Utah

Our mighty navigators, Devin & Geoff

 

 

After receiving some devastating news about our friends Mario and Kassidy, we decided to take a trip to Utah over this past weekend to spend some time with them. We were super excited to get the Kietas and Clawsons on board too. Three months ago, the Merinos moved to Utah to be closer to their families and we can all see what an inspired move that was. I'm glad that we could all get together to show Mario and Kass how much we love and support them through this battle.

While in Utah, we celebrated my 28th birthday, played games, did a session at the Salt Lake Temple, went shopping, squeezed in a little snowboarding, played in the snow, and shared lots of laughs. It was great to be with our friends again!

Celebrate

My birthday is on Thursday. Since we will be out of town this upcoming weekend, we've been celebrating this weekend. I went out with Devin and Zander on Saturday night. We went to dinner at Grimaldis and I did some birthday shopping. I finally got the cute brown boots that I've been searching every where for. Devin says I'm picky. I just had exactly what I wanted in my mind and didn't want to spend money on something I didn't love.

We celebrated with the Merrill crew during Sunday dinner. Mom & Dad spoiled me with a cute outfit and purse with handmade jewelry chains. Megan made me a coupon book which I thought was super thoughtful and useful. The coupons at my house have been stacking up and now I can organize and save money! For dessert, we had my favorite - chocolate cake. It even had "We Love Lucy" spelt out in M&Ms. This weekend was a great way to celebrate my birthday and I'm looking forward to spending the upcoming weekend with our good friends in Utah.

RockBand Fun

Devin and I used to play RockBand all the time. We could play our respective instruments (me the drums & Devin the guitar) in expert mode. Then we sick of playing and had Zander so we haven't played in quite some time. 

The other day in the car I heard my favorite RockBand song in the car - Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas - and was dying to play so I invited my sister Kylie and her family over to play. My drum skills are definitely rusty, but I still had fun rocking out. My favorite moments of the night were when we were all singing loudly to Bohemian Rhapsody and Living on a Prayer (much to Stevan's dismay as he hates that song). Wish I would have recorded it!

New Bikes

There is something about getting a new bike that makes you feel like a little kid again. 

Devin and I bought new bikes for Christmas. Yep - the Christmas that's a month and a half away. With the gorgeous weather outside, we couldn't wait. Plus I got a bike trailer last Christmas and couldn't deprive Zander from riding to the park any longer.

He's Obsessed!

Good thing Season 1 and 2 are on Netflix. 

Paddle Boats

Halloween

Zander got to celebrate Halloween two times with two costumes. On Halloween night, he was a lion which is perfect as he likes to growl like a lion. We met up with Mimi, Megan, Jayden, and Tage to go trick or treating together and we had a mini circus - there was a mime, clown, fortune teller, ring master, and lion.

Zander loved trick or treating! He insisted on walking and holding his pail by himself. He even tried going inside people's houses. Like most kids, his favorite part was the candy! The good thing is that he is little and doesn't remember that we have it. We've hidden the candy in the cupboard so we can enjoy treats moderately and not overload on candy.