Double Digits!

Jaren has finally reached the double digits and is 10 years old! We celebrated by eating Trifle (Jaren's choice)with Grandma and Bill. That Trifle has become a family favorite and is so good and addicting. So glad it was gone by the next day.

This year Jaren, true to form, choose Sea Food and so we took him out to eat at Joe's Crab Shack. He loved it and is getting pretty good at cracking those crab legs.


After we finished eating the waiter came over and sang to Jaren as he hopped around and flapped his wings. The hard part was that Jaren had to hop on one leg as his other leg was still in a boot with weight restrictions. It was so funny and cute. Jaren loved it.

Jaren opened lots of presents but wouldn't you know, the most favorite by all was the one I got from the clearance rack. My family just loves hurting each other. These balls were flying everywhere. I'll let the pics speak for themselves. He had a great birthday and now he can stop growing up. I just don't like it!

She's 14, FINALLY!!

Hallelujah! Carlee has finally turned 14 and now she can count down to summertime. Carlee has been counting down to her birthday for who knows how long. She can finally go to dances and actually dance with boys! (We love it because now she can tell us if Taylor is actually dancing. (Hee Hee)
This year for her birthday we invited Grandma and Carlee's best friend, Whitney, and her family over for cake and ice cream. She, of course, wanted a two tier cake and so I did the best I could. The bottom layer was a white cake with strawberry filling and the top cake was lemon with strawberry filling and the frosting was a white chocolate cream cheese frosting. It was sooooo good, especially the lemon cake. Yummy!


This year Carlee wanted Chinese food for her dinner out with Mom and Dad so she chose a Chinese Buffet. She liked it but decided before we even left that she will not be choosing this restraunt again. We loved spending time with her though and really enjoyed splitting the caramel apple with her afterwards. Love you Car!