February at our house is pretty much party month. It starts off with Grant's birthday!
Grant turned 15 and cannot wait to start practicing his driving skills. I, on the other hand, am not in a hurry for my child to be behind the wheel. So, off to the drivers license division soon to get that permit...eek!!
Grant is old and cool and just requested gift cards, clothes and shoes.
It was actually really fun to watch him open his Nike Air Force shoes...
He even had an inkling they were going to be part of his day, but the excitement was still genuine. It was so fun! Grant has been busy with swim, working at Brick Oven-handing out that pizza like a pro, and snowboarding-his most favorite thing to do. For his birthday, we let him miss a day of school and head up the canyon with his cousin Michael for some legit boarding. It was the perfect day for him... and me. I would have just fallen down every run he goes on now. He has far surpassed any snow skills around these parts. We love that he enjoys this winter sport so much!!
Just a few days later, we held Brenna's very special celebration shin-dig...
The little red headed lady has been planning and counting down to her Golden Birthday for ages. I mean, 10 on the 10th-it can't get more exciting for your first double digit year! Double digits hit me like a double punch in the gut. I feel like that's the hump for transition to big kid and tween just around the corner. I would think that Brenna might hang on to the kids side of the slope, though, because she must have spread the word about her lack of boy barbies because nearly each of her buddies wrapped up a male counterpart to any Barbie she owns.
So, thanks to Kate, Keira, Kloee, Emree, Brinsley, Lilly, Kinley, Sami and Natalie for fulfilling her dreams of pairing up each Barbie and then spending the day swimming at the rec center. It was such a fun party-swimming in February is a unique treat!
We wanted a turn to celebrate the double digit lady with a dinner at home with family. We ate, opened gifts and indulged in angel food cake after she blew out the candles.
She was so enamored with her planner and colored pen set that we could hardly get a word out of her.
It was not surprising that Brenna was so engulfed in organization-that is her life. She is crazy about things being in their place and I love that I never have to worry about her room being a mess! Actually, she drives some family members wacko because she is always following behind them picking up. She has big aspirations for being a CEO of an organization company and can't wait till I let her loose on my closets and cabinets. I have no doubt she will be a million times better than me at getting things in order. Brenna is loving dance and could be there all day, everyday. It seems like she is sometimes. She is at the studio 7 hrs a week. She is great at piano and school and so driven. We adore her.
Valentines Day is always special-not just because we get to be all mushy and the kids just LOVE that (not!) but because we get to commemorate the fateful day Dave and I met over a cup of orange juice. We skipped our annual Valentines breakfast though to head to Island Park with friends to stay at their heavenly cabin!! Thinking of this winter wonderland,
it was a no brainer to join them! It didn't hurt that we got to miss making those dang Valentine boxes for elementary school parties! YES!! We spent the most glorious weekend snowmobiling (Grant, to Katelee's chagrin was included on the adult run-guess he is ready to drive after all! All the kids (except for the 6 year old, of course, took a loop around the flat meadow, so she did get to drive a little).
We frolicked in the snow...
were blown away by the gorgeous surroundings, sledding,
and spent the time hanging with our friends. Huge thank you to Jill, James, Jesi and Brett McAree. Nothing like throwing a southerner, a gal from Columbia, a Scotsman and some crazy kids together for fun. Harrison's exclamation of "I saw it with my own eyes" shouted in a western drawl while playing cards will forever be a perfect catch phrase between us.
We made chocolate fondue for Valentines Day, had yummy food and lots of time playing games. We loved every single minute.
Basketball season is in full force here. Dave and I went to a BYU cougars game with our friends the Gowens and sat right by the head football coach. Dave wanted me to snap a quick photo. Sitake was so friendly and turned around and chatted with us for a bit after this too. When we sent the picture home for Katelee to show the littles, Harrison was so impressed. He is such a sports obsessed wacko.
Harrison is a super fan of the Rockets...it is quite unfortunate. ESPN is constantly on and logos are printed daily so he can come up with games and potential scores. We have a tiny little tikes hoop that our little guy practices on since its too cold to go outside. Daily slam dunks are in order. It is hours of entertainment-for him and me, honestly. He sported his James Harden jersey at the jazz game. Wow. He got down close to the court when the Rockets were warming up and felt pretty dang cool.
He wanted to continue the smooth feel with his basketball photos...The little dude told me that he wanted to look cool and that this is how the basketball players look when they are trying to be cool. Judge for yourself...
Maybe I am more for the preppy vibe-must be, I mean look at Mr David McArthur himself. That must be in Harrison's heart somewhere, because I walked into my room and found this the other day...
Only a McArthur man would find it comfortable to be lounging about in a sports jacket and instinctively strike a pose.
Many people don't love cold and snow and winter-but those aren't the kind of people that live at our house! We love our winter and cold brrrthdays!
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