{january}

growing up definitely has its perks!

three day weekends are FUN!!!

celebrating john's birthday!  we were pretty excited about it because we kind of like him!

date night...full tummies and the grizz!

snow!!!

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dAYs

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pErfEct

yEt

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bUt

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hi five

hi, five!

this five year old loves all things legos, star wars, soccer, basketball, the grizzlies, the cavaliers, and winning. 

carter's birthday festivities began with a cinnamon roll breakfast, of course.

after opening a couple of gifts, he chose chuck e cheese for his birthday dinner.

mimi, poppa, grandma, and grandpa came to play!

we partied hard!!!

oh, and i kicked john's booty in skee ball!

happy birthday, carter man!  love you bunches!!!

it's great to be eight

this girl just turned eight and it is great!

she is really my favorite girl...she is growing up to be so sweet and smart and pretty and fun!

we celebrated with the traditional cinnamon roll breakfast.

she opened up a couple of gifts and started playing right away!

later, we picked up a couple of cute boys and went jumping!!!

we ended the celebrations at kooky canuck with grandparents and 18 scoops of ice cream!!!

now, please, no more growing!  eight is great after all!!!

2016

we spent new year's eve hanging out with friends, eating more homemade ice cream, and playing minute to win it games!

hAppY nEw yEAr!!!

2016, let's do this!