Birthdays galore.

The day before Evelynn made her appearance, MY baby had a birthday.

She's 16.

SIXTEEN.

I have no pictures from that memorable day.

It was a Sunday.

I was in Utah.

Mar and Bill were in Colorado.

Bill had Bishop duties.

Mar had the biggest piano duet competition EVER.

That night they had a Stake youth fireside to attend.

Sorry, baby.

Our kind neighbors, the Weeds, had Mar and Bill over for a birthday treat late that evening.

Thanks, neighbors!!

I promised a get-together this Saturday (no biggie, just a month late) for her and some friends.
And today I snapped a few of our traditional Mauri birthday pictures:

Love her.

The next day (Evelynn's birthday), Bill took Mar to get her driver's license.

I'm just as excited as she is, I promise.

On January 15th, Bill and Mar were back in UT to see Evie, so we had a little family January birthday celebration at Britt's house.

 Little Billy got some awesome lovin' from Scarlett.

I had purchased a surprise birthday present for Mar (since the guitar she got for Christmas was also to cover for her birthday {expensive}... gotta love having a birthday close to Christmas, am I right?), a dress that her big sis Shi helped pick out. She loved it.

 Lex had made Jason his fave cake (confetti with sprinkles), and I had purchased a cake, so we decked them all out with one candle per person, sang a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday, and let them each make a wish and blow. Seriously, these are the best times (I subconsciously must have stolen that sentiment from Lo's Snapchat post below, as I scrolled down after typing and saw that's exactly what she said haha).

By the 20th we were back in CO, so I made Bill a proper homemade German Chocolate inspired cake. It wasn't without it's hiccups, but it looked pretty good in the end. Mar was at a {boy} friend's house that evening, so Bill and I went to dinner, shopped for a couple pairs of shoes that he desperately needed, then invited Misty and Blair over for some cake and ice cream. A nice, quiet, unassuming birthday, unlike the grand party of last year.

 We don't usually turn off the lights when we light candles, but we decided that apparently the Weeds do, as Misty promptly hit the lights as soon as those candles were blazing. Made for some interesting pictures, though!

I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to making sure Bill has all the candles on his cake. This year it was 51. I don't know why I get such a kick out of the crazy candle meltdown and all that smoke every year.

So, while we celebrated Evelynn's Birth Day this January, we also celebrated Mauri, Jason, Lynnea, and Bill.

Happy Birthday to all!