shurtleff-fam

YAY for Dani's Birth!!!

2009-10-14T10:51:00.000-07:00

I've been a huge slacker on celebrating birhtday's on this blog. I can't forget my beautiful little sister's birthday. She completes our family and adds fun and excitement to all our lives. i feel like I can see the world through her eyes when she comes back to tell us of all she's seen and experienced. She's also an angel and loves people so much, no matter who they are. She's also non-stop fun and she takes care of our family. I love her.

Two very important people I don't want to miss blogging pictures of

2009-08-17T22:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Flick

Happy Birthday Cole

Happy Birthday Leesha

2009-06-20T15:11:00.000-07:00

My sister Alecia has the most kind and generous heart I know. She sails through her challenges in life like nothing has happened and she is such a strong person. Raising a teenager on her own and supporting herself and Alex make her one awesome mom and woman. I look up to her, not only because she stole all the cleaning genes in the family, but because she s so kind, strong and funny.
Love you.

Clay Soccer Season has come to an end

2009-06-09T23:11:00.000-07:00

Clay is so excited to be on the field. A team mate just scored
Clay and Coach Doug. He rocks!!!
Clay catching a goal. He is in the air. Wow

Clay had his last game on Saturday and he had a blast. I know I am his mom and I think all my kids are the best, but I have to say Clay tears it up on the soccer field. He was the goalie Sat and they won 5-0. His team ended the season in 4Th place. The pictures I posted are of him and his coach Doug. It is really nice to have a coach I can trust with my Clay, he understands him and respects him. In turn Clay will do anything Doug says. I wanna say Thanks to Doug for a great year, Thanks for your patience and love for my sweet, moody boy. He truly loves you and would probably change parents if your girls would let him. I am grateful Clay has found what makes him happy. Tad talks about loving a sport so much you have to always have the ball in your hand, Clay always has a soccer ball at his feet. Thanks to Jill and Trevor for coming to so many of his games.

Happy Birthday Dr. Trevor

2009-06-03T17:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Trevor. You are a great addition to the Shurtleff family.
We hope you have a nice day and that you took a day off from studying.
I am glad you are as awesome as you are. You are a great dad, amazing
hubby and the best Uncle ever.

Happy Birthday ALEX

2009-05-21T23:23:00.000-07:00

I don't even want to believe how old Alex is. I think he's 15 now. I'm so blown away at how grown up he's become. He really is a gentleman and has a wonderful loving heart. He's got good looks and what else is there to say. We love you. Do good!!

Happy Birthday TAD

2009-05-12T12:55:00.000-07:00

You are the best brother I have. What a great dad he is to his kids and an awesome uncle too. He loves to help his kids do so much from baseball, softball, soccer, backetball to football. His kids are so active and he just keeps going with them and coaching them in all they do. He coached me too when I first started playing soccer. What a nice provider he's been for his family and most importantly he makes sure he's there for them.

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-10T12:01:00.000-07:00

I've got the best mom in the whole world. She works so hard for her age so that she can spoil all of her kids and grandkids. She has a wonderful heart and a funny sense of humor. Everything good about me comes from her. I am so amazed at all the hard work she has put in to losing weight and getting healthy, she recently lost a lot of weight and looks dang good! I'm proud of my mom and what she does. She had a pretty good mom too. Love you.

Old Guys Rule!

2009-05-10T07:10:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Dad/Grandad!! You are getting pretty old. We all love you so much and hope that you have a wonderful 61st year of your life. Wish we could have taken you on a picnic to the San Juan river :)You are a unique, one of a kind person!

Happy Birthday Lily!

