This CRAZY Week!!

1. Our basement flooded!
Oh this is our worst nightmare! Right before bed Kreed had spit up all over his blanket that he is really attached too. I hurried and threw it in the wash then the dryer before I put him to bed. I knew he would wake up for his blanket so while I was feeding him Christan got up to use the bathroom. I asked him if he would go downstairs and get Kreed's blanket out of the dryer. All of s sudden he comes up stairs in a panic saying, "the basement is flooded in water!" I hurried and finished feeding Kreed and put him down and sure enough our basements had 4-5 inches of water in it! It was completely flooded and we had no clue where the water is coming in! We thought a pipe must have busted or something. This is just the thing we need right before we moved...UGH!! There Christian and I were at 3:30 am pushing freezing cold water to our sump pump to try and see if we could get some of it drained. After about an hour of that we got a phone call from call from Bill since he had read my status on facebook. He told us to go by walmart and get a snake to see if it was the drain. We were hoping that was what it was but we did not know.  Christian ran to Walmart and came back and snaked it but it only seemed to help a little. By this time it was morning and we were beyond frustrated. 
Christian and I honestly were both in tears thinking why does this stuff have to happen? Curse you Palmer! I swear we could not leave our Iowa experience with out another Price crisis! UGH! It seems we have had too many while we were here! Anyway, Christian got on the phone to our Home Teacher  and I called my Visiting teachers. After that we had phone call after phone call on what everyone could do to help. Within hours we had help thanks to the beloved members of our ward! We were literally rescued that day by the Davenport 1st ward. Hand fulls of people came ready to help with our flood disaster! People brought tools, shock vacs, fans and heaters! 
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The good news was the plumber got in to see us right away and was able to take care of the problem. It was not a busted pipe thank goodness! We walked away with the 65$$ bill with the plumber. Our out going pipe was clogged causing all the water rising. Seriously it was such a blessing! The Plumber cut us a huge deal since were students. Another tender mercy from the Lord.  

We had someone who worked on the wood that had water damage, then we had meals come to our that night and the next! Our basement now looks brand new like there was never a flood! We were humbled as we watched such willing and Christlike service. People had rendered and gave of themselves to us that day for sure. This is the mantra of the LDS faith--"when you are in the service of your God you are in the service of you fellow beings!" That was shown ten fold in our hours of distress. Even though this was a huge set back for us it amazing on how blessed we felt being served by so many and giving of their time to make sure everything turned out ok. Thanks so much to our Ward, we love you guys so very much! 

2. We packed, packed and packed--were still not done
Oh yes packing is sure fun...LOL! It amazing how much harder it is with kids. I remember with Treyson it seemed difficult with but with 3 kids--the process goes very very slow! I'm not sure what the kids think of it even though we have explained it to them 1000 times. They are super excited to move to Idaho though. Keeping them entertained is the hardest part while your trying to stay busy. Luckily their Christmas presents are still doing this for me and well Kreed--I have to let him just cry sometimes if I have already started something. For the most part they are have been pretty good though.

Thank you Skylanders Giants Game for being there for me when I needed you most!;)

Good thing he cute huh after he cries for while:)

3. We painted, cleaned and organized--were still not done! 
We are getting our house ready to sell. Unfortunately we were misguided and lied to a little bit when we bought this house so that kinda puts a damper on things. I dislike greatly dishonestly especially when we have to deal with it. Ill spare the details. Having said that we are still looking up and just going through this  annoying and grueling process. Basically since we have kids its impossible to keep our house spotless and that it would probably sell faster empty. All of our rooms were painted bright and flashy colors so we decided to go with more neutral-- a good selling point. Daddy got as much done as he could before he left but were still not that close, Well the organizing part. Its hard to put half of your stuff away especially when your using it to "show" your house. We put a new water heater, furnace and insulation in the house. Were still worried about our roof but we do not nor have we had the funds to fix it. 2 roofers have looked at it and said it still has about 5 years left so were hoping we can sell with out the roof being done. If we don't sell it we will definitely rent the home until we do. Honestly we are not sad we bought. It was great and we loved our house. We will miss it. I just hope and pray we can sell it. The realtor seems confident since the market is so good right now--fingers crossed!

