14 Days of Valentines

To help February go by quicker I got the idea to do the 14 days of Valentines from Pinterest (what would we do without pinterest?!) Beware it's all very cheesy!

i love you more than chocolate



i CHEWS you to be my valentine



I have a CRUSH on you


you ROCK my world



















On Valentine's day I wrote a bunch of things I loved about Mik on a stack of post it's and stuck them into a shape of a heart above our bed.

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January

We thought life would slow down after the holidays but the funny thing about life is it just keeps going! January brought the NBA back into our life after the lockout. Go jazz!








This amazing kid turned 5! He's growing up way too fast!





A resolution with the mr. to cook more meals together. And the littles and Mik's first experience of putting maple syrup on snow (a childhood favorite, they were all pleasantly surprised!)



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Happy New Year!

Where has the last 4 months gone?! It's been crazy busy at the Severe house and now it's time to catch up! We spent New Years Eve with my family. We have a traditional fondue/snack/delicious food spread that we munch on all night. Mik and I's tradition is to see a movie to pass the time. It was a nice night an it's always nice to spend the holidays with family and loved ones!











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Merry Christmas!

How wonderful was Christmas this year? It was the first time in 2 years that my entire family was all together, which made it only that much better. We spent it in Deer Valley and it was oh so lovely!

Fuzzy socks, pj's and a warm fire. Perfection.
Our traditional reinactment of Jesus' birth. (Notice Keaton is baby Jesus, Karly has a mustache and Kortni is a star, you have to get creative when 12 kids are involved!)

Another family tradition is building gingerbread houses. Mik and I were a team, the "Severe" was his idea.

The one and only picture I got of Christmas morning. It was a perfect combination of organized chaos.

Miks favorite thing in the world is the combination of peanut butter and chocolate, I found a pack of 2 giant Reeses peanut butter cups at Target. Mik ate them for breakfast. After present wrapping we went to church which at first I was bummed about but it actually ended up being just what I needed to remind me what Christmas is all about.

(not pointing any fingers but SOMEONE forgot their church clothes).

Sistahs!






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It's the Holiday Season

Oh what a lovely holiday season it has been. I went with my mom and sisters to the Beehive Bazaar to pick up some handmade Christmas gifts. Keely and I were having a little too much fun!


We have been enjoying lots of holiday treats this month! Karson helped me make some chocolate candy cane cookies, his end result were a little more log-like then cookie-like.

But the finished results were delicious!

Sometimes when we all get together we get a little crazy. One Sunday night we decided to practice a little acro yoga. No big deal.




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Date Night

One of our christmas traditions is Mik and I each pick out a new ornament for our tree. These were our finds this year, a sparkly armadillo for Mik and a sparkly ball for me!



After we ate at the Melting Pot. So yummy and such a fun place to eat.




The many faces of fonduing.






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Oh Christmas Tree

We decided to brave the freezing weather and get our Christmas tree a couple weeks ago. We froze our buns off but found the perfect Charlie Brown tree (our favorite!).



And VOILA the finished product!



And on a side note, I have been obsessed with anything and everything peppermint these days. Peppermint ice cream and peppermint jo jo's have definitely been a staple in our house the month of December!


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