Courtney's Birthday

O.K. I know it has been a long time since I've posted anything. I have gotten lazy in taking pictures so then I don't blog anything because I want a picture of something when I blog. But hopefully I will be a little more diligent. Ashley got a camera for Christmas and she is always taking pictures, so I might just steal her pictures.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COURTNEY

Courtney was soo excited for her birthday. She is excited to be 10. Her favorite gift was this Tinkerbell DS game. She loves anything girl. For dinner she picked her favorite meal, Chicken and Wild Rice soup. Her cake was strawberry with strawberry frosting. I was surprised she picked vanilla ice cream and not strawberry. She loves the color pink. She had a fun and wonderful day. We love you so much, Courtney!

Snow in Vegas?

Yesterday was a historic day. It actually snowed in Las Vegas. At our house it snowed but as soon as it hit the ground it melted. But Randy called and said that at his office they had a couple of inches. After I picked Ashley & Travis up from school, we drove over to his office for a few minutes. Here is a couple of pictures from there. Travis & Jared throwing snowballs

Ashley, Travis and Jared outside dad's office

I called my friend who picks Courtney up to let her know I was already out and I would pick up the kids, but she said she would pick them up and meet us at Angel Park so they could all play for a little while. Here is Courtney watching Alexis and Emily making snow angels.

Jared and Travis with the snowman they made

I also had to take a picture of the palm trees with snow on them. It just seemed so odd.

Ward Party

Here is the picture of all the kids with Santa. You'd never know that Courtney really was excited to see Santa. Our ward party was a lot of fun. We had a great dinner and some musical numbers that were awesome. Then of course, the special visitor. Jared was soo excited. He counted down the days for a week and a half. We wish that Randy could have been there - he had to be at the Stake Concert, but we still had a great time.

Handprints

They are building a new library that will be closer to our house. It is suppose to open in February. We are so excited! On Saturday, they invited the kids in the community to come and put their handprints on one of the pillars inside the library. It was too crowded to get their picture while they were doing their handprint, but here they are cleaning their hands off after.

Courtney & Jared
Travis & Ashley

Fall Leaves

The kids always have fun playing in the leaves. On Saturday all four of the kids were out raking up the leaves. It was a very windy day. After about an hour, they were done since the wind was blowing them off the tree as fast as they were raking them up. They realized it was never going to be done. But they were all GREAT workers and seemed to enjoy themselves.

Merry Christmas from the kids

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Let Christmas begin

We set up our Christmas tree Monday night for FHE, so I guess there is no stopping the holiday from coming. All of the kids enjoy decorating the tree, but Jared is so excited this year for Christmas. Everything is so exciting. He can hardly contain himself. He asks some of the cutest questions about Santa. He is a true believer. Christmas is my favorite holiday, especially through the eyes of the kids.