Happy 16th Jakers!!

Happy Birthday Jake! We had a breakfast on the morning of his birthday, on Tuesday, and then we threw a surprise Birthday party for him on Friday! 

Here are all the treats from his "treat bag". He really just wanted money this year, 

but he still got some goodies!

 The party was complete with fire, smores, pizza, food, more food, and about 50+ sophomore boys and girls! We had an awesome turn out, and Jake was definitely surprised!

 Sorry Jake, this picture isn't the greatest, but hey you were giving me a hard time about wanting to take pictures so I just had to snap them when I could!

 Sweet Nana bought this cake for him. We lit candles and had everyone sing to Jake, he was pretty darn embarrassed!

 We had one of his friends shove cake in his face, and Jake just had to get her back!

Dad took Jake over to Nana's earlier in the evening to "help him move the trailer" (we were really just trying to get him gone and out of the house so we could get ready for the party!) And then he took Jake with him to get 10 pizzas, but he told him it was for a work party and that Dad had volunteered to provide the food. Jake was totally oblivious. I am sure he was just anxious to get home so he could go hang out with his friends since it was the last day of school. You could only imagine Jake's frustration when Dad kept driving around the block and taking detours (He had Grandpa in the car because he took him to dinner earlier, and he usually drives around with him after, so that is what he was doing and I am sure Jake just wanted to get home!) Finally, they pulled into the drive way and Jake could see balloons through the breezeway into the backyard and so he looks at Dad and says, "Dad, you're so stupid!" Dad got a kick out of it. Jake walked into the backyard to be greeted by 50+ kids yelling surprise and singing Happy Birthday. He had such a great time and so did all of his friends. 

HAPPY 16th JAKERS!

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Happy Mother's Day

 Happy Mother's Day Mom!!

We had the family (about 35 people!!) over at our house for a Mother's Day Dinner. We spent the whole weekend doing yardwork so we could have a fun dinner outside with everybody, but the rain decided to rain on our parade! Haha so we all fit inside our living room and still had a great time! As you can see, we had plenty of food and plenty of fun!

Little Wyatt (Jordan and Brooke's son) was so engulfed in what Dad was saying about what it meant to be an M.V.P. (hence the soccer trophy in Dad's hand which said M.V.P. on the front!) So cute. 

 Nana had a great time opening some presents! A new can opener, chocolate almonds (her favorite!) and some gorgeous flowers! You can just see the excitement on her face! :) 

A gift to mom, a canvas of her and sweet Baby Finnie last year in Bear Lake. This is my favorite picture ever!

Jake and Baby James (not so baby anymore!)

Presents, presents, presents!

Poor dogs, stuck in the kennel all night! Look how sad Lola looks! :( 

We had a great time, and were glad that we can have so many wonderful mothers over! I didn't get a picture of everybody, or atleast all of the moms, which I should have! But that's okay, everyone had a wonderful time!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Rugby

 Jake has been playing Rugby all Spring and I am ashamed that I haven't put any pictures of him up! :( So here are a few cool ones that Steve took (of course!) He has been having such a fun time playing, and we have been having a fun time watching him! He hurt his knee so he has been out for a few games resting. But he should be back on the field next week!

 Yelling at a teammate who is slacking off! Haha

 Someone didn't want us to leave her at home so we brought her 

and she hung out right by our feet and was loving it!

Great job Jake! You are such a joy to watch and we love you!