Year in Review

I don't know what happened, but somehow we didn't even take any pictures at Christmas. We were always so busy and tired. Christmas was wonderful. Here is the list of our favorite presents.
Leah: The candy in her stocking. She goes nuts for that stuff. But also, she got a little toy that is like a gum ball machine, but with real balls that come rolling out. As ball is one of her "words" that I believe she actually does try to say and knows what she's saying she loves it.
Melissa: My KitchenAid from Levin. I LOVE IT! (I would post a picture, but for some reason none of the pictures I can find online will actually let me save them.)
Levin: Our new house, but not even the actual house as much as he loves the land it is on and the barn.



As the year ends we've reflected on how blessed we've been this year. We have had a little baby living in a crazy country and have been safe and healthy and have been so blessed in many other ways including getting this house, though the process was not always easy, we are very happy with it. We are happy with all our future prospects of the year(s) to come and thank the Lord for all he has done for us this past year.

Leah's Birthday

To celebrate Leah's birthday we returned to the place of our birth - Colorado.

Here she is looking not very amused or impressed at her little cake.
Once it was eating time she was a little more impressed.
We drove to Montrose to meet up with Aunt Dani. Poor Leah already has a cold (that's why her cheeks are all red in the above pictures) and must have gotten car sick climbing over the mountains and through the woods. Let's just say we had to stop and buy her a new outfit. She may not have thought the trip was worth it, but we had a fun time once we were there and she slept the curvy roads on the way home.
My grandpa was at Leah's birthday party, but we forgot to take his picture. So here we are on our Sunday night visit.
This is what happens when you leave your daughter with a babysitter.