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Well this is the face of a 39 year old!! 

 Another birthday has come around. 

 A few of my favorite things from my birthday.......

We started on our floors!!!!
 After almost 3 months of having a sub floor we are making progress!!!

My friend Amber brought this over for me.  Not only is it my current favorite treat but Ryan Gosling hmself is offering to do the chores and put the kids to bed :)!!!!!!!

A pile of cards from 2 cute 7 year olds
My favorite!!!

Jim got me some beautiful flowers!!!!

Winter Fun

We have been able to enjoy some of  Utah's great winter this past week.

Monday January 4th- We went ice skating at the 

Kearns Olympic Ice Skating Oval

Lizzie trying to avoid the paparazzi that is her mom :)

Lilly was so proud of herself when she
 could skate not holding on to the wall!

Then, yesterday (January 9th) was a sledding day!!!

As much as I hate the cold of winter, 

there are some fun times to be had.

Antelope Island

For the first day of 2016 we decided to do something we did on January 1st a couple years ago.... we headed out to Antelope Island.  It was absolutely gorgeous out there and we had a fun day laughing and spending time as a family. 

We bought sleds on our way there.
 Afton and Lilly thought they were the coolest things
 and didn't seem to mind there weren't really any big hills.  

Our first selfie picture of 2016 :)

Seriously, the girls kept themselves entertained for over an hour with their sleds.
  Never complaining about the bitter cold and laughing and having fun the whole time. 

Happy Girl

Jim brought his metal detector that he got for Christmas.
  I think they found a beer bottle cap and 3 nails.  Success!

Ethan and Liz searching for metal

Lilly was having a ball!

The metal detector trio

A girl and her sled

Alisha in the vast emptiness of Antelope Island

Lucky was absolutely loving it too!!!
 He had so much fun running through the snow and exploring.

So pretty!

On the way home we found a little bit steeper road we got out and slid on.  So fun!!!

Lizzie enjoying the ride

So on our way home from our pretty awesome day, our car decided to die.  It would hardly go at all and then sometimes it would just die.  We said a little prayer and were at least able to get off antelope island.  Tender mercies of our Heavenly Father.  Our amazing friend Mark Roberts came up to get us and take us home while we had our car towed.  We put Lucky in a 3T coat to keep him warm while we waited for Mark

Our car getting towed away :(  It ended up being a pretty easy fix (gas pedal sensor went out) which we were very grateful for and had our car back in our driveway in less than 24 hours.

New sleds and gloves $57 + Full tank of gas $50 + Towing Charge $91 + Dinner at Iceberg $24 + New Gas Pedal Sensor $268 + Fun day with the family and good memories made
= PRICELESS

Our year started off with  fun family time,  unexpected adventures, tender mercies and good friends saving the day.  

Not a bad way to start off 2016 :) 

New Years

We ended 2015 with a very fun but busy day.  First I took my kids to go see The Peanuts Movie.  I had been promising them I would take them before Christmas break ended.  It actually was really cute.  Then I came home and took a nap (perfect).  That evening Jim and I went to a Jazz game with our good friends the Sierers. 

At the Jazz Game

Group Selfie

After the Jazz game a few of us friends (us, Sierers, Hadfields)  met at the Roberts house to hang out and welcome in the new year.  Perfect to ring in the new year surrounded by good friends, my little family and this boy.

This picture was taken at 12:01 A.M.

Welcome to 2016!!!