4. Daddy left for Meridian for 3 weeks! 
Yes, we dropped Daddy off at the bus stop. We played at the bus stop before he had to board. Yes he took the Greyhound bus since it all we could afford. He took it all the way to Rock Springs Wyoming where Mom and Dad Cutler would pick him up. He is borrowing one of their cars so he can go to Meridian and get his management and business training done. We are so thankful for their support and help. Christian will come back the week of Graduation to get things packed up, graduate and then move us all the way to Idaho. The boys are I are holding down the house pretty good. I would lie if I said I did not feel overwhelmed. I am always up for a challenge and am used to doing things and getting things done on my own. Big projects pertaining to moving though seem impossible with 3 little ones. I told Christian that I was just going to try my best. Now that he gone I have all the responsibility and it already has me run down. I know it will all work out and I have got my eye on the prize. T minus 26 days until we are DONE!!

5. Church was cancelled because of an ice storm. 
Yes only in Iowa. Church was cancelled yesterday due to the freezing rain. In a way this was a blessing since I was up with all 3 of my boys. One who was hungry, another that had some potty issues and another that was not feeling to swell. I hoped I could catch up on sleep  but when your a Mom to more then 1 child it seems there is no such thing..LOL! It was a blessing in disguise. We had a pretty low key Sabbath and we got to facetime with Dad:) 

Anyway, that was our crazy crazy week! I am wanting things to settle down soon but I feel things are only going to get crazier the closer we get to graduation. I know the Lord is mindful of us and we are of his blessings in our life.

Until next time...
xoxoxoxo 

**BIG NEWS** {Were Moving!}

WE ARE MOVING TO IDAHO!!! 

Yes it true, its finally come and Christian finally got a job as a Chiropractor! 

Meridian (Boise Area) Idaho to be exact. Its kind of funny when we first came to school we were always looking out for jobs in Idaho--we just love it there. Christian and I have always wanted to end up in Idaho and raise a family there and it so happened that it worked out. Also ID is closer to our families that live in west!

Over Christmas break Christian had  interviews with quite a few doctors and we were crossing our fingers for the one in Meridian called Better Life Chiropractic. The reason why we wanted this one so bad was because he was the only doctor that presented us a business plan, training, and a future in Chiropractic. The other docs were offering more money at first but nothing to grow on and for our future. Most just wanted and associate for a couple years and then you start all over. We wanted something more permanent. Honestly we did not think we were going to get this job. The doctor wanted someone right away since his other associate was quitting  because his wife got a better job in Northern Idaho. Obviously Christian was not ready right away and he has already interviewed 12 other people for the position. At the end it came down to 2 guys, Christian and another doctor that had been practicing for 4 years and already had his Idaho license. Honestly when we heard that we thought for sure that we had lost the job because this other guy would be ready to work right away. The week that we found this out we were offered 3 other jobs. Another ones in Idaho, Montana, and in Utah.  We were looking into these other option because we were sure that we were not going to get the job in Meridian. 3 days later we got a call saying how he was willing to wait for the right person and how he really feels that its Christian! We were so so excited!!!!

Honestly you know what  he said his selling point was? First it was Christians enthusiasm and passion about Chiropractic. Christian seemed to have a better work ethic then others he interviewed which is totally TRUE!  Then he said the second was me..LOL! He said he loved how much I supported my husband and how excited I was about Chiropractic too. He said he loved how we talked and worked together on things. His wife and I really connected too so I think that was a plus.

It's been a long time coming and it seems so unreal. I remember coming to Palmer thinking our time here was never ending and now were here and ready to start our adventure as a family of Chiropractic. Palmer has not been an easy thing for our family at all but now we are finally at the point we have been hoping and dreaming of. Its all coming true and into reality! I can say now its was all worth it because we are so excited about this job! My husband has worked so very hard and totally deserves it! I am so very proud of him! Another cool thing is one of our friends from Palmer already lives and are practicing there so we will have instant friends...YAY! 

