Happy New Years with Friends

Happy New Years everyone! Ringing in the New Year with some awesome people! Love you all!

Games at Fifes

Thanks Fifes for the Game Night fun! Good times! Thanks for always winning! You rock!

New Years Eve Sushi

mtseamonsfam New Years Eve sushi with friends! Thanks for the memories! Let's sing "Happy New Years" on three. 1,2,3.... Wait! On 3 or after 3? 😂 😂
misskris21 (Kris Fife) Bahahaha! So fun!
crumra53 (Grandpa Randy) I love sushi!

Happy 40th Kris!

Happy B-day, my Kris friend!!! Hope you have a fantastic year! You deserve it! Hugs! Fun ladies to "surprise" Kris for a little celebration! #professionalbirthdaysingers

25th Anniversary of Nutcracker

A little Nutcracker this afternoon. We had so many friends that were in it this year. Fun to support them all as a family. Way to go, all our gorgeous friends!

Congrats to our friends for a job well done. We were able to congratulate a few in person. Nutcracker 2016. Happy 25th Anniversary! (Mikal Fife is on the main poster. She played Clara! Her mom, Kris was in one of the 1st Nutcrackers here in Helena. She was able to dance in this one along with her younger daughter, Quinn as well.) We also knew Rebecca Wilkins, Tessa Coil, Genger girls, Hannah Caldwell to name a few.

P.S. For the 25th Celebration, they did a big dinner and Kid Candy Land. Liberty was able to work the night there with some of her friends!

Not the Mama Rave but...

• mtseamonsfamNot quite the Mama Rave... but a fine time with these great people! When Reid's away, the rest of us will... attend Conference & eat lowCal/Sugar free treats at Applebee's. Oh man-the 2 hotties in the middle know how to ParTay! LOL Bonus though... we did share the Gospel with Johan. Add him to your prayers. Credit to Justin for the picture.

• janniediHa! Shay, funny that it's Reid missing because I kept seeing only Brett tonight and thought you must not have been able to make it to conference for some reason. Looks fun!
• misskris21Just two low-cal, sugar-free crazy gals on the town! Thanks for hanging with us!

Trick-or-Treating with Mr. Crayola

After the Trunk-R-Treat event, we adopted several children & took them all Trick-or-Treating to the EastGate neighborhood. We invited our new friends, the Nielsons and stole some of the Fife kids as well. Brett & I had a blast hanging out with these hooligans. (Sorry you couldn't come E- we'll make it up to you with a go-kart ride sometime) May we always remember the pre-teen sassy-ness, the belching contest, falling like leaves and the begging to go home by the little ones. Gotta love 'em! XO Yours truly- Mr. & Mrs. Crayola

Nick's Baptism

One of Brett's Seminary students from last year got baptized today. (Yes! Nick came to early morning Seminary for the last 2 years without even being a Member of The Church.) Nick asked that Brett baptize him. Brett felt very grateful to be a part of Nick's special day.

Here's our good friends the Fifes with Nick (they recently adopted Nick & his 2 brothers)

Fife Game Night

For the Scout Auction- we won a game night with the Fife Family (the other Fifes ;). They ahd us over for some amazing dinner. Thanks Steve! ;) And we played games. They are Game Masters! We loved it even more because for some reason-  Liberty & I rocked it tonight!!! Kris was a Loser Peon most of the night! LOL {Which is hilarious because Steve & Kris almost always win.} I had to get a picture of the two of them at the bottom of the totem pole. Love it!!!!

Memorial Day BBQ

 We had a few families over for a Memorial Day BBQ.

They did some Stick Pulling, football on the tramp, and a game of basketball. 

Good time with family & friends.

Smørbrød Party 2016

We originally planned on having all our trek kids and their families over for a Christmas Party. With sickness and time getting away from us, we made a last minute change. We were lucky enough that the Fifes and the Tubbs were available to join us for our annual Smørbrød Party. Yeah!
It was fun to have them over to share in our tradition.
And a humongous thanks to my cute family that slaved all Sunday afternoon making Scandinavian cookies and Smorbord! You guys are awesome!!! XOXO

Our cookies turned out perfect this year! So proud of us!

Berlinerkranser:

 Krumkaker:

Our guests even made Brett's day by playing the Pipe Chimes with him for a couple songs!

Quinn's Princess Party

The little girls went to Quinn's Princess Party this afternoon. They are all such darling girls!

Midnight Italian Sodas

After the fireworks at Zinns, the Fifes invited us over for Italian Sodas. It was almost midnight but we're always up for hanging out with the Fifes. Fun times and fun friends!

Clark's Bay FHE

We met a couple families out at Clark's Bay for a FHE activity tonight. The weather her has been soooo hot but a change has happened and we are all of a sudden in a very cool weather pattern. Brr! But the kids loved it! (and the Fife's new water toy!)

We saw the Guymons out on their boat and waved to them!

Memorial Day BBQ on Faith Lane

Can I just say... I love having a home where we can have people over!!!!
We decided to throw a Memorial Day BBQ and have some friends over. It turned out to be quite the crowd! We were lucky enough to have the Posts, Fifes, Paynes, Earls, Tubbs, Ochsenbeins, Weavers, and Prescotts over to party with us! The skies threatened for a few moments before the guests arrived but then it was like a hot Summer Day! Love it!
My favorite thing about hosting is the fact that I don't have to make anything extravagant but always end up having a glorious meal! People are always welcome when they bring food! ;) We started up the fire pit and Brett turned on the Grill. We had tons of sides and even home-made ice cream! Awesome!

