Branding the Cows

I hate more than anything to have to brand the cows....... but I understand the purpose of it to. I always tell Randy that it has to be pure torture to the poor things, but he just laughs at me. KodiAnn was such a big help in getting them in the shoot and helping us out. That girl has no fear and sometimes it worries me. I thought that after she broke her tooth off, due to the cows, that she would be scared, but this is so not the case. I think she is even less scared of the dang things. McKesson is so funny and likes to just sit in the truck and wait. I think they scare her just a little. MaKayja pushed Kortlyn in her stroller around the barn and they just did there own thing. What memories we can have of the "good ole" times down on the farm.

KortLyn and Her 1st Birthday

Yeah, Grandma thanks for the fun new toys.

KortLyn's new swing.

What a mess but oh so fun!!!

Her cute little cake.... thank goodness for Wal-Mart and the $3.00 dollar cake.

Hot - don't touch, just make a wish and pretend to blow out the candle!
It has been such a joy to have this little one in our home for the last year. KortLyn has brought so much love and laughter into our home. We always say that "we could not imagine our life without this sweet spirit and how grateful we are that we took the chance and decided to try one more time even though there wasn't a lot of encouragement from the Doctors. Even with a hard pregnancy and very scary times it was all worth it."
KortLyn had a fun birthday party. She wasn't so sure about digging into the cake but she did it after some time. She got her fun little swing and she absolutely loves it. We put her in it for the first time and she just laughed and laughed. She was laughing so hard that it was one of those rolling belly laughs. We were in return laughing our guts out just watching and listening to her. We had a cook out with all of the family and opened presents and then of course ate cake and ice cream. We had a great time and thank you to all that came and enjoyed this day with us. Also thanks again for the presents. We love all of you!

Sleepy Girl!!!!

I thought this was so picture worthy so of course I had to take a picture. This was the day of McKesson's birthday party and I guess she got tired and had to take a little snoozer. She is not a napper but for some reason this day she must have been exhausted and thought the counter would be a great place to lay her head down and fall fast asleep. What a silly girl.

McKesson turns 4

What is this? I can't wait to get my little hands in this gift.

Thanks Grandma for the cute outfit.

And oh yes, the swimsuit I have anxiously waited for.

The little mermaid cake that she picked out.

Make a wish!!!!

McKesson is such a sweet little girl but at the same time full of so much attitude and spunk. We always say "how can a little girl like you be so full of attitude?" She either smiles and shrugs her shoulders or gets really mad, but it is so true. For her birthday she wanted a swimsuit and her little mermaid cake so bad. So of course moms and dads are miricale workers and grant them their wish. This year because of the two day difference in McKesson and KortLyn's birthdays we decided to celebrate their birthdays together so that family would only have to come once. It worked out fabulous! Kesson said that "she wants to have her party every year with KortLyn because she is so cute." She just loves Korty Kort so much, and I think it is absoluely adorable and so sweet. Thanks so much to all of the family for coming and for helping us celebrate this special day with the two of them. And also thank you so much for the gifts.

Golfing - or should I say.... trying to golf!!!!!

Randy had a I Team meeting in Pocatello. So McKesson, Kortlyn and I went up there after the meetings were over. All of the guys and there families were having a BBQ and golf party. Can I just say I can not golf what so ever. Randy is good and McKesson did better than me. We had a good time and it was really nice to meet all of the guys on the I Team. That night we stayed up there with Randy in the motel and came home the next morning after Randall took us to breakfast.

Thank Goodness for the Gift of Medicine

KortLyn got tubes put in her ears and is now loving life. When we had her I said to Dr. Huff "will you please just put tubes in her ears before we leave the hospital?" He just laughed and said "if I could I would, but maybe this time around will be different." Well the good luck lasted for almost a year and then there we were in the hospital getting the dang things. One good thing is that they may be a little groggy from the surgery but after they come out of it they are so much happier than they were before they had them done. Our first 3 girls all had tubes put in their ears and I guess KortLyn didn't want to feel left out. Things went really good and I am so thankful for them so that I can have my happy healthy baby back. She was such a trooper. We also took her bottle away from her the same day as her surgery and she did so good - no problems with it and she didn't miss it for one second. I kept telling Randy that I was going to take it from her as soon as we ran out of formula, which convenently happened to land on the same day as her surgery. Randy kept saying "I will believe it when I see it." Well I did it and proved him wrong. I guess I have more faith in her than he does. :) Love ya baby girl!

Pirates - Host a Murder Party

The Pirate Gang

Tam and Carrie

Justin

Aunt Tracy and Ellen

KortLyn with Long Ugly Black Hair

We had another great night of Host a Murder Party. Aunt Kell always has them at her house but this time we decided that it was our turn. I asked Lex to help host it, and thankfully she agreed to it because I would have been lost without her. Thanks to all that came and perticipated. We had so much fun.