Jaden's Birthday

Caleb, came down on Thursday to help us celebrate Jaden’s Birthday. Jaden was super excited about that! ;)

We chicken and cheese quesadillas for supper, with chips and salsa. Mmm…

My gift to Jaden— Rittersport (German) chocolate. He love’s chocolate!

Mom reads a letter to Jaden about his birth, etc.

Jaden’s ice-cream cake– Phoebe, Jaden and I made it.

Let’s blow out the candles!

The cake had a graham cracker “crust” with layers of blackberry and vanilla ice-cream. Mmm….

Wonder where the other half is?;)

I want to close out this post with a word about Jaden (from some of his siblings).

Abby says: "Happy Birthday Jaden! I love you and I was so happy to get to talk with you not once, not twice, but three times yesterday. Thank you for being such a kind and caring little brother. I am blessed indeed! ♥ ♥ ♥" 

Caleb says: "Happy Birthday to the best younger brother a guy could ask for!!! I love you, Jaden! May God continue to help you grow into a mighty, humble, wise, man of God.¡Feliz cumpleaños! Hasta manaña..."

Phoebe says: "Today is Jaden's 10th birthday, (everyone gathers, and prepares to sing): 'Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Jaden, happy birthday to you!' Love you Jaden! ♥" 

 

Jaden Turns Double Digits!!

Today is Jaden's 10th Birthday! We're not celebrating it until Caleb can be with us either tomorrow or Friday, but I'm going to try to find one photo for each year of his life to post on here.--- We'll see. ;)

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

 

 

Happy Birthday to our special (not so) little boy!! Love you!

Our 800th post! {Thanksgiving Day}

Thanksgiving afternoon, my family and I took family photos. We took our own photos (using a tripod, etc.), which was pretty funny at times. The wind was really strong, so explaining why our hair looks so messy. *sigh* Oh, well. The photos turned out quite well considering...

No, we’re not twins, but we act like we are! We say the same things (sometimes at the same time), make similar jokes, have similar ideas, etc. And we love it!

Handsome Bro :)

Lovely Phoebe

Handsome Caleb :)

He’s so cute

My beautiful sister, Abby!

Believe it or not, Jaden took this photo of me

I will not be posting the photos of our whole family until later this month (probably). I don’t want to spoil the “surprise” for some people.  

Later on Thanksgiving afternoon, we went to Dad’s sister’s place and spent the rest of the day with her family and Dad’s Mom. We took some photos in the front yard...

Cousin Rowena, yours-truly and Phoebe

Rowena and I with Abby

This one is a little better, though Rowena looks really mischievous.

The two pumpkin spice cakes that Phoebe and I made, to look like a pumpkin

Phoebe playing the guitar like a pro

All of the grandkids went to the park and played kickball– some of us swung on the swings too.

Turtle cheesecake, pecan pie, vanilla ice-cream, strawberry ice-cream, and pumpkin roll/log.

Life Lately

A few days ago, our dear friends the G.'s came over. :) Phoebe, Jaden and I were especially thrilled because we got to watch their two little ones-- Tristan (5) and Lizzy (almost 2). They loved running around in our backyard and they did it for a couple of hours.

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 Tristan and Jaden playing with Hotwheels.

"Look at Auntie Jo!" :)

Pheebs

My favorite of Miss Lizzy :)

The leaves in the backyard

The leaves in the frontyard

Lizzy and Phoebe <3 br="br">

Aw.... :)

This photo was taken a different day, a few weeks ago (after home church). -- With my brother Caleb. :)

This was also taken several weeks ago, right before home church. :) 

This past Saturday, I helped Abby with her babysitting job. We were in charge of two very energetic boys (ages 5 and 3) for 8 hours, so I was pretty worn out! I am with the younger boy, Noah, in the photo. :)

This is another photo from several weeks back-- the meal after Bible study and singing. :) L-R: Luke and David P., Phoebe, Mark and Jordan P., yours-truly and Abby. Fore-ground: Adam P. :)

Lately, all of us kids (except Caleb) have enjoyed several bike rides on the local Campion Trails. It has been a lot of fun! So far, I think we have biked 27 miles or so (over three days time). :)