Happy birthday Dad!

We celebrated Dad's 59th birthday together with pie! Of course his presents included a GIANT tootsie roll and a candy machine with only red, orange and purple skittles. All greens and yellows picked out since he doesn't like those flavors. What more could you ask for? :)  Happy birthday Dad!!

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We had to go to IKEA of course! I will always remember the drive back up the canyon. A car packed with 8 of us, M&M not feeling well, and then M&M losing it as we were halfway up. We were all doomed in that car. Nothing like cleaning up puke and freezing! Aww, the memories

 My Dad only emerged from his room a few times. Being sick we were all trying to stay clear of each other. Luckily he was able to go swimming!

 Thanksgiving dinner was pretty low-key. We had good food, but only some could enjoy. The girls were sick the day before and eating was the last thing they wanted to do. Lucky for some of us we got sick AFTER thanksgiving. :) The drive home back to Boise was miserable. Let's just say a Subway bag is great to have on hand in those circumstances. Thanks for the tip Jme! <3 as="" be="" forever="" his="" known="" nbsp="" p="" pukefest.="" the="" trip="" will="">

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McCall with friends!

 Back in September we had a fun get-together with long-time friends from Utah. They should just be called family! Sad that only one in their family couldn't come (missed you Jamie!), but we had a blast with the rest. We hiked, biked, swam, played in the sand, took family pictures, celebrated a birthday, ate a lot of food, played games, and did lots of visiting. So many memories with the Shurtleff crew! I was terrible at taking pictures that weekend and really only have a select few. These are the ones worth posting. This was also the first trip with all the babies together. 4 babies to love on!

Some of these pictures are courtesy of Jessie. She's the gorgeous one blowing out her candles! She did a great job taking our family pictures too (below). Considering we had grumpy kids and mosquitoes! All of us had burp rags hiding to swat them in between shots. They were out to get us. These are some of my favorites from the shoot.

Thanks to all the Shurtleff's for coming and chilling with us. We loved it!! 

Happy Birthday Papa!

We love you for the owies you fix,

the pretty pictures you take,


and the hugs & kisses you give!
Happy birthday to our favorite Papa!