Sky Zone B-day Extravaganza!!!

We celebrated the birth of The Boy this year by taking him to Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park!  Jayke invited friends from school and his soccer team.  We caravanned with Bob and Ryan to Indy and I think the ride down was enjoyed as much as the party.  Bob brought along his walkie talkies so the boys in each vehicle could communicate with each other.  As usual the adults ended up enjoying it almost as much when we took over the walkies to critique each other's lack of pace and other driving skills.  Those were two very loud vehicles!!

We had two renditions of Happy Birthday sung, one in English and the other in Portugese by Gabi, who is part Brazillian.  Jayke was super embarrassed when she serenaded him solo!

His cake was awesome...as always and made by Cheryl at Pat-a-Cakes and Cookies Too, who has made his birthday cakes since he was born!  

He had a great day sharing his birthday with Mason, Chase, Aidan, Cooper, Gabi, Ian, Parker, Carly, Matt, and Alec! The Pierce's, Bob, Tiffany, Ryan, Meemaw, and P'pa were all there too.  Jayke is lucky to have so many friends and family to share his 9th birthday with him!

Dog Shaming

Luna Approved

The new room has passed the test...the Queen approves.

The Best Present

Is a new pair of Jordan's apparently...since he is all cuddled up sleeping with them!

New and Improved...Merry Christmas!

Jayke got a new bedroom for Christmas and these fish were the first to see it!  We got rid of the bunk beds and got him a nice new big bed that he doesn't have to climb up into.  After staying in a hotel and having a whole queen size bed to himself that was all he could talk about...that and a heated, padded, toilet seat.  I opted for the new room and passed on that funky toilet seat.

We went with a super hero theme.  It looks nice and clean and un-cluttered, we shall see how long it stays that way.

His buddy, Nemo is loving the new room too!  I don't know what he likes better, the nice big bed or the fish entertainment!

Mason was the first friend to stay with Jayke in his new room, as you can see they even through on some matching pjs to make things look extra spiffy.

Christmas Weirdness

My gift from my aunt Robin...Wonder if I can get Jayke to use it, THAT would be a gift!!!

And...below, my co-workers secret Santa gift.  Shows you what kind of crazy people I work with.  It got even better though when I took these panties, with the air freshener taped to the crotch, and stole the president of the company's keys to his truck to hang these bad boys from his rear view mirror!  We all gathered in the windows upstairs to watch as he left for lunch and discovered them dangling from the mirror.  He didn't even bother to remove them, just drove off and waved.  LOL...great people!!

The Elf...Just Hanging Around...And Then!!

Frisbee has been pretty good this year.  Just hanging around and hiding here and there...

He did fool Jayke by hiding in the door of the fridge one day...

Jayke asked me the other day if I remembered all of the messes Frisbee made last year.  I told him I remembered and maybe he would end up doing some of that stuff this year too.  So far the elf has been rather dull.  I think he has gotten lazy...or maybe he has another full time job somewhere that causes him to not be as creative as he was last year.  I seem to recall him telling me that he was unemployed last Christmas so he had plenty of time on his hands to make mischief all night.  I'm sure he has heard that he hasn't been near as fun as he was last year.

Well, I think he must have decided to step it up a notch...

This year he has taken naughty to a whole new level!!  Poor unsuspecting Bobby sound asleep and that rotten little elf shaved a stripe right across his head!  I sent Jayke in to wake Bobby up and the look of horror on his face was priceless.  He was hesitant to wake him.  He probably thought Bobby was going to dismember his sweet little elf.  He shook him gently and said, "Wake up, my elf shaved your head."  Then he took a step back and just looked at him.  Bobby was in disbelief at first.  He felt the top of his head and there was still hair there so he didn't believe him.  Jayke assured him that there was in fact a stripe shaved on his head.  Bobby finally looked in the mirror and absolutely couldn't believe how rotten that elf had been.  Jayke laughed hysterically!

Rotten elf...just look at that face!

There May Be Something Wrong With Us...

Just a thought...

40 and FABULOUS!

For my 40th birthday Bobby and Angi planned a surprise party for me.  They had everyone gather at Puerta Vallarta for the big surprise.  I was shocked at the turn out.  There were some old friends I hadn't seen in a while, the usual group we hang out with, and our new group of soccer parents.  They had balloons and decorations and a very special cake...

Not sure whose idea the cake was...

I'm guessing my mom chose it.

The morning of my birthday the girls at work had had their fun with my advanced age as well...

When I got to work my cube was all decked out.  The entire company came up to sing Happy Birthday to me.  There was cake, cards, and they even got together and took up a collection to give as a gift!  My work is big on birthdays, especially BIG birthdays!

I think They are Trying to Tell me Something...

Just some of the signage my sisters and father decided to post for my birthday get together at Dad's house.  They went all out with the decorations celebrating my 40th (I know I can't believe it either) and MaryJo's 75th!

I finally got my Hello Kitty Birthday party!  Only took 40 years!

Go Colts!

Not happy about the game

The Boy is Trying to Take My Job

Some of our ornaments...some we bought...some we made.  Jayke was not feeling well the night we put the tree up but it didn't stop him from participating...

When we were all finished decorating Bobby helped Jayke take some pictures and edit them.  The picture below is the final product..all done by Jayke.

We added two new ornaments to the tree this year.  Bobby's first Christmas ornaments in over 10 years!  This will be the first Christmas he has celebrated in that long.  I have tried to make sure we are doing all of our Christmas traditions so that he can share in them.  Christmas is a hard time for him because of past occurrences which have made Christmas just a bad memory.  We intend to change that this year!

I gave Bobby this ornament.  Jayke gets a new one every year so I got him one too.  The one below we got on our Gatlinburg trip.

....and here is his gift!  lol

He's Back!

Climbing out of our advent Chalet!