2009-04-20T16:47:00.000-07:00

Happy Late Birthday TASHA

2009-03-25T21:36:00.000-07:00

Happy Happy birthday Tashs dear. Happy days will come to you all year, If I had a wish then it would be, a happy happy birthday to you from me. ==)))))
Sorry Tash I totally missed your b-day this Monday. Hope it was awesome and you had a ton of fun. What did you do, what kind of presents did you get?
We miss you here in Vegas and we are giving you long distance hugs. See our arms are trying to reach you. ---( ** )---
Some one post a better picture of Tasha, This is the only one I have that isnt a couple years old!!
Love you, The

TASH! Don't worry...I got the goods on you when it comes to pictures! It was so fun eating at our favorite restaurant (spaghetti factory) for your birthday. You are turning into a beautiful young woman with a good head on her body. We'll have to blog about the festival of colors after your party! (tasha is taking all her friends to the Holi festival of colors for her party. This is the indian festival where they throw colored powder at each other to welcome in spring....it will be so fun!)

Lily's Baptism

2009-03-14T08:40:00.000-07:00

I have had a lot of people lately ask me about Lily's baptism. Where, When you know the regular.

She has decided to get baptised here in Vegas with her friends. She has a couple of non member friends at school and I have a couple of non member friends that we think would enjoy the experience. She is very wise to choose here in Vegas.

We would love to have all our family come down. We have room for a bunch and so does Jill. Heck for that matter so does both of my neighbors. I am proud of Lily to make this decision all by her self. Good luck Uly. Tabitha

happy b-day Tabitha

2009-03-11T16:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Tabby. So I think my brother scored big time when he married you because you are awesome. you are the most outgoing, beautiful(inside and out), happy person I know. I love you thanks for being my friend and sister.

Happy Anniversary! (translate to Spanish)

2009-02-24T16:30:00.000-08:00

It has been one year today that Andy became the luckiest son of a gun in the world. It was a beautiful, sunny day on a white sandy beach. Flick looked like an angel in a bikini. That's what heaven is... all of my family bright and white and in beautiful places. You have made each other so happy. Live every day like you are still on that cabo beach. We all love you so!

disclaimer: my camera broke while we were in mexico. These are the only pictures i have, and I stole one of them.

Cole's Science Fair Project

2009-02-16T21:34:00.000-08:00

Check out how cool Cole's science fair project turned out. He did it on paper airplanes. He has been reading about all different sizes and shapes of these planes and found the perfect fold. Thanks Alex for the awesome airplane calendar it gave us the idea. He then made 6 different sizes. The one that flew the best was the one that was exactly 1 foot long. He did a good job. Him and I put the board together, it was a fun day off from work. Wish him luck, if he places again this year he will go to State again. Also if he places this year he will be the only kid since the school opened to place 1st or 2nd 2 years in a row. I think he has a god shot at it, but I am his mother.

What a Cute Boy

2009-02-07T12:53:00.000-08:00

I just had to post this picture of Daven. I took it last night at Jill and Trevor's indoor soccer game. He was super cute last night. I am so lucky to be able to watch him every Friday night so his mom and dad can play soccer.

help me Jill and dani

2009-01-24T23:35:00.000-08:00

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It's Clay's Birthday!

2009-01-14T19:22:00.000-08:00

He's awesome. Hope you had a great day.

Merry Christmas from Vegas

2008-12-26T12:58:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas. And when I say WE I mean Tad, Tab, Cole, Clay, Lily, Nicki, Steve, Jill, Trev, Dani and Daven. Yahoo. We had some family here for Christmas. Everyone came to our house on Christmas Eve and spent the night. We had so much fun. The kids opened all the presents in about 2 seconds and then wanted to play the new videos games. Cole, Clay and Lily each got a Nintendo DS and Tad got a Wii. He got me Wii Fit, so watch out summer here I come. Daven even got a video game, a Learning from Music. The kids all went together and gave Dani and Nicki tickets to O at the Ballagio for Saturday night and Steve got a day at the LAs Vegas Mini Grand Prix with the boys on Friday. Dani got a map of the world. If you want to know what Jill and Trevor got you ahve to visit thier blog, Im not giving away that suprise. Anyway, I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. THe best gift given this year was having everyone here to play with us. More pictures to follow...
Love Tab

2008-12-12T15:00:00.000-08:00

I DID NOT PUT THOSE PICTURES ON THERE!!!!!!!!!!!! MOOOOOOOOM WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING

BIRTHDAY TIME!!!!!!!!

