Happy 17th Birthday, Max!

Since we couldn’t join you for your birthday we celebrated anyway at Jayni’s request. Of course we had to do it a day early so that you can see this first thing on your birthday! She even asked that I make this for you.

She said I had to make a basketball cake so this was my attempt. We celebrated with pizza for dinner and then had birthday cake.

Tom was a little grumpy so I didn’t want to get his grumpiness in any pictures. Jayni and Mason were more than happy to have their pictures taken though. The kids and I didn’t get out of the house today so please don’t mind their hair.

And for good measure we included some videos!

I’m so glad we have had the opportunity to get to know you! You are a huge part of our family now and we miss you like crazy! You are an amazing person and we’re so proud of all you do (well maybe not all!…like almost letting my son drown) and appreciate your efforts to keep in contact with us. We even kinda like you!

I hope you have a wonderful birthday and have some yummy curry for us! I really wish we could be there!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Mason's 1st Birthday

We had a great day celebrating Mason's birthday, although we ended up not being able to do what we planned. Jayni thought we should have a picnic but the weather decided not to cooperate.

I had forgotten to get ice cream at the store, so we had to go before having cake and ice cream. At the store, Jayni REALLY wanted to ride on the ice cream truck. I never spend the money for the kids to do these things but let them do it this time. It had two seats so it was perfect for both of them to do together.

This was Mason's personal birthday cake. Jayni had her very own for her 1st birthday so we thought we'd do the same thing for Mason.

Mason ended up picking up the whole cake towards the end. At that point he was all caked out!

Mason stayed cleaner than I expected. On Jayni's 1st birthday she had cake all over her from head to toe.

This was bath time after cake and ice cream. I had to show this because Jayni was splashing water on Mason and he was laughing hysterically. By the time I got the camera, Mason wasn't laughing quite as much, but he still has some good laughs.

Surfing, Running Around & Getting Soaked

Here's a video of Jayni surfing or doing the hula, I'm really not sure which. You might want to turn the volume down on this one. Some teenagers started running around and the girls are shrieking annoyingly.

 Jayni is just running around having a good time.

Now she gets completely soaked. You can hear Mason talking through parts of the video too. He has yet to say a real word though.