My gorgeous sister, Shauna, loves her birthday!  It generally gets celebrated for a month or more!  We had a kick-off celebration at my parents house and my mom made a Paleo chocolate tart that we think cost her about $60 and hours of her time to make (hey, no one said following a Paleo lifestyle is cheap) trust me – I eat this way all year long and it’s crazy!  But that tart was super delicious!  Morgan got to sit at the ‘adult table’ for the first time and we’re pretty sure she’ll never want to sit there again.  Apparently it’s not as fun as it seems, kiddos!  We were basically giving her a lot of teenager advice.  Poor girl!  However, the kids table was remarkably calm and well behaved.  Maybe booting the boss (Morgan) out of there has a calming affect on the rest of the kids!

Reece out of the blue the other day said, “do you like sitting at the adult table?” I said, “yes!” and she said, “it seems really boring because you just sit there and talk!” She’s right…that is about all that happens there and we force the kids to go down to the basement which they act like is an act of torture.  To be fair, it does have occasional snakes and mice (they live in the country!) and I’d prefer to play a family game any day.  I’m with you, kids, I think we should stop forcing you to go downstairs and enjoy your company (as long as you don’t block the view of the sports on TV and you don’t spill on the carpet). Happy Bday Shauna!

This is a flashback from 4 years ago when we flew to Mexico to celebrate her bday!