dane turns 2

Dane has turned 2!!! He is an adorable little boy. I know I am biased. People stopping in the street to smile at him only confirm what I think. He is speak a ton. He's a little parrot saying whatever his brothers say. My favorite is, "What the heck." Here is to another adorable year.

Birthday

It was my birthday this last week. I had a great day. I was cleaning out closets. I know not your typical birthday activity, but it felt very good to finally have it off my to do list. Plus we are planning on having a garage sale next week.

Thanks everyone who called with birthday wishes and tokens. Everyone asked, "What are you doing for your birthday?" As a point of principle I don't plan my birthday celebrations. I don't bake my cake. I will however make dinner. So I didn't exactly know what we were doing that night. Plus we weren't sure when Jeff would get home. We were hoping for between 6 and 6:30. He made it at 8. To try and keep this short. Oliver and Bryant made my cake. Oliver, during the prayer that night, asked for a splendid day and blessed the cake that it would be good so he wouldn't be embarrassed. Oliver and Alex decorated the cake words and all. Seth had a present he got from our friends garage sale. Don't worry it wasn't bad. It is a cute little candle holder for when we have homemade pizza at the 'Nelson Pizzeria'. He was very excited. Alex told me I was princess. He was looking at my bridal shot. I was still in my sweaty running clothes when he said it. I didn't look like a princess, but my picture did. It was cute.

The most tender part of my birthday was my friend Cathy. She is trying to quit smoking. She saved her cigarette money for two weeks when she didn't smoke and bought me a very nice pair of pearl earrings-- my birth stone. Now I know that she didn't have to do this. But I also know what a sacrifice it was for her. Quitting smoking is a difficult thing to do and I am sure their are many other things she could do with the money saved. That is the part that made it so special to me.

I haven't uploaded my pictures to the computer, but I'll add some pictures when I do.

Happy Birthday Jeff

Jeff turned 33 on Saturday. We had a great day, until he had to go into the hospital because he was on call. We celebrated on Sunday with a quiet family dinner, cake and treasure hunt. Last year we started having a treasure hunt on birthdays to find the presents. It begins with a clue in a balloon and goes from there. I flatter myself, but I thought I was quite clever. All the clues were words from songs. The boys had just as much fun hiding the clues and helping Jeff "find" them. Anyway we love Jeff and his enthusiasm for life and joy in helping others, and never ending energy. (We don't wonder where the boys get their energy.)