The Update you've all been waiting for...

Well, Kyzer is watching a movie and Korben just went down for a nap, so I thought I would get this update done.
As I think most of you know, we have been thinking about moving to Idaho for a while now and knew that we would eventually end up there, we just weren't sure when was the right time to go. For a year now we have been feeling that we just needed to hurry and get the house finished and up for sale. So, all last year we worked really hard on getting the house all finished up and finally got it up for sale in november( about a week before thanksgiving ). We weren't looking to make any money off of it really, but because we got the First Time Home Buyers Credit, we had to pay that back. (for those who don't know, if you received the FTHBC and sold your house before 3 years of living in it, you had to pay back a portion of it, in our case we just had to pay any extra that we got out of the house. So after paying the realtor and all the closing cost and anything that was required to be fixed, the rest goes back to the FTHBC). So, in order for us to walk away without writing a check from our own pocket, we set our asking price to 149,995. In 3 weeks we had our first showing on the house, and everything went great! They loved the house and put an offer in on it within 2 days of the showing. We did have to counter offer because we would have had to write out a check for 1,600 out of pocket with their offer. Within a matter of a few hours our realtor called us and said that they had accepted the counter offer and signed the deal. YAY!!! We really could not believe how well everything went. Things got rolling right away. They got the engineers report done before Christmas, the appraisal done right after Christmas,and our well and septic test done about a week later. There were a couple routine things that were required by the engineer that we got taken care of and one miner thing with the well head that we fixed. Easy breazy! So everything is done and ready to close. Ben's last day of work is the 25th and we just set the closing date as the 27th. Yes, its all just one week away, crazy! We sold our truck, couch,and dining table set, we have just a couple other big things to get rid of and we should be set to go. My Aunt is shipping all of our stuff for us and we will be flying down. Our friend will be selling our car for us after we leave because Ben needs a way to get to work until then. So, a big THANK YOU to Julie and Jason for helping us out! You have truly saved us.
We are very excited to get to Idaho and be warm again! We will for sure miss Alaska, but NOT Fairbanks by any means. Yes, we will miss a few things like, friends, family, and TURTLE CLUB! ...But, we have never liked Fairbanks and are very excited to be getting out of here :)I'm sure it's not the most horrible place in the world, but it's not for us.
So long Fairbanks!!! HELLO IDAHO (AKA...HOME)!!! :)

Our Precious Boys

The Jewels of our life!

We will do whatever it takes to make sure these boys are safe and treated as they deserve. As everyone deserves to be treated decent. 

They will NOT get in trouble for defending themselves, PERIOD! As I don't think that anyone should get in trouble for defending themselves from them. 

FACT: We ALL make mistakes.

FACT: We all need to be loved.

FACT: We all need to be treated equally.

Ben & I strive each and every day to do this, and YES we often fail, but the Lord knows we are trying and that is all that really matters. I LOVE my family as well as Ben's. Each and EVERY one of them. They have all taught me things in my life and I am so grateful for that.  I never have and never will disown them (regardless of what some may think). I know I don't say "I Love You" as much as I should and that is something I am working on every single day. 

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

My Husband and kids will always come first!

Nov. 3rd

 Nov. 4th

Thanks for being a part of our lives!

Crawling Korben

One day is all it took, yep November 2nd was the day and only day it took him to figure out how to crawl. The little bugger is a very fast learner and we are so proud of him! With Kyzer things were a little slower, he did the scooting thing for about 2 months before he decided he would crawl, then it was a good 4 months before he would walk willing. Korben is a whole other story! This little guy scooted for about 2 days, that wasn't enough, after those two days he crawled and never scooted again. He is now EVERYWHERE, and fast too! He started crawling 5 days before he turned 7 months. After about a week, he decided he needed to stand up to everything. He is getting very good at pulling himself up to pretty much anything, and is even trying to walk along stuff too. He wants to walk so bad! He loves to hang on to Kyzer and me and walk around the stores! Go, Go, Go is his motto :)

November 1st

We never did get around to getting a pumpkin and carving it before Halloween this year, but we did go to the store on Halloween and the pumpkins were really cheap, so Ben and I decided we could get it and carve it the next day and let Kyzer enjoy it for a few days. So we did! Kyzer thought it was fun and it felt good to let him in on a project again.

