HaPpY BiRtHdAy MaTTTT-EEEEEEEE!

Today is Matt's 33rd Birthday.

Crazy, I know!

Where does the time go?

I have known Matt since I was eight.

I have so many fond memories of him.

One that stands out was when we 

were in primary together.

During singing time he was always

 turned around in his chair with

a huge smile on his face,

goofing off;  I would be thinking to

myself, that Taysom kid is so out of control. 

Funny, he is nothing like that now. :) 

Guess I took all the fun out of him? 

lol 

That's a joke...I hope! 

I know that we have had many

FUN years together and

hope we will continue to have many more!

Happy Birthday Babe! 

Hope you enjoyed your 7 days off from work,

your special dinner I slaved over for you,

the delicious jell-o cake I made,

and your awesome new hoodie I got you

but.... you paid for :),

the fabulous date night we had

at the Cheesecake Factory,

our waiter that looked like Snoop Dog,

the amazing cheesecake we ate later

that night in bed watching movies,

and everything else I forgot to mention here!

Love YOU!!!

I love the expression on Crew's face!

 

Classic Skating...

 Our family had a blast at Classic Skating in Sandy. 

It was Pony Express Elm. Family Skate Night. 

I have not been to a skating rink since Fun Plex days!

Wow, Fun Plex!!

Now that takes me way back! 

Some of you out there know what I am talking about.

You know who you are! ;)

Now I didn't actually get on skates tonight, 

I was busy helping Crew have the skate night of his life!

Hee Hee!

Landen was the only kid who wanted to rent skates. 

He had them on his feet for about five minutes tops.

Then took off on his scooter.

Later I asked him why he didn't like the skates.

He told me they were just so slow and junky! 

lol 

Well... I can't blame him. 

They really were junky. 

But Crew wanted to try them out 

and these skates were perfect for him. 

Matt also rented skates. 

He did great.

Considering how long it's been. 

I didn't want to find out how I would do. :) 

Once we got there Cody was off on his scooter.

Didn't see much of him the rest of the night. 

He hung out with his classmates. 

Crew, WoW, he was glued to that skating rink.

If I tried to take him off he would scream his head off.

Literally!

It was so fun though to be right there next to him 

watching how excited he would get.

He rode his scooter mostly but did do a few rounds on skates. 

Then there was Landen!

My ADD kid. 

He lasted about 10 min. out there.

Then was done!

Matt bought him some glow-in-the dark cotton candy 

and that kept him happy for a little while. 

Then he was back to complaining that he wanted to go. 

Later when they did the blackout skate

with glow sticks, fog, strobe lights, and techno music; 

he got back out on the rink for a bit. 

Overall it was a great night. 

Never would have picked this activity on our own 

but found out we really enjoyed it. :)

Some December Highlights....

...
Took The boys to see Santa.

Landen hopped up on Santa's lap and rattled off a huge list 

of things he wants for Christmas. 

That kid cracks me up. 

Cody didn't even say one word to Santa. 

Took his picture and ran off with his friends.

Then there was Crew!

He would not go near the guy. 

But then the rest of the day 

all he would talk about was seeing Santa. :)

...

The Joy and Pain of getting the "perfect" Family picture.

I dread this event every year.

Some years it does not even happen.

It was time!

We payed each kid $1.00 to just smile and be good!!!!

I think we did alright. 

...

A few months back Matt taught 

the 2 older boys how to play Chess. 

This has since become a regular 

thing around here.

Crew is so funny when he 

thinks he is playing.

He moves the guys around and then says, check!

  

...

This was the project of the century!

I had a HUGE vinyl job. 

I spent many, many, many, many,

many, many, hours on this.

I will say as time consuming as it

was; I was so thankful to have it.

I did 90 of these suckers!

From this one job I was able 

to pay off doctor bills and pay

for our Christmas.

...

I then made enough 

Chocolate covered pretzels

to feed an army!

Picture this tray times 4.

And that was just for one shift!

I made this 3 different times.

Good thing I enjoy it so much. :)

One night me & the boys 

delivered them through out

our neighborhood.

They kept telling me how 

much fun this was. 

Cody & Landen took turns

running up to the door 

to deliver some Christmas cheer!

 

...

We have enjoyed a few 

SNOW DAYS!!!

Cody is awesome when it snows.

He loves to shovel the driveway & front walks.

He takes this job on all by himself

without even being asked. 

How great is that!

...

Landen's Preschool Christmas Program.

It was short, sweet and adorable, I tell you!

They sang songs then we all

indulged on homemade goodies that

everyone brought. Yum!!

...

Now to "wrap up" the highlights of December

I end with The annual Lowry Christmas Party!

This year we had a theme.

It was the UGLY Christmas sweater party.

Woo! Hoo!

Those who participated were awesome.

My favs were Dave & Sue's Family

and my step-dad Dan!

Hilarious!

It was a great night had by all.

I don't even know where to start with

all the great pictures from this

crazy party we had.

So I just picked random fun ones.