Shan turns 30!!!!!!

Such a fun night to celebrate our Shannykins.  Danny was a gem and invited a bunch of us to surprise her for dinner at Baja Cantina. 

Post dinner- we all headed over to the bowling ally.  We rented a room all to ourselves and it was soooo fun! 

 I mean, we know how to party.

 And the form on these fit people.....its amazing. Ain't never seen anything like it.

Danny:

 Thayne:

 Love:

 Leesh:

 Chelle:

 Money shot of this girl right before she about killed herself and lost her ball:

 Janelle:

And yours truly:

Can't get enough of this ones form: Spastic Shan:

Dust:

And a lil group shot of the crew. How I love these people and this girl! 

Random Januaries

I decided to buy myself a desk for all the painting and the supplies.  So, Fin and I headed to IKEA and found a good one, brought i home and started the assembling. 

 IKEA. UGH. 

 Jess went out of town, and we were left with his cat. Brent and the kids said that it would be fine, and I was soooooooo not down, but of course I let him cuz, he's my brother duh.  So, we had Claire for a week. The kiddos couldn't have been happier.  They were in love with this kitty! Snuggles Galore! 

 And forgive the face and the acne and the G's, but one time in the middle of the night, I woke up to this. Reminded me of a story Grandma Joann used to tell us about waking up one night and finding a cat on her face! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

 But you know what happened??? Claire.....she snuck her way into my little heart. I mean, look how cute this is!?

 One day I got home and she was obviously missing people. She walked around my legs purring for a long time, and when I picked her up, she perched herself right up on my neck! I LIKE A CAT!

 I mean.....

So, Jess came to get Claire and you know what!? We Miss Her!!! I can't even believe I'm saying that! Cats are the worst! And now, I like her.  Thanks alot Jess. 

Lind had a birthday, so we celebrated at some Mexican restaurant she chose- not good food, but definitely good friends and good fun. 

 Crazy hair day at school brought us to "Who Hair" this time.  Conli isn't a fan of going all out on these days, so I was excited that Sawyer was.  We nailed it! 

 And are you serious with this writing??? Oh Fin. I love her so. 

Beard Go Bye Bye

Look how excited we all were to be able witness this fine man finally shaving off his foul beard! We'd had ENOUGH!!! ENOUGH we say! 

 Max was a little sad to see it go. Don't worry son, one day you can grow your own. 

 Look who came back!!!!!!

 This girl loves her some Target pizza.  I sooooo love our lunch dates and time with this girl.  It's going by so fast- and I can;t get enough. 

 Who doesn't love building snowmen!? These two are best buds. They're adorable. 

 More girl time with my Fin.

 These two were dying to see Mockingjay, so I took them! Perfect little date night.  I love that they're getting older and we can go do things like this together! It shall only get better from here!

DANIELS SUMMIT

Shikeyah and Caden have this fantabulous cabin up at Daniels Summit and they were awesome and invited a group of us up for a wknd.  We went up the first night without our kiddos, and then Jess brought them up the next night. 

This is how the boys cabin

Meanwhile, Fin was at Claire's birthday party having the best time ever!

Nicole, Leesh and I gettin in the sledding spirit. 

This beard was made for snowmobiling....or for cutting off....you decide.

Rikki and Keyah  hittin the slopes

And sometimes the boys get the razor stuck in the snow and it takes all the boys and all the hours to get it unstuck. Miserable little accident I tell ya!

Me, Jamyn and Shikeyah

So. Much. Snow. 

We tube down, the men drive us back to the top. 

Goggle mishap. 

It was quite freezing.

And snowy.....

After Jess was finally able to come up the canyon- since there was an accident and they closed it down, we had some family fun.  Tape Face for everyone!

Sunday morning we got up, made ourselves breakfast, and then hit the sledding. Look how cute our Fin is all bundled up!

It was a long way down. 

It was SUCH a fun day. The kids would've played forever! We are so grateful to Rutters for the invite and for letting us make such fun memories!!!!