Happy (2 days late) Birthday Kacey!!!

Look who gets a big hug on her birthday!
As you can see this is actually Christmas, but all the same... Happy Birthday Kacey!

Oh my babies...

We got family pictures before we left Idaho, and while other people were being photographed, Tanner decided to take Kate for a walk, thus providing a sweet little moment... now preserved for me (and you, I guess).

She loves accessories... and he loves soccer...

Kate dressed herself one day, if she knew English, she would tell you that accessories make the outfit...
And Tanner started soccer on Monday night. He was hesitant at first, but once he figured out he could run faster than most of the other kids he thought it was awesome. (he is 3rd in line)

He actually made this shot. I was such a proud momma! I should probably buy the kid a soccer ball so he can play here with his two buddies that are on his team!

The leaves are starting to turn colors and I am very excited! I have actually had Christmas songs in my head... a little early I know. But it will really be here before I know it! I can't believe that we left Rexburg 4 weeks ago! Crazy!!! But we are loving it here! I will post again soon! Alisha and I went to the zoo today. It was fun... and free... can't get better than that!

So maybe it is Wednesday, not Sunday... sorry...

It was a beautiful day in Idaho when we left, the tetons were looking lovely to see us off...

We drove for 2 long days and the kids were awesome the whole way. Mostly thanks to the Nana and Grandma travel gift bags. I think that they were actually sad that we had made it because they were no longer getting presents every hour or so.
We drove past a motorhome (big nice one) that was pulling a car and the car had started on fire, completely burned up, and burned the back of the motor home. Yikes, and then as we continued our drive, we went through a mountain fire... hmmmm..... any connection? Probably not, but all the same..... hmmmm Have you ever wondered what South Dakota looks like?

Yeah, not much... my sympathy to Micah... also, strangely enough, they bail the stuff on the side of the road...

Okay, it only MOSTLY looks like that, we had breakfast in Sturgis...

Unfortunately the rally was the week before, but there were still plenty of people out on their bikes, sorry, hogs.

Then we drove to Mount Rushmore... All I can say is that I wouldn't even know where to begin to create a sculpture of that size... Tanner calls them the big heads.

At least they have a sense of humor in South Dakota... we chuckled...

But eventually, we made it to... And then to our new city...

We took Tanner to Mall of America, he thought it was cool. We tried to go to Legoland, but it is under construction until November, so they have a temporary store that is not so cool. We will just have to go back for the grand reopening. So we went across the street to Ikea and he played in Smalland (whatever it's called) and was so excited about the ball pit, and after waiting 15 minutes for his turn to go in, they had to close the ball pit because some kid confused the ball pit for the toilet. He was bummed for the second time in one day. A very traumatic introduction to Minneapolis. But we have since made up for it.

Our complex has a water party every week, we made it for the end of summer party. It was fun, they had pizza for everyone.

And yesterday, Tanner built a sand castle.

So we are having a good time so far, Cory is off to his first day of orientation, and the kids and I are just hanging out, so Alisha, we are excited for you to get here Saturday! and to meet that little baby Lilly! And to my parents, thanks for coming out with us, and to everyone else, we probably miss you and we probably love you too! Have a nice day!!!