Nice Pants....

MaKayja and McKesson can be so silly sometimes. The other night they walked out and had Randy's pants on and were just a giggling. Randy said "nice girls and just looked at me and smiled. Then the girls turned around and said "Dad you like our Butts?" We started to laugh and thought that was so cute.

Walking - well kinda with some much needed help!

Big Hair - Ya Think

Shelby Babe

Shelby you are such a cute girl and I am so proud of you for all of the many things that you have accomplished in your life and in the life of others. You are a great example to all of those around. The girls absolutely adore you and love to be around you. Keep up the great work in all you do and smile every day. We love you ALOT!!! Life would not be the same without you, so thank you for all of the memories you have made for us as a family. Remember who you are even though life can sometimes be hard. I will forever cherish you as my sister and friend.

Kenzie Babe and Korty Kort

Thanks kenzie Babe for being such a great Aunt and for the many memories you have made with the girls. We love you ALOT!!! Kenzie you are a great girl and it is so much fun to have you in the family. You are so incredably cute. You bring so much joy into my life and I will forever cherish you as my sister. Keep your head held high and achieve all that is placed before you. Be the best person you can be because you are an example to all of those around you. Kenzie you are a awesome girl and you have so much potential.

Piano Recital

KodiAnn and MaKayja had a piano recital and did a great job. This was MaKayja's 1st recital. She was a little nervous but she did an awesome job. I am very proud of her and I love to listen to her learn more and more every day. KodiAnn did a great job and just played her song with no fear at all (of course she is getting more and more used to it by now). I am also proud of her and so thankful for her comitment to playing and practicing the piano.

Fishin at the Resevoir

Aunt Kenzie and McKesson

KortLyn Shay

McKesson Ann

Kayja and her one of many fish.

KodiAnn and her many fish.

Tristan , Aunt Lex and Korty Kort

We went up to the reservoir and went fishing. We had a good time and the girls caught a lot of fish. We were able to keep three of them but the others were to small so we threw them back. MaKayja was so funny because she would get so excited when she would catch a fish and do this really silly little giggle. She even wanted to put the worm on the hook every time. (sick) She seriously must not be her Mother's child because that is so gross. KodiAnn was pretty happy and proud of herself also when she caught her fish but was a little more reserved and didn't want to put the worm on the hook. (smart girl I must say) McKesson wanted nothing to do with the whole fishing thing and just sat back and enjoyed the day with all of us. And of course KortLyn sat in the rocks and played with them and occasionally tried to eat a few. Thanks Jared - Lex and Kids and Aunt McKenzie for the fun day.

Patty Cake - Patty Cake

Patty Cake - Patty Cake....

Roll Em'....

Toss em' in the oven....
KortLyn loves to do patty cake. She is so cute and just warms our heart.

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.