2008-12-11T16:34:00.000-08:00

We all love my old geezer (kidding Andy kidding) and he just got older and now we all have to make comments about his age and say how old he is and he's an old fart (kidding kidding kidding... Mom put the wet noodle down no threatening....no you can NOT destroy the computer) and how my mom is CrAzY and how they make such a cute couple and how they love each other (yeah that's right now you can't be mad because I AM GLORIFYING YOUR RELATIONSHIP MWAHAHAHA) and yada yada yada yada I could go on for hours about the soulmates.
BUTNOW IT IS TIME TO GIVE HIM CRAP AT ALL POSSIBLE TIMES!!!!! WE LOVE YOU ANDY but you know you would tease me too ^_^

Thanks for being an AWESOME family

2008-11-29T23:06:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to everyone. For those of you that came to Vegas, Thank you, we had so much fun. For those of you we missed, We love you all and are grateful to have an amazing family. I am so glad I married your brother and son. He is my better half and an even better Dad. Thanks Tad. Here are some pictures of tonight when Jill, Flick, Andy, Tash and the Noorlanders came over for dinner. We had a blast. Tiff- I love you so much and we have a blast together. Flick you need to move to Vegas so we can hang out and laugh. Tasha-ok so everyone should have warned me that she is a young woman. Tasha you are beautiful and a wise young lady. Andy, your how old? Daveava, without me you'd suckacka. Anyway, thanks for everything Shurtleff fam and Norrlander fam, when you remember to read our blog, We love ya and miss ya.

SQUASH

2008-11-21T16:08:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!!!! It's La Squash! You love it you want more of it cause I am awesome!!!! This is a really random post and I know if I put it on my blog no one would read it cause no one checks it! HA! kidding! Anyway I just read this book it's a manga (japanese) comic and it's a continuation of the labrynth (I don't think I spelt that right). It's Toby (the boy who got kidnapped by the goblins) when he's 16 and he returns to the labrinth and has adventures of muchly great awesome things! I think everyone should read it it's Into the Labrinth or something like that. Sorry I just turned it in to the library so I can't check on what it was. AnywayZZZZZ READ IT NOW I COMMAND YOU!!!!!!
Love you everyone bye

My Pumpkin

2008-11-02T22:43:00.000-08:00

I saw this on a blog and just had to get Daven into our pumpkin. I don't suggest it for those with sensitive skin. I bathed Daven immediately after but he got a rash.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILLIE!!!!

2008-10-12T19:29:00.000-07:00

There are a lot of people who have the "related to Jill disease".... Lucky you Jill, you don't! That is a disease that I will gladly accept! We all love you so much. I think you are secretly everyone's favorite. You are a great mom, sister, daughter, aunt, wifie, and person. And, you are stinkin hilarious! Happy quarter birthday!

HAPPYBIRTHDAY DANI ANd GRANDPA WHITE

2008-09-29T11:02:00.000-07:00

How many spankins?

2008-09-17T22:37:00.000-07:00

Just in case anyone misses daven here's his latest cute face

WOO WOO!

2008-08-08T16:45:00.000-07:00

Cole you are awesome. Happy Birthday Buddy. Sorry I didn't put this up right away. We had an awesome time doing Go-Carts for your birthday.

Happy Day of Birth!

2008-08-08T16:17:00.000-07:00

Felicity, yes they named you the right name. You exemplify happiness and are such a blessing to everyone's life you touch. You are a great mom. Your humor is fantastic. We love you. (08/08/08 woa!) I'd just like to remind you that you were born the day after Elvis died, If I believed in Reincarnation... elvis lives on. Just kidding, Hot Mamma.

