Happy Birthday Kate!!

Happy Birthday Kate!
We love you and we are so thankful you are part of this family.
I love you because you are a great older sister, you are a good example of humility and patience. You are fun, smart, beautiful and funny.

"I love Aunt Kate because she always tells me I'm her favorite nephew, and she laughs at my wide open mouth all the time. " Love, Parker
{ok, the fav nephew thing isn't true but the other part is}

Why do YOU love Kate??

What a day!

It was the perfect day in San Francisco!
Delicious lunch at Fisherman's wharf!
A Cable car ride, with everyone adoring
the babies - I loved it.
We had such a fun time together - thanks girls!
I'm going to miss that Haley.

Daughters and Grandbabies!

Kate and high school/college friends!
We had such fun doing the shower for Kate - 3 mos. to go!
Haley and Parker chatting and playing. SO cute!
The Crowley kids - I love 'em!
Mike and Parker apparently saw something shocking!

We were in needs of a few laughs the other night, and came across this (clean!) SNL skit that had us in stitches:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/215177/saturday-night-live-british-movie

If you're poking around for more laughs, there's another one that's HILARIOUS with Michael Bolton...but be forewarned, there's a few cuss words.

Also, I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years! We enjoyed a great weekend with our friends Matt & Julie Mizukawa in St. George. They used to live in Las Vegas, then they moved to Tennessee for more schooling, and they've been there for the past 4 years. This past summer they moved to St George for good, and we went up this weekend to see their new house and enjoy the smorgasborge that is New Year's for them. Authentic Japanese fare was had in plenty- including restaurant-quality sushi- and was so fun. Matt's parents are incredibly hospitable and had about 50 people in their house! The kids had so much fun running around with all the kids there and we loved the great company and good food. And we were reminded again how beautiful St George is....we could definately live there!