Fletcher turned 13 on July 12th. With that momentous event, I now have as many teenagers as I have non-teenagers. Yikes! Good thing my teenagers are all pretty awesome! Normally, we have breakfast birthday cake to celebrate birthdays. But the day before Fletcher’s birthday was a bit crazy, so Fletcher said he would be very […]
Yes, it’s true. Colter is now 16! And what a capable (and handsome) young man he has become! But he’ll never be too old for breakfast birthday cake. Or for hugging and goofing around with his siblings. Or for appreciating his Dad’s sense of humor. Happy Birthday, Colter! You’re an incredible, awesome son!
How did my baby turn 7 already? You always hear it said that the older you get, the faster time goes by. It is so true! Jade is growing up into such a wonderful person and we’re all so proud of her!! Happy Birthday, Jade! Because her birthday is the Fourth of July, she had quite […]
Jim and I met at The University of Virginia, so Thomas Jefferson is very important to us. Here is an interesting fact – Thomas Jefferson was born on Jim’s birthday (April 13) and died on Jade’s birthday (July 4). I always post the children’s birthday photos, and they insisted that I post Daddy’s birthday photos as […]
Emery celebrated his 14th birthday! Since he is usually the one who bakes our breakfast birthday cