We were so glad to get the call from our realtor that told us to come and down sign for the house. And the BEST part was that we were going to be able to surprise our kids and show them what we bought! Talk about a SURPRISE!! We had such a fun night and after we showed them the hosue we went to Sizzler...yes Sizzler...and good job Caldwell Sizzler...it was YUMMY!! And we were surprised!! (: I am so glad that we surprised the kids and didn't tell them until we had the keys! I will never forget this night!

David signing for our new home

The front door with a big red bow!

The kids going for our car ride to end up somewhere..only Mom and Dad knows!!

They were actually very good about the blindfolds and didn't take them off!

Take the blindfolds OFF!!! SURPRISE!!

A little confusion....

Samantha realizing what it all means....Samantha in the kitchen area

Out the back door to the backyard.

"This is the BEST news EVER!!"

It is funny how much kids love you when you give them things...or a house! haha

Samantha in her closet!

The kids ran and ran around looking in all the closets and fun places to hide...no things...places to hide in!

Our NEW house!!

WARNING!! Lots of pictures!!

When I got back to Idaho after our visit to California I did a crash course in housing hunting with my realtor. It is funny how things fall in place when they should...and how they should when it is time. I saw many many houses..many of them so lovely and wonderful. But then I saw this one..and feel in love! And then after we put our bid on the house we waited patiently for the response...and our patience was tested a bit more...so we decided we were NOT telling ANYONE! Dave's Mom and Dad knew and my Mom knew...that was it. ANd it was hard, not even our kids knew!! Buying a house is like having amiscarriage nad if you have had a bad expierence the first go around then you learn to not say a word until you are 5 months pregnant or in the house officially!! (: And just so we are clear...I AM NOT PREGNANT!!

This is our house

the front yard and side...there is a pathway to a park that goes on the side of our fence.

This is Samantha room but the three bedrooms look the same and have walk in closets too.
This is the MASTER bedroom

The "nook" in the MASTER

The other side of the MASTER

This is the upstairs linen closet...behind the door is another wall of shelves and to the left is the loft. Dont have pictures of that..not sure why.

Love the door handles and doors!

This is the front coat closet and stairs

The downstairs bathroom

the door to the downstairs bathroom and another closet that goes beneath the stairs

The living room and dining room area and our front door

The family room

the fireplace...so pretty

I am in love...with my kitchen

AND my PANTRY!! Isn't it AWESOME?!?!

Our backyard

the back of the house

the other side of the back of the house