First lost tooth

Courtney has been waiting for the day when she would lose her first tooth. Her bottom one has been loose for so long! It had been dangling for awhile but both she and Dave were scared to have me pull it out. We were at some of our friend's house for dinner(the guy just happens to be a dentist) and they convinced her to let me try to pull it out. She gave me one try only! It came right out, she didn't even realize it had come out. She told me that I could try one more time. I showed her the tooth and she was so happy. She was even happier to get a whole dollar from the Tooth Fairy. Her dad and her argued about the amount. Dave said he only used to get a quarter but I think inflation had something to do with the dollar. She doesn't have any other loose teeth but can't wait to lose more.

School Spirit

A few weeks back, Courtney's school celebrated a spirit week. There was tie day, slipper day, hawaiian day, and disco day. Courtney loved dressing up and having a little variety in her uniform life. She made me take these pictures because she thought she looked so cute!

St. Patrick's Day

We are lucky enough, or unlucky, have leprechauns visit us every year. This year they were not as bad as they have been in years past. They left lots of green things for Courtney! Then I made green shamrock pancakes for breakfast. I had really good intentions to make a green dinner too but with Dave working and a great deal from Chick-fil-a, we decided to go out for dinner. Courtney also had leprechauns visit her classroom at school. They made a huge mess and left footprints everywhere. It was a fun day for everyone!

Deja vu

For those of you who have been following our blog for awhile, we are no strangers to water. We just can't seem to stay away from it. Clear back in February (I know I'm really behind), we had a flood in our home. It was a seeminly quiet President's Day. Courtney was home from school, grandma was here visiting, and Dave had a bad headache. He didn't want it to turn into a migraine, so he decided to get in the bath. This was about 8 in the morning, so I was still trying to sleep. I was rudely interupted when Courtney came and woke me up screaming that water was coming out of the fan. I told her that she wasn't making sense and where was water coming out and what fan. She proceeded to show me (I don't know where she gets her dramatics from) by twirling her finger in the air and screaming, "You know what a fan is!" I was starting to get the picture. I ran downstairs to see a stream of water coming out of our ceiling fan light. I went upstairs to tell Dave to turn the bath water off. He did and then pulled the plug out. As the water started to drain, we heard a blood curdling scream. Apparently the draining water had made the water flow even faster. Dave replugged the drain and got downstairs. He was trying to find where the leak was coming from, by ripping apart my ceiling. I wasn't so sure about his tactics but in the end, he found out the the tub drain was leaking. We had to call a restoration company and get everything dried out. This process took about a week. Then we had to get people to put up sheetrock, paint, and replace our carpet. Our house was pretty much out of commission for more than a few weeks. I have to say, for the first few days, it was great. I couldn't cook in the kitchen, there was no reason to clean. Courtney loved eating McDonald's in our bedroom while watching tv. It got old really fast though. In the end, we ended up changing some of our paint colors and got the carpet we've always wanted. We love the way it turned out and are even happier that we are back in one piece!

Annual Snowboarding Trip

Dave's friends from high school always come to Utah for a snowboarding trip around January or February. They had a big group this year and we had about 5 people staying here with us. They snowboarded all day Friday and Saturday. They always love getting together and have a great time. The bonus was that Dave didn't even get hurt! Can you believe it? I was so glad he didn't come back with some crazy injury.

Hats!!!

My friend makes these hats and Courtney has been wanting them so badly. I finally ordered them and she was super excited when they came in the mail. She can't wear them to school but as soon as she gets home, she puts one on. We ordered brown and black and they have removable flowers so they match all her outfits. I found her like this in bed last week and had to take a picture. I think she likes them! She would wear it all the time if she could. Thank you, Jamie, for the cutest hats ever!!

Courtney's First Hair Cut

Courtney has been wanting to cut her hair for about a year. For those of you who don't know, Dave hates short hair and forbids Courtney and I from getting it cut. She has been adamant about it, so Dave finally decided to let her do it. She knew exactly how she wanted it. I told the hairdresser that I wanted it to be able to still be put in a ponytail, but she said it needed to be shorter. She loves it and says it's exactly the way she pictured it being! She is even fine with me round brushing it everyday. Dave actually agreed that it's cute but still doesn't like it because he said it makes her look way too old. I agree that she looks older, but she is going to be six in June, so she's going to grow up regardless of how we cut her hair. She is already asking when she can go get it cut again!

Christmas Present

We got a family picture done over the holiday's and decided to send them to a few of our friends. This was cool that our pic ended up in a rock video.

Click link: http://www.myspace.com/fanvideo?id=24a570f5ae7b56c10e9791fc6150132d

Gingerbread Stuff

Dave's mom gave us kits to make gingerbread trees and trains. We had Brian and Megan over for dinner, then made our cute things. We had a lot of fun and love it when we get to hang with these guys. It was fun to do something festive!

Family Pictures

We had a great Thanksgiving. We were lucky enough to have my newly married brother in law and his wife host a fabulous meal and Dave's entire family from Vegas came to celebrate with us. It was a weekend filled with shopping (9pm to 6am), games, movies, and of course, good food! I love the fact that Dave's family does the black friday thing with me. Dave, of course, hates any shopping, most especially black friday. His family, however, are the best people to shop with. It was great. The Saturday after Thanksgiving, we went up the canyon to get family pictures. They turned out so good! I normally hate all of our family pictures but thanks to the best photographer, Kevin Lunt, we got some great shots, even though we were freezing. We are so happy with how they turned out that I had to post a few of them. Hope everyone felt they had as much to be grateful for this year as we did. I love my little family and realize that we are so blessed!

Winter has come!

We got back from Disneyland (85 degree weather everyday) to this huge snowstorm. I guess we all knew it was coming. I was hoping it wouldn't snow until the week before Christmas, but I guess the week before Halloween is more realistic in Utah.

Halloween 2009

We had a ton of fun carving pumpkins this year! Courtney really enjoyed designing her pumpkin this year. Then we went to our friend's house for Halloween. It was really great. They had chili and hot dogs for dinner and hot chocolate and a fire to keep us warm. Then they had a trailer to put the kids on and they drove them around for trick or treating. How lucky!! She has never had such an easy time getting so much candy. It was a good Halloween and we are now ready for Thanksgiving.