Happy Birthday, My Love

I have so much to catch up on, but I couldn't let today pass without wishing the love of my life Happy Birthday.
I know you already know this, babe, but I'm so thankful for having you by my side. You are amazing and wonderful and so much more than just my husband.
You are my best friend. My rock. My partner. My joy in life.
We've been through so much. Good, bad and yes, even some ugly. I would do it all again in a heartbeat. Because the bad and the ugly have brought us closer than any of the good could have done alone.
Looking forward to yummy Japanese and Sushi tonight! I love you. Happy 35th!!

Jakey & Jadyn's BD Party

We had Jake and Jadyn's birthday party last Saturday. It was so fun to have our house (and backyard) filled with aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents! We had a great time. They both wanted a party with a bouncy house, so we got a really fun one - complete with a slide! Plus, we made it an art party, since its one of the things they enjoy together. We had crafts and painting. It was really a lot of fun! I made the invitations to look like a painter's palette - but didn't think to take a picture of one. Jadyn was hilarious. Leading up to the party she would tell people she was going to have a "paint cake" but everyone thought she was saying "pancake!"

I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked (as usual!).

One of my favorite things was watching my little neice, Kylie in the bouncy house. Her daddy would set her at the top of the slide and watching her face as she slid down was just hilarious! She reminds me so much of Jadyn with her adventurous-no-fear spirit!

Our super cool bouncy house!Jake & Jadyn working on craftsThe 3 Muskateers ready to slide!Kids painting fence (and the 'men' playing washers in the background!)

Stacey modeling a painter's smock.

Jadyn's messy paint hand!

My cousin had a great idea to wrap the present in brown paper, so it, too, could be painted!! So fun!

Singing "Happy Birthday" to Jake

and blowing out candlesI'm not sure what happened to the pix of us singing to Jadyn or her blowing out her candles. So, I'm posting pix of her actual birthday ... when I made a 'trial-run' cake (which, of course, turned out better than the party cake!)

Jadyn was so excited to get a princess tent! Ed's BD is also this month, so his mom got him and Jake a Wii. Any guesses as to what we've been doing this week?

Finally, a big boy bike!

Big Boy Toy

Ed bought a new toy. I mean, car. No ... I meant toy. Its definitely a toy. A 4-door Jeep. Not one I would choose, but he is thrilled. The Land Rover was having issues. Issues that were going to cost us another $2500+ to repair. Not to mention the cost to put gas in it. And, seriously, you can get a new car for a song right now! So, if you have the money, NOW is the time to buy! (That's true for a lot of things!)

Someone got a hold of my camera

I wonder who it was ...

BUSTED!

I might have guessed!

What do you get ... ?

What do you get when you leave your 9 month old and a basket of folded laundry in a room together?
Yep, nice 'clean' clothes on the floor! I thought it was awfully quiet!