Hello from an empty house in North Idaho. We are mostly all packed and ready to move. Before Derrick left for Alaska he, Solomon and I loaded up our semi trailer with as much as we could. Derrick, being the super hubby he is, didn't want me to have to move without him here to help. And Solomon is a super friend (which is why Cade SOLOMON is named after him) that really helped us out... and continues to do so. Thanks Sol.

We have been having a lot of fun in our empty house. Rad and Cade have been having a blast crawling in and hiding in empty closets and cupboards. Shayli and I bought giant coloring books and we spread out on the empty living room floor and color up a storm and giggle. It's been really fun keeping things SUPER SIMPLE.

Shayli is not liking her new school. She may not be liking it but she is rocking the grades. She is doing great. She had a couple of projects to do this week and so we spent a lot of time on those. I say we, but she did the work. I did the cutting and shopping for her. :) She did a great job. I'm attaching some pictures of the posters that she made. Shayli also gets a dragon. Yup- a dragon. For and early Christmas gift we purchased her a bearded dragon. They are supposed to be great pets. Actually, my cousing Makenzie has one and loves it. Shayli is really excited about it.

Rad has had fun working on his own projects. He uses some of the stickers that Shayli has for her projects and he decorates his cars with them. He makes them "so pretty". I'm attaching some pictures of those as well. Rad took a pretty big tumble off the concrete steps in our driveway the other day. I didn't see it happen I only saw the aftermath all over his face. He still has a pretty nasty scab under his nose. He's a trooper though and if you ask him about it, he will give you a play by play on how it happened. It's quite funny.

Cade... poor baby cade. He cut FOUR new teeth this last week and at the same time he had a "horrible" ear infection. He was miserable and I felt so bad for him. He is doing much better today. He was so glad to be out of pain this morning that he was just laughing for the fun of it. It was fun to watch and laugh with. He is walking like crazy and growing like a weed.

Derrick and I are doing well but really disliking the distance between us. We are just looking forward to when he can come home and when we can be a family in our new home. We should officially own our new property tomorrow and then hopefully it's smooth sailing from there.

Heidi and Meri Kate were here over the weekend and they went to a football game with Mom, Bob, Valeri and I. It was really, really cold but it was a great game. I love watching Shane play. And I love when Heidi comes to visit! It is so fun when the three of us sisters get together.