I Quit My Job

2008-08-07T20:54:00.000-07:00

I got a new JOB....I am now at the D.I !!! I start on Monday and I am SOOOOOO excited. It is Mon-Fri 8-430. I little longer hours now than at the school, but it is a 40 hour work week. I will keep you up to date I as no more.

Loves Tab

New additions to our Family

2008-07-19T19:15:00.000-07:00

The Shurtleffs have 2 new additions to the fam. Hold on I know what you are thinking and I quote NO MORE BABIES. Hahaha. Tad and I have adopted 2 Shituzes. A friend of ours is moving to Florida and cant take them with her so we are lucky enough to get them. The white one is Daisy and the black, one who is a Sambo look a like, is Taz. I have also added a pic of Logan because he is feeling a little insecure. We will let Jill have the babies and we will have the puppies, right Flick.

Loves Tab

2008-07-16T22:26:00.000-07:00

Harley, Harley, Harley. Here's Aunt Candy riding with Flick's sugar daddy. Both Andy and Adam got some new wheels this last month.

I'd like to see someone beat this picture. Of course, it's obvious that I'm posing.

SORRY

2008-07-11T11:13:00.000-07:00

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's Tashme! I wanted to say sorry for not being there for hte 4th. I hope you guys had fun though!! Be careful with that Ping Pong It's dangerous! I miss you all. I'm coming home on the 13th. I just wanted to say I love you all and miss you. I'll see you soon!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO (which one means hugs and which one means kisses? think about that!)

more 4th of July

2008-07-09T17:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pics of the baseball game we went to. How much fun we had catching up with our cousins, aunts and uncles.

4th of July

2008-07-09T17:13:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun over the 4Th of July. Tad and the fam stayed at Flicks house and we had a blast. We missed Tasha, she was with her Dad. These are pics of the fam at the Aquarium. Daven had his 1st trip to the Aquarium. I got the cutest picture of Daven and Jill. We have the best family and I want to tell you all how much we love you. Thanks Flick for the hospitality and the ping pong. Just remember you have more blankets so your the favorite.

Happy birthday Lecia

2008-06-24T14:18:00.000-07:00

You are beautiful, sweet, funny and neat! She's such a responsible mom, especially now that Alex is a teenager. She probably got that from babysitting us when we were little, she practically ran the house while both our parents worked. I will never be able to repay you, even though I watched alex during the summers - I got paid to do it. You are a great part of our lives. We love you. Don't worry i will remove the shake face picture soon. Happy Birthday to Adam on the 29th last month. I am so forgetful.

Mom is an angel

2008-06-15T22:06:00.000-07:00

Mom and dad went to the Manti Pageant and dad took this picture with his phone and emailed it to me. I think everyone would agree that mom is an angel. This picture is proof. How did we ever get so lucky to have her?

Pinewood Derby Champs

2008-06-12T21:13:00.001-07:00

Hey Family. Today was out Pinewood Derby for our scout troop. What a fun night we had. I am proud to tell you that you have a 3 time champ in your family. Cole won the races again this year. Three years in a row. He won as a wolf and bear and a webelo. Clay won 2nd place 2 years in a row also. The boys and Tad make a great car making team.

Lots of love Tab

End of a GREAT season

2008-06-08T18:17:00.000-07:00

What a fun baseball season we had this year. Clays last game was yesterday and he lost the good fight. He played against the Cubs and he hit a triple. It was beautiful. The ball floated down the 1st base line and into the hole. He brought in 2 players and put him on 3rd. Nice!!!
Cole has been done for about a week. They finished in the 1st round of the tournament too. He had a great season. He played Catcher and 2nd base. He really learned alot about paying attention to the game. I am glad we had some good coaches on Cole's team. Coach Robert was awesome and was very patient. Tad also coached this year and he has fallen in love with all the boys and is sad to know they will not be playing anymore. Anyway. I'm glad we did it but I am glad it is over....
Loves Tab

SUPERMAN!!!!

