♪ Happy Birthday, Jaeden ♪

Jaeden celebrated his 9th birthday on Sunday.

He baked and decorated his own cake this year. He wanted to, and it was a huge help with the rest of us being sick. Lemon with cream cheese filling and lemon frosting. Hard to believe this is his last single digit year! My, how fast they grow. . . He enjoyed a spaghetti dinner - compliments of dad.

♪ Happy #9, Jaeden!!! ♪

♪ Happy Birthday, Boo ♪

It was a good one, in spite of being sick.

Our Valentine

Here's our Valentine with her classmates today. I went down to the school to have lunch with her and play a little at recess. I got there in time to help make 100 Valentine's for the care center across the street. This is such a great age! All the kids think you're the best and Mrs. Hansen this, Mrs. Hansen that.

Brooklyn's teacher and class sang her happy birthday...Brooklyn started to not feel well during lunch and rapidly got worse. She went down to the office to have her temperature taken and sure enough, she had a fever of 100.7. What a day to feel awful! We quickly handed out her mini cupcakes, heart cookies and Capri Sun's for her birthday, she rounded up the Valentine's she got from the students and treats from the teacher, and we headed home. She has some Tylenol in her now and is content to be in bed looking through her Valentine envelope to see all her goodies.

♪ Happy #8 Brooklyn ♪

We hope she's feeling better tomorrow. She was supposed to get her birthday pictures taken. What timing! We'll have two eight year-olds in the house again for a week! What fun!

♥Happy Valentine's Day ♥

to all of you! We hope you get to spend it with those you love!

Horse Riding

Meet Luna.

Our good friend Diane just bought a horse and was dying to try her out with the kids a week ago, last Saturday.

Luna is an absolute sweetheart! The kids just loved riding her.
Diane has offered to give Brooklyn riding lessons.
Brooklyn is in love with horses so it's right up her alley!
Jordan chatting with Diane's dad, Buck.
It was cold out that day, but the kids could have cared less!

♪ Toot ♪ Toot ♪

I find it necessary (especially as his mother) to toot this young man's horn! He received his sophomore semester grades back and he's made HONOR ROLL! Great job, Jordan! He has a total of five A's and one B. Whoohoo!!! Three of those A's are really an A+ because he had 100% in those classes plus turned in any extra credit he could.

We couldn't be prouder . . .

PS He cut off those curls again - what a sacrifice! I'll have to subject him to another picture soon to prove it!