At first he was a little grossed out by digging out the guts, but did it anyway...

 ...and after a while he didn't mind so much and was VERY proud of his work.

 It turned out pretty cute!

October

Sadly, I did not take very many pictures at all the month of October. I guess we were just so busy with the house and everything, I just ran out of time to do so. But I did take a few, and I am Happy with the ones I got!

2nd

He loves his walker & water :)

7th

up on all fours, trying to figure out the whole crawling thing 

 This one captures both their personalities so well :)

17th

drooly man

27th

I don't remember taking this picture so it must have been Ben. It's just so pretty up here in the winter!!!

28th

Oohhh....

 cheeseball!!!

 mhhmmm

We went trick-or-treating with Nic & Katelyn this year. While we were in town getting the kids ready to go, the heater fan went out in our truck and it was cold that night. So, Ben worked on that the entire time while Katelyn and I walked the kids around from door to door and Nic followed us in their car so we could get in every once in a while to warm up. Korben fell asleep right as we were getting started so he stayed in the truck the whole time (in his costume which kept him perfectly warm, while daddy worked on the heater), Evelyn went to about the first 5 houses and then hung with Nic in the car the rest of the time because it was just too cold for her, so it was basically Just Savannah and Kyzer the whole time. They had so much fun and never wanted to get in and warm up. I think we warmed up 3 times in the whole 2 hours we were out there because they didn't think they were very cold. Kate and I sure got cold though...brrrr. Anyways, I took my camera but never did get any pictures taken because it was a busy night. katelyn got one of the group ( - Korben) before we started, so I'll try and get a copy and post it later. Savannah went as an ADORABLE Flamingo ( seriously, it was so stinking cute to walk behind her and see her little pink butt and tail bouncing around), Evelyn was a cupcake ( the cutest ever), Kyzer was a Pirate ( the coolest, cutest, awesomest pirate ever), and Korben was a Lion ( his tail was the best).  It was so cute, before we got started we were prepping Ky on what to say when they opened the door. We told him to say Trick-or-Treat, and once they gave him the candy to say "I'm a Pirate... AARRRRR".  This is what he said at the first house when they opened the door " I'm a Piyet...yYAarrrrrr!". It was seriously so stinking funny, I almost died laughing!

To sum-up September...

Now that I've got all the videos from september posted. Here are the pictures to sum it up :)

5th

Gangsta??

 7th

5 months old and starting on Veggies :)

 8th

Loves his water...

...and loves to eat Jon's hair!

 10th

Korben loves music! He especially loves it when his daddy plays Guitar and sings to him :)

 13th

Kyzer drew all over Korben's arms with a pen, and he thought it was pretty funny :)

 Beautiful fall view from my living room :)

 

15th

"Peanut Butter, Jelly Time"

20th

watchin' momma make dinner :)

23rd

Girls are vicious! :( poor guy, his face swelled up pretty good too :(

26th

Yummy Cheatos

28th 

Sharing :)

 Mallos!!!

30th

On our way to Chena Hot Springs

 They love swimming!

Lots of Throwing

The Boys LOVE it when their Daddy throws them up in the air! It's quite entertaining to watch too :)

Listen really close and you can hear Korben's little cackle laugh.

Ky's Turn!!! His are always a little more daring than Korben's :)

9/30/11

Boys and their free time

Ben and Ky went out to Shoot there Bows while I made dinner. When I went out to tell them dinner was ready, I had to run back in and get my camera. This was just too cute to pass up!

(if you turn up the volume you can here Ky)

I Love these Boys!!!

9/26/11

Ky's Inventive Race Track

We were outside working in the yard and Kyzer was off playing. After a while he came running around the house and said " come here, watch this!" So, we went to investigate. This is what he had come up with all on his own.

He is such a fun little guy! There is never a dull moment with him around. We Love our KyMan!

9/5/11

A Day Out

Sep. 4th was a beautiful day! After Church, Kyzer sat outside with Shooter and soaked up the sunshine.

He loves his doggy!

Later we went on a little drive down one of the dirt roads around here. I got this cute little video of the boys playing in the backseat on our way home :)