Sierra's First Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving in Colorado with my family this year. Sierra had so much fun that she slept through dinner. Funny, but true. When she woke up we all gathered together to attempt taking a family picture (with 11 people). If you all have the same experience with this as we do, it was a tough task. We managed to get the picture and dinner over before anybody got to upset. Dillon and I also tried to take our family picture. That was also a tough task, but we got an okay picture with all three of us looking in the camera's direction. Other than Thanksgiving we have been just doing the same ol' thing. Dillon works and has been having a good time coaching wrestling. He has become the "official short-bus driver," and I took pictures because it is funny to see him drive a bus. We get to go on some wrestling trips with him.The high school wrestlers are a lot more enthusiastic so I think it is going better for him, as a coach. Sierra and I just hang out with my mom and each other. Sierra did get sick a few weeks ago, but she is doing better now. She is talking a lot and has even rolled over for the first time. She goes from her back to her stomach and then gets mad. She has also had her first foods: sweet potatoes, carrots, and cereal. She loves eating. When we feed her she starts smiling and kicking her feet with excitement. She weighs about 12lbs 11oz now. She is doing great, and she is a joy to have in our life. She is such a good baby and is at a really fun age as she begins to discover the world around her. Dillon has a new calling in church, in the Elders Quorum Presidency and I am still in Young Womens. With work and our church callings we keep pretty busy. Things are going pretty good with us and we are having a good time. We are looking forward to going to Wyoming for Christmas, for a small vacation.
We will probably do another update after Christmas, until then hope you all have a great holiday season.
Love you all, Dillon, Alicia, and Sierra Dance

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MY FIRST COOKIE

My first 4-wheeler Ride

My First Temple Trip

Sierra growin up!!!

This is just a small "catching up" page, to see how Sierra has changed in just a few months. They go from the top left and around clockwise until the middle. 1. Daddy, the first one to hold me. 2. My cousin, one of the first to visit me. 3. My first day home. 4. Sleeping at Nana's. 5. Trying on my blessing dress w/ my cousins. 6. Chillin' w/ my cousin, Shay. 7. Patiently waiting on my mom to wake up. 8. One of mt first visits w/ Papa. 9. Cuddling up w/ my cousin, Sienna. 10. Helping Mommy babysit my cousins. 11. My 1st wrestling meet. 12. Playing in my favorite chairs at Nana's. 13. Just being me, happy 'n' cute!

Sunday afternoon relaxin'

Sierra and Sienna were just playing; so I decided to use them to try and figure out how to add videos to our page. I am going to get better at this, and I hope that you will enjoy what I will learn to keep you updated on our life.

What's been going on in the Dance Family?

Hi everybody!!! As you all know we had a beautiful little baby girl, Sierra Kay Dance, on July 12, 2007. It was tough getting her here, but it was well worth it. Sierra is such a great addition and blessing to our family. She is almost 11 lbs now, and is awake and alert. She is really smiling a lot and has discovered her voice. She is a very good baby, and just enjoys life. Dillon worked for a construction company all summer as an operator. Now he is working, building houses, for a construction company in Mancos. He is also doing a couple things for fun, officiating football games and coaching wrestling (middle school and high school). He also really enjoys his calling in church as a Primary teacher for 4-5 year-old boys. The one thing he looks forward to every night is going home and rocking Sierra to sleep. Each night they have daddy-daughter time and it is so cute. I am still trying to balance my life out having a new baby. I never really get all the things finished that I plan. Something always happens and before I know it the day is over. I am just now getting used to my calling in church as the Young Women's 2nd counselor. We spend a lot of our time at my parents house and Dillon thinks that we have a family reunion every night. We just laugh at him and tell him we need to take advantage of the time we have with each other. We have really had some trials to really test us since we have been here, but through those trials we have really had our testimonies strengthened, and realized how important family really is, especially our relationship as husband and wife.