This is an amazing opportunity for us. His office his huge and busy! He has his own PR person, billing, and amazing staff. His office is managed extremely well and his adjusting techniques fit along with what Christian likes. It will be a great learning and growing opportunity for Christian to be really successful. He got his other associate that was quitting seeing consistently 125 patients in 6 months!! So basically how it going to work is we will get a base salary until he stars seeing patients. The first 2-3 months is learning and training especially with the business side of things. After that we get a percentage of our patients that come in and then when we get to so many we will have a chance to buy in or buy out. He will give up patients and then his PR person will work with us to get him more. He will also pay for Christian to attend seminars and different trainings. Honestly it just what we are looking for and he is such a good genuine honest doc. He was very straight forward and upfront about everything.Want to know a plus too? He is LDS! We felt this was awesome since its always nice to have the same core beliefs.    

 Christian graduates on February 22nd two days before our 6th wedding anniversary. Here is where is get tricky though... Since the doc wanted someone right away we compromised and said Christian would come a couple weeks before graduation to start the initial training then come back for graduation. He also has to go out there and find us a place to live and such. He will be staying with his cousin Tara during this time. Yes he leaves as soon as next week and then he will be back the week of graduation. We plan on the graduate, pack up and head out as soon as possible. A little crazy would you say? Not to mention we are trying to put our house up for sale, clean and pack. This will be all left up to me so we are trying to get as much done as we can this week. I am up for the challenge but I am feeling extremely overwhelmed. I'm so thrilled but its all so scary at the same time. I know it will work out. The Lord as blessed us so much!   

So we {The Price Family} will be calling Boise/Meridian home for a long long LONG time. It better be ready for our crazy family..LOL!

Cheers to the Gem State of Idaho! Words can no tell you how excited we are to live back in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. I guess we might have to learn to like potatoes..LOL!

Holiday Break in the Nutshell (2nd half)

The second half of holiday break was spent in Logan with Grandma Beth. We celebrated Christmas there by opening presents. The boys got clothes and trains and Christian and I got one of Grandma Prices quilts. 

 The boys did their "chipmunk performance for Grandma Price as well (see below). 

My boys love the Chipmunks, actually that is an understatement to say how much they are obsessed with them. We going to make this a tradition in our family of doing the Chipmunk Christmas song and as our family grows we will just add more chipmunks. Its so fun and cute. Treyson, (Simon) Porter (Alvin) and Kreed (Theodore) make the cutest little boys chipmunks. Theodore however is still too young to get to involved but he is still cute. He moves his little body back an forth when the music plays (I did not get that part on video.) Anyway, enjoy these cute chipmunks in our family!

 We played in the snow!! 

 We celebrated the New Year with fireworks. Kreed missed out since he was so tried. 

              Its was so cold out so we got warm with some of Grandma's homemade hot coco! "Cheers to a new year" with hot cup of joe! :) 

Logan was kind of low key since Christian got really sick. Stuffy nose, head, fever, cold sores and all. He as pretty miserable. 

 Random Photos
Daddy and Trey's funnies
Cute Kreed
Grandmas horsey ride
Christian childhood friend came to visit (Derek).  

 Honestly while daddy was sick it kind of put a damper on a lot of Logan plans so we just stayed low key and entertained ourselves with grandmas dress up stuff.  We played all kinds for things...
Peter Pan and the Lost boys
Ninjas
Cowboy's
Pirates
Military Captains.
Grandma Price has the best dress up's! 

 We had so much fun playing together. I love my boys. 

 Bath time fun! 

 The boys love their Grandma Price!

Our next stop was Montana. Christian has an interview there so we got to stay with The Christensen's (Lance and Malinda). We had a fun park day. 

Funny story: So Lance and Malinda back yard is like a vast open Forrest that descends down a hill. When I went outside I saw that their youngest Jacob and Trey were half way down the hill and I called them to come back. Jacob told me that he goes down their all the time so they did not listen. I ran in to tell Malinda just to make sure and by the time we got outside they were gone, no where in sight. I stayed back with the other kiddos while Malinda went looking for the. They were seriously gone forever! This scared the daylights out of me. Anyways, they finally returned and when they got back Treyson told me, "Mom we went on a wonderful ice adventure!" LOL, crazy adventure boys! 

