No Place Like Home for the Holidays

This Thanksgiving we were super grateful for many things.

Food, clothes, health, family, the gospel...

and our warm, comfy home to live in.

Jon's parents had this beautiful table made by his cousin, Jeff for their home.

They gave it to us as a housewarming gift. Jonny's mother, Nancy, also had given us all of this beautiful china, tablecloth, candles, silver, etc. when we got married and we FINALLY got to use it!

We had Thanksgiving at our house for the second time ever and it was so nice! We were joined by my (Brynne's) parents, Spike and his girlfriend (Rachel) and her mom (Donna...both recent converts to our church). We cooked all day together and at dinner each of us said what we were thankful for. It was amazing to hear their testimonies and how grateful they were for the gospel and each other.

We also had our traditional Saturday Gatten family dinner on Saturday with a talent show and lots of BIG famiy fun!

It was a great Thanksgiving.

House is DONE!!

We finally got to move into our new home last week.

Here are some pics of the finished product as clean as it will ever be... ;) :

master closet

dining room

office

master bath (LtoR toilet room, linen closet, room, closet)

garage! (LOVING all the storage space all throughout).

Soon, we'll post pics all moved in and decorated. :)

We feel so blessed to have this home that fits our growing family.

Promotion

I love my job!

I recently got promoted to be the

GROUP EXERCISE COORDINATOR

@ Liberty Lake Atheltic Club

(group fitness department head, group fitness manager, whatever.)

These are a few of the amazing instructors I get to work with.

I have already had petitions written, been through my first fire/hire and organized upcoming events for the public!

It is not all fun, but overall, I am loving the change and challenge!

Tyce -Man 4 Months!

This little guy is growing up.

And I don't like it.

He's starting to hold his own bottle (scoop things in)

started rolling from back...

to tummy!

is chewing his fingers and hands,

and started eating solids! This was the first time:

He wasn't sure at first,

He thought he might like it,

and then decided it was filling his tummy too slowly!!

He is also now sleeping in his very own room in a big-boy crib.

Where did our newborn baby go?!