We are in love with our backyard. We had basketball games, trampoline fun, bug catching, visiting and kids even enjoyed the basement. It was really a perfect day! So glad our friends could spend time with us! We have so much to be grateful for. Happy Memorial Day!

We were all in love with my neighbors little girl. She was a up-ity "cheeser" at everyone but if we laughed at her too much- she would get pipping mad! It was so darling! love her!

The Great Dalmuti

We got to hang out with the Fife Family for games tonight. They have this great game called The Great Dalmuti and some AMAZING hats to go along with the fun! I so want to get some for our home. 

Let's just say that Shay spent a whole lot of the night dressed up as the Lesser Peon. Shoot! LOL 

The younger kids disappeared and played Yu-Gi-Oh and Wii games. Fun for all!

P.S. The teenage girls spent some time locked out on the roof. Oh my! These girls are gonna be so much fun as they get more independent! ;) Wish us luck!

Fife's New Year's Party!

Every other year, the Fifes throw a big New Years Eve Party. We adore their family and were so excited that they would include us in their fun tradition. We love a good party & even better when it's with people you love!

They had so many fun people come spend the evening with us!

Everyone brought treats to share. There was lots to eat. Yum!

They had tons of tables set up in their great room to eat and play games. There were so many different card games people could choose from. It was a hoot! It was so loud in there & laughter was everywhere!! Mostly due to the fact that there was like 5 different min-parties going on at the same time.

One of the games I played was Balderdash. It was one of the most hilarious things I've done all year. We laughed so hard- we almost cried! (See bottom left picture above) It's a game where you take turns getting a word that everyone has to define. Everyone was so good at making up meanings for the odd words. Some were sooo hilarious that you just had to vote for that meaning because it deserved it! LOL Here's some of our favorite definitions from our hilarious game of Balderdash:

There was also lots of other games being played during the night. Kids in other places of the house played video games and some hand games. We also played a large group game of Zip Bong! It was so funny & painful due to the way you had to hold your lips so your teeth wouldn't show. Fun times!:

Close to midnight, the Fifes filled up drinks and passed out noise makers. We did a countdown and let the chaos erupt! 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1... Happy New Year!!!

As it turned to 2015- we all shared some LOVE! The Fifes had passed out Hershey kisses to all those that didn't have someone to share a real kiss with. So cute! We watched fireworks in Hong Kong while we shared a few smooches. Others took a moment to love certain wet beverages! ;) LOL

What a perfect last night to 2014. Thanks so much to Steve & Kris for being our friends! We sure love you guys! Happy New Year Everyone!

PJ Party

A bunch of my girlfriends got together tonight for a PJ Bday Party for Kris. We all wore our PJs (ok... some of us wear pjs) and brought treats to share. We planned on watching a movie but instead spent the entire night and way into the wee morning hours just talking. Ok--- talking, laughing until we cried and coming up with a million insides jokes that I can't share here because it's a family channel. LOL Gotta love girlfriends and late nights!!! 

I'll never looked at my bead necklaces, squirrels or my bath mat the same again. ;)

Mama Rave '14

At the end of September, my darling friend, Kris, shot out a text inviting a bunch of women to join her for a GNO opportunity- a Mama Rave. She was hoping to get a group of her "high-on-life" friends to join her for a night of dancing and fun.


Hot mamas, mama mamas and grandma mamas -- in fact, some aren’t mamas at all. These ladies just love dancing at Mama Raves. Mama Rave is a ladies-only, pop-up night club that will pop up Saturday, Nov. 1, from 8 p.m. to midnight at ExplorationWorks. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. 
Come escape with your friends and party like you're in Vegas. We provide a no-host bar, the hottest dance beats, complimentary red carpet photos and AWESOME door prizes. A great opportunity to dust off your high heels and meet your friends for a night on the town. All ladies welcome, over 21!

In preparation for the night, Kris thought it'd be fun if we had a theme for our group to feel like we belonged together. (See! Kris & I are destined to be friends. LOL) We decided on red & black with Zebra accents. So fun! I did a little searching and I came up with some awesome outfit choices. It was so fun to find things zebra-ish. Luv it!

We all met for dinner at Applebee's first. It took soooooo long to get our food and get out of there but we sure had a great time visiting with all these beautiful ladies!

Dinner made us super late but we finally made it over to Exploration Works to join the Rave. We took time to get our red carpet pictures taken. Everyone was so darling!!!

 We danced the night away! Oh we've got moves, baby! LOL It's all about the bass! ;)

Downstairs they had bean bag chairs & water for us "high-on-life" friends. What a fun night!!!!

Thanks Kris for all you did to get us all together. You are the BOMB!!! Luv ya!

Dangerous Fife Fun

We finally were blessed to have the pleasure of the Fife family in our home. (They are super busy!) We ate dinner together, scarfed down way too many cookies and shared in a dangerous game of Spoons. Only a few injuries occurred. :) We love these guys!!! 

P.S. The older boys came too but had enough "Social Fun" after dinner and took off.