2008-06-03T00:27:00.000-07:00

Even though he is a super hero, he still gets old. What an amazing addition to the shurtleff-fam. Trevor is wonderful. Just like another brother, except he never got me in a leg lock and made me pee my pants (Thanks Tad!!) Plus, he is super lucky to have won the heart of Jill. Definately takes a super hero to deserve a precious gem like my sister! Love you forever!

No. 1 Man.

2008-05-24T17:05:00.000-07:00

It's crazy to think that Alex is fourteen now! He's quite the gentleman. He always tries to pay for the ladies when we go out or at least get us some treats. He's hillarious and so loveable. These are some old pics of him, but they are still way cute. He's already a lady killer, always telling me about his girlfriends. We hope you continue to do the right thing. Good luck on your Eagle project! Love Jill and the Fam. Sorry I was late posting this

Busy May

2008-05-12T12:32:00.000-07:00

So May is a month where lots happens in our family. So a special Shout-out to Tad Dad and A happy mothers day to all. I missed posting on the exact days because we had a special visit from Mom and Dad and Dani this week. It was awesome to see them and have someone to give me a break.

Here's our wonderful Mother with her favorite daughter, I know everybody claims that but I have proof.

Tad with Daven he usually gets him to sleep and snuggle and watch TV

I really like this picture, it's fun because Cole(10) loves to play with Daven when ever we see him and when I was born Tad was Cole's age and teased me all the time. Happy birthday!

Fat guy in a Little Coat! Dad turned sixty this year, now he really can get senior discounts except he doesn't really believe he is sixty. We Love you

Grandpa is a pirate...

2008-04-27T22:10:00.000-07:00

I went and visited Grandpa today. I forgot how stinking funny he is! First of all, he had the coolest shirt I have ever seen, and he said I could borrow it. He does weird, corky things like use a whole roll of packing tape to tape the ground in the garage. He walks miles around 3 fountains east picking up garbage and pinecones. He just bought some gold presidents coins in the mail, and we took a look at them, but you have to wear the special gloves that come with them so that the oils on your hands don't damage them. The world would be a better place if we were all like grandpa. He is one of my biggest heros.

Grand Slam Baby

2008-04-25T22:48:00.000-07:00

COLE HIT A GRAND SLAM. HE HIT IT ON TUESDAY AGAINST THE CUBS. THEY STILL LOST BUT HE WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTER TO THE GAME.

YIPPEE!!!!!! SORRY I HAVENT PUT THE NEW PICTS IN THE COMPUTER YET. I WILL GET THEM SOON.

TAB

2008-04-18T22:04:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to the cutest 7 year old. You add so much fun to our lives, we love you. One day you will hate us for taking this picture.

Whats up Fam?

2008-04-16T22:31:00.001-07:00

Hi Every body. How is it in the great Mountain State? It was so warm here, Monday it was 93 degrees. I had to turn on the air conditioner for a couple of hours to cool the house down. So here is the baseball update.

Cole is a Cardinal and they are in either 1 or 2 place right now. They have 1 loss and 7 wins. The loss was last night and we had won our other game against them. Cole is the catcher and has been doing good. He is learning alot about covering home plate and getting the tag. He also has perfected the bunt. He is the go to bunter for the team. He also is playing left field.

Clay is a Mariner and loves the team, that ones for you Parry family. Haha. He is playing all over the place, 1st, pitch, and outfield. We think he would be a good catcher but he wont wear the "stinky face mask". He has been hitting pretty good. He had a game where he hit 2 in field home runs and 6 RBIs. We won the game. He just needs to listen better to coach Tad.

Anyway, hope you guys are doing good, Dani I will see you in a couple of weeks before you leave for where ever you are going.

