I am trying to back track as you can see. I am going back to all the stuff I did not post when I should have.
This is a picture of Courtney on her first birthday. We had a simple little party and invited only the Morris Family and Lane Family. It was so nice to stand around and stare at our sweet beautiful little girl. She was eating up the attention and putting on quite the show for us.
She loved the Cold stone Creamery Cake I got her and enjoyed opening her gifts. She was so pretty in pink!!
Our dear sweet little "bakey" is a all about the money. He counts his money daily and exchanges denominations periodically at the bank. Sometimes he is in the mood for a couple large bills and lots of dollar bills. Other times he is in the mood for lots of little money and no large bills. He will not spend it for anything. He will loan it to you if you must but, reminds you constantly to pay him back. Thankfully, he recently just put all his cash into the bank after Our Bishop told him about a devastating flood his family had endured when he was about his age. Blake did like hearing about the possibility of his money being washed down to river if a flood suddenly came through our house. Mike and I were relieved to know he put the money in a much safer place. Although, we miss having our bank to borrow from.
Our community Association puts together a Santa visit every year. This particular year they also included a train for the kids to ride around the neighborhood. Unfortunately, Mike was waiting for Courtney to wake up from a nap (I was with Sydney at the Disney Princess on Ice Show) so they arrived as it was ending. They did not get to sit on Santa's lap, but they did get to see him drive away in his SUV (while talking on his cell phone). The train conductor was nice enough to give them a ride before he began to put it away. They also got to see a real reindeer. Afterward, they went sledding down Chaparral hill. Mike told me he took Courtney down the hill on 
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My sweet girls were helping me clean up the basement the other day. Except their idea of cleaning up was to try on all the dress up clothes. We had a great time together as always and actually did get the basement cleaned. 
My sweet sister, Dana, captured this wonderful memory of the past Thanksgiving. We spent it at my parents home in Pahrump, Nevada. All my sisters, brother-in-laws, my Aunt Barbra, my cousin Blair and his best friendand almost all of my nieces and nephews were together. (We were missing Ramsey, Ricki, and Amed). 
