January 2015

We rang in 2015 in style!  We had a family party, played Sequence for kids, and drank Martinelli's (not at midnight :)

 January is our party month!  Jeremiah had his 7th birthday!  He requested doughnuts to be brought to school and I was happy to oblige :)

 This year we had a family party to celebrate Jeremiah.  We love this guy!  He's an awesome big brother, he's very smart, fun, and has a tender heart.  

 This was my attempt at a Star Wars light saber cake :)  Jeremiah and I collaborated on the design.

 Jeremiah's school did a fun run fundraiser, and Jeremiah ran a whole bunch of laps!  I can't remember the exact number now, but it was way over the 35 maximum.  His supportive gmas and gpas had each pledged $.50 a lap :)

 Baby face selfies!

 Six days after Jeremiah's birthday was our Lily's birthday!  This was a big one!  She turned 5!  We had a friend party as well as a family party.  Our family would simply not be complete without our Lily!  She is the perfect balance to all these boys :)  She is kind, a peacemaker, beautiful, sweet, very smart, imaginative, nurturing, and fun.

 The morning of her party day she got to do a cute little jr. golfers thing at the park.  She looked adorable and had two great caddies!

It was especially fun to be able to golf with her cute friend Kate!

 That afternoon was party time!  Of course it had to be a princess party!  All her little friends came dressed as princesses and we played "pin the crown on the poster" among other games.

 Another original creation by mom :) Lily helped with the decorating.

 Love my girl.

 January is also the time of year our lemon tree is ready to be harvested!  We got lots of lemons, and lots of them were huge!  Like the size of oranges, huge!  

 And speaking of oranges, we always get a few oranges off our tree too :)

Lots of juicing and juice freezing!  I love this time of year because all the lemons make my house smell so good!  And the weather is just gorgeous.  Ah, Arizona.