Our family has been pretty busy. In November 2011 Daniel was awarded the medal of Valor which is the highest medal awarded to a living hero. He's the first person in his department to receive this award so needless we were very proud of him. He got this award for saving a woman's life in a fire a couple of years ago.

 We've been getting ready for Christmas. I am way behind this year because I had a Christmas party to plan at church and so that's where most of my time and efforts went. But I am excited for Daniel and Cody to open their gifts and spending time together.

 We took a trip to Utah to visit family. I was glad there wasn't any snow but the kids were a bit disappointed. My sister's family came as well so Cody enjoyed playing with his cousins. He managed to knock a tooth out jumping over the swings and then when we got home he managed to knock out another tooth playing with an umbrella. This was all for the best because both teeth were already loose and he didn't want to wriggle them!

 Daniel went snowboarding with my brothers and brother in law and he fell and launched himself onto a tree. He broke two ribs but is doing well. He's back at work and I think is glad after 4 weeks off work. I think he decided it's time to retire his snowboard.