celebrate good times, come on!

There's nothing like being thrown back into the fire right after a 2-week long trip!! We got back Saturday night, had Daren's family over Sunday to celebrate the twin's birthday, and then their "real" birthday was Monday, including a celebration at Chuck E. Cheese with Brenda and kids. No wonder I'm so tired.

Jake was so excited for the party on Sunday that he put this saying together for it. I love it when they are going through the phase of spelling phonetically. He was the best helper that day--he got out the broom to sweep up the kitchen and put away all the excess toys, shoes, etc. I said to Daren that it might be worth it to have a party every day!

Awww, our babies are turning six! Seriously, where does the time go?

Will insisted they both have a candle to blow out, so we put "5" on it too, so they could say farewell to five and hello to 6.

Will and Jake with Gma and Gpa Train.

The next morning we opened presents before school. Will was so excited to get the Venice Canal Chase Indiana Jones Legos, and Jake got a big ol' box of random Legos, but his favorite present was...

...the Heart of the Ocean! He wanted this so bad from the Titanic store, and I'm sure glad I went back to get it for him. He doesn't care it's a girl's necklace (it's not like he wears it), he just thinks it's a cool jewel. Plus, he really wants to give it to Jaycie when they get married someday!!

I took donuts into Will's class, along with the Titanic binder that Ben gave Will to show off some of his Titanic drawings to his classmates.

And finally dinner at Chuck E. Cheese: front: Will, Ciera, Ben and Danielle. Back: Jake and Garrett. The kids had a great time. I'm going to have to scan in some of the pictures they had done there!

Happy Birthday boys!! We love you!!!

The celebrations continue on...today Daren and I have been married for 15 years!! Boy, we seemed like young 'uns then. It's funny to look back at where we were then, not having a clue what our lives together were going to be like. Here we are, 15 years later, still married, still love each other like crazy, 3 amazing boys, a house that we built together (literally), great jobs, great friends, great schools. You can't beat it. (Except that we will hardly see each other today--he is just getting home from the fire station this afternoon, and then I have yw here tonight so he will probably be stuck down in his office with the boys putting together the model Titanic they bought at the Titanic store last week. That's how some anniversaries are spent these days!)