We have begun 2011 with a bang! Micah roped in the Lariat Bowl over New Year's Eve and did quite well. His roping has been on the back burner as we have been working on figuring out this horse breeding business. He plans to try a bit more this year. We took a terrific trip skiing in January. We went to a ski in/ski out in Beaver Creek, CO and loved it! Drake got on skis for the first time and we rolled around in the snow. It was perfect.

Drake is so big. He reasons with us now and has typical cycles of terror/perfection. He really enjoys being a big brother, and always wants the whole family to be together.

Fisher is growing so quickly. She is now 8 months old and wears 12-18 month clothes! She has a great sense of humor and tries really hard to do everything well. She is working on teeth 3 and 4, the top front, and is super cute. She crawls everywhere, stands for a while unassisted and will be walking in no time at all.

There is no way I can play catch-up so I will just post a few pictures from the last couple of months and then the next post will be current.

It's been a while. We have had a busy busy time lately. We were able to make the World Series game, the first they played in Texas and had a blast! They won that game and it was so much fun. The kiddos dressed up for Halloween and we went to the football game. Then, we quickly went to Colorado for Micah to take a class on embryo transfers. He learned a lot, and the rest of us had a great time as we were hosted by Niah and Aaron and Lincoln. Roger also got to meet Fisher for the first time as we went to Childress for my Uncle R.C.'s funeral. He will be greatly missed but left so many family members and quite a legacy behind. We are gearing up for Thanksgiving, which will be spent in Eldorado with Micah's family and then Christmas! so excited. Drake wants everything he sees on tv. He will hopefully sit on Santa's lap with no tears this year. Fisher went to her 6 month check up and weighs 18 pounds and 12 oz. She is a hoss! She can now sit up, roll over, say mama and dada and will soon be mobile. Her reflux seems to be improving gradually since she started on solid food, which she loves. We look forward to seeing everyone for the holidays and, as always, you are all welcome at the McKinney casa at any time!

i cannot make the Timmons' reunion this weekend and Dad doesn't have updated pictures of Drake and Fisher, so I wanted to post a few for y'all to see. Miss you all and have fun!!

i never seem to get the pictures in the right order, but we had Drake's third birthday party over the weekend and had such a good time. we missed a lot of people due to sickness but we will have plenty of parties. the first picture is really the last picture of Micah and Drake playing with the remote control car on the pool cover. We also went to San Antonio for a horse race and Drake and Avery ran and ran and ran and ran. i was worn out but they had so much fun. Drake is loving his 3 year old self. So big and so smart. I can't believe it. Fisher is growing like CRAZY. She is so big and wants so badly to play with the other kids. She was so good during the party that I completely forgot about her! She was in her crib sleeping soundly through the cake and presents. Thanks to Lisa for playing photographer and also thanks to Zach for spending the weekend helping out.