Birthdays…

all of our kids’ birthdays are between April 22nd. & July 20th. so every spring into summer we have parties to plan & days to celebrate… it is a great time of year to celebrate birthday’s!!

i got 14 balloons for mikayla & took some photos for her birthday party invites & of course little miss sophia ended up with a few balloons to play with too.

this year Mikayla also got confirmed the week-end of her birthday so we got to celebrate that special day in her life with family & friends too. going thru the confirmation process with mikayla was priceless for me, i know i learned alot about her & her faith & her views on life & religion & her beliefs. i really learned alot from her about myself & my life & my faith as well. i find mikayla’s faith inspiring… of course when i was talking to the pastor about that i started crying & mik shook her head & laughed & her youth pastor said oh yah, your the mom who cried thru her kids’ baptismal, yep! that was me. ha.

on mikayla”s actual birthday she got to open the rest of her gifts from us & good thing sophia was there to help her!! ha. of course, she had to blow out a candle & make a wish on her real birthday…

mikayla’s party with her friends was the next week-end. she has an amazing group of friends & they are hysterical…

of course, next comes sweet little sophia’s big day… i had so much fun planning this party!! our baby is 2 years old & i really wanted to celebrate that in a big way….

her actual birthday May 10th. was spent preparing for her big party & man i am lucky that grammy came over to help me finish the party decorations, i never would have finished them on my own!!

a party perfect for our little sophia…

i had asked kera if she would please bake the cake for sophia’s birthday & oh my gosh the cake that she created was above & beyond what i was hoping for. it was beautiful & it tasted even better than that!! i am so thankful, it was perfection…

after her party man we were tired!! what a fun day!! still, mikayla & sophia made some ice-cream & sophia really wanted to get her party dress back on…

Jarred turned 17 this year… WHAT?!?! this is crazy. on his actual birthday mikayla, sophia, me, jarred & his friend emily had planned on going to the zoo but it was crazy, obsenely busy so we went and walked around downtown instead… it was such a great day!! i think this is my favorite time with my kids, walking around, talking, laughing, looking at cool stuff & taking pictures. we went to dinner with my mom & arthur since they wouldnt be able to make it to the party the next day. i was so tired when we got home & jarred asked me if i wanted to go see a movie with him & emily. i really didn’t want to go but i figured that if my 17 year old son is asking me to go to a movie with him & his girlfriend on a saturday night, his birthday, i cound not say no. i had the best time!!!! those 2 made me laugh the whole time. that was a great day for me & i really think it was a great day for jarred too…

the next day we had over family & friends to clebrate… i am so very thankful for the love that our kids receive from our amazing family…

shane’s birthday is only a few days later… JUly 24th. when he got home from work we had a little “party” waiting for him. by party i mean the kids & i had on party hats & he opened some gifts & we had a good dinner. we love you shane. so very much…