fAmilY FuN...

Every month the Aguirre side of our family has a big birthday party to celebrate all the birthday's for that month. With 7 kids all married, 22 grand kids and at least 1 more on the way having one big celebration was the only way to go, (other wise we would be at a party every day). It is always loud, always crazy but always a lot of laughter and fun!

The birthday kids opening their gifts.

Happy Birthday Sophia, Livvi and Oliver

Connor, (isn't that the cutest little smile).

The happy still fairly newlyweds, Danny & Jen

Gracie and her best friend and cousin, Oaklie

Nic and Sim

The two oldest grand kids, Rylee and Kaylee

Payton and Braden

John, Jenny and 2 of their 5 kids

{mY ValenTinE}

...isn't he cute!!!

This Valentine's Day was a blast! As usual we could be found with our partners in crime and good friends, Eric and Emily. This year was the boys turn to plan, (I think Emily ended up planning it though), either way it ended up great! Nic wouldn't tell me what we were doing so imagine my surprise when we pulled up to the new Harmon's in Draper. Sounds weird right? Well apparently it is the nicest grocery store I have ever seen and upstairs they have a culinary education center.

So our date was with Chef Bob and about 12 other couples in Harmon's and one of the nicest kitchens I have ever seen. We got to sit back and watch the Chef prepare our meal an then enjoy it! Eric and I were loving all the equipment in that kitchen, especially the $8,000.00 stove/ovens. They were so cool!!! Nic and Emily were teasing us saying they were just going to send Eric and I to this and they were going to go do something else. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love food, making food and especially all the cool gadgets and equipment that go along with that. Needless to say it was right up my ally.

I was pleasantly surprised, but when we are in such good company it is hard to go wrong. Thanks Em and Eric it was a blast! Looks like I am really going to have to start thinking of something awesome for next year!

cute...cute...cute!!!

Look what I made for around $10.00..... Look closely at the many fun types of butterflies...

clouds & pumpkin soup butterflies
a beach

fruit butterfly

a japanese restaraunt

oranges

Ice cream with sprinkles butterfly

Pepperoni & cheese Pizza butterfly

We even have a shark tooth butterfly
and here it is all hung up in Gracie's room!

It was really fun and inexpensive to make. The frame I got with a 50% off coupon at Roberts for $5 and added some black paint to make it look old. I also got the butterfly punch from Micheals with a 50% off coupon for $5. I already had the black mat and pink ribon. All of the butterflies are made out of scraps of paper I already had and adds from a newspaper. It couldn't have been easier. I punched out a bunch of butterflies then let Gracie pick which ones she wanted to use. The hardest part was measuring and spacing them just right on the white paper. Her and Nic both love to look at it and pick out all the funny butterflies they can find.

Thanks Tara, http://thueson.blogspot.com, for posting this as one of the many cute crafts on your list of many!