I finally got to meet Janae and her fiance. Uncle Kurt came over for dinner but Aunt Katherine was really sick. It was fun to see everyone since it had been way way too long. Everyone had grown up so much. We all had a good time visiting and letting the little ones play. 

That concludes are Holiday break. We made the 17 hour drive back in one day. The drive was beautiful. It was a killer  LONG drive especially with kids but we made it back in one piece. 

Holiday Break in a Nutshell {first half}

WOW, its already the middle of January and I still have yet to write about our Holiday adventures. There were so many photos I just clumped them together to blog about them real fast.  So here goes....

We were not planning on going home for Christmas but since Christian has so a couple of interviews we decided to head west for the holidays. Before we left we had 2 Christmas parties here. One for Icaa and one for Rugby. Both were on the same day so we went party hopping again. 

Its was lots of fun filled with good food, Santa, and friends. 

A couple days later we left for Wyoming. We made the 16 hour trek west which is actually took us longer since the roads were so bad. We only stayed over night with Mom and Dad C. and then that afternoon headed to Boise for Christians interview. Christian's cousin Tara lives there so we stayed with them. We left our older boys with Grammy and Grandpa C and only took Kreed with us. I forgot how easy it is to only care for 1 child..LOL Anyway, we had a good time and it was a good interview. The other one we had in Idaho ended up canceling on us so we headed home the next morning. 

Right when I got back I had a Zumbathon to be too. GR was putting on a Zumbathon for a person battling cancer. Zumbaing for a great cause? Im in! It was a blast! 

We did so many fun holiday festive activities while at home...
Christmas Caroling! 

Fun, silly, sister bonding time:) 

Gingerbread house and train building--along with sugar cookie baking and decorating for the little ones. 

We spent a couple Sabbath in Wyoming. 

Christmas Eve we had all the family together and so our celebrations began...

Chili cook off between the boys in the family! 

 The theme was a Wyoming Cowboys Christmas---YEEHAW! 

 We had different Christmas stations for the little ones including--sugar cookie cut outs, ornament making, story time, singing time--SUPER cute and fun. Thanks for Grammy and Grandpa for making it so special! 

 Of course the traditional Nativity Story:) Casey, Kimber, and Maxson made the perfect Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus! 

 Grammy and Granpa Cutler special gift to us was our Christmas jammies shirts
The shirts read....
I*B*I*C
I BELIEVE IN CHRIST!!
I know it
I live it
I love it!
Honestly I love the shirts because IBIC can stand for "I believe in Chiropractic" too!

Christmas morning was such a joy! Our boys faces were priceless. Santa spoiled them since they were such good boys. The biggest hit was the clown wig that came form the Madagascar 3 movie..LOL!  Treyson got his famous "Skylanders" Giants video game and action figures and Porter got his choo choo set. 

 Opening gifts with the rest of the family....

 Lots for yummy food was eaten including the famous Tim Tam Slams!

We played "Things" of course!

SLEDDING!!! YAY! 

So all the boys decided to gang up on Tayliann since she would help shovel snow. They covered her car in snow and made a sculture out of it. LOL, she was not very happy but it was pretty funny. Notice the cold sore in the nose (bottom left). I know--silly boys. FUN memories though! 

Our boys in their cute little Christmas jammies for Christmas night! 

Other Random things...

-Babies, Babies and more babies! 

-The boys adored their Aunties--they are so good with them!

-Brielle and Kreed were so cute together and baby Maxson is so so so squishy cute and snugable! 

-We broke out the Dance Dance Revolution and Treyson is actually pretty good! 

My bro Derek has some major beard-age going on and were not sure what to think of it!

-We made a couple trips to ER. Jaden broke his elbow and Kreed got super super sick. Every time the Cutlers get together I swear someone ends up in the ER..LOL! 

-The little ones loved story time with Grammy!

-Lots of wrestling with Uncle Casey--he is so fun! 

Photo Opt with Grammy and Gramps! 

Its was really so awesome to be all together as a family for the holidays finally. Its was a crazy yet special one to say the least. Thats has it for the first half of our holiday break. Stayed tuned for the second half....

xoxox
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