Loves Tab and Tad

Next stop....Asia

2008-04-08T17:31:00.000-07:00

Thailand here I come! I am leaving from Las Vegas Airport on the 6th of may. I have a layover in Tokyo, where I will stay and explore for two days. Then our flight goes to Bangkok where we will spend 3 days with a friends family and go to the beaches and see the big city. Then we hop on a domestic flight to Chiang Mai, which is in the north of Thailand in the mountainous area where elephants walk around all day long! This is where I will live for three months!! In the middle of our stay, we will go on a Southeast Asia tour to Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, and Malaysia. Then we will spend a week on the exotic beaches of Phuket! I will be taking 13 credits there and teaching English. Come visit me!

Opening weekend of Baseball

2008-03-31T22:29:00.001-07:00

We had a great weekend. It was the opening ceremonies of Little League. This is a picture of all 69 teams this year. I will get a picture this weekend of the boys together. The day started at 730 with Tab going to set up the fields and everything. Opening day was cool we had all 896 players there. There was a pro baseball player there his name was Chris Latham and he is a former Yankee BOO. Anyway, Cole played his first game of the season he won 13-9 and played catcher and first, he only let one ball past him at catcher. He is doing great, Grandad you should come and umpire a game. Anyway I will send another blog soon. We miss you guys and have a great week!!!!!

grandma's report

2008-03-31T19:40:00.000-07:00

hi everybody this is the computer queen starting to learn something new and yes dani is sitting next to me so what hope you are all having a good day gran is still in the hospital but they drained some fluid off her knee and she is feeling a lot better. they are analyzing the fluid to see if they can run automobiles with it. dont know when she will get out or if she will go to a rehab center to get off of drugs or on her leg which ever comes first. she has her cell if you would like to call her she is really bummed about being in the hospital801 792 6411 . i am starting a new style of writing with periods but no capitals do you think it will work?

HOLI MOLI!

2008-03-30T11:39:00.001-07:00

Spring is here! We celebrated the Hindu holiday Holi at the Hare Krishna temple in Spanish fork. The temple looks like a mini Taj Mahal. "Holi is a time when man and nature alike throw off the gloom of winter and rejoice in the colors and liveliness of spring. Holi celebrates spring, commemorates various events in Hindu mythology and is time of disregarding social norms and indulging in general merrymaking." There were thousands of people at this festival throwing handfuls of brightly colored powder at each other. When the signal was sent, everyone opened up their bags and started hucking! There was so much dust in the air i thought i would suffocate, but i kept on throwin! This is one of the most amazing things i have ever seen...my whole body was covered in colors-- even my insides are coated. I still have festive snot. I have officially thrown off the gloom of winter and am ready to live with color!!!

2008-03-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Natasha. You are a beautiful girl. Hope your easter birthday was tons of fun. We are so glad you are in our lives. Happy EASTER everyone

2008-03-17T16:05:00.000-07:00

On our trip last year we saw this sign and had to obey. Happy green day!

Cabo Wedding -- Finally!!!

2008-03-14T12:35:00.001-07:00

Well we finally did it. You all have anotha brotha in the family whether you like it or not. Thanks for letting me in. Dani, you were great down there and might quite the impression on all. Love you.

Im the baby! Gotta love me!

2008-03-11T17:42:00.001-07:00

I was born into a wonderful family. I am the very last child, so naturally, I'm the favorite. (you all know it's true!) I love my brothers and sisters. No matter where I go, or what I do, my family is the most important thing in my life, and they make me happy. Life is hard sometimes, but I wouldn't trade them for anything! (except maybe a tropical island of my own)then i would buy you all back.

Happy Birthday Tabitha

2008-03-11T13:30:00.000-07:00

WE Love You

Hey everybody

2008-03-09T21:32:00.000-07:00

So I decided to have a family blog. I hope we can all add pictures on this site and get to do fun stuff here. There is so much to blogging that We have yet to play with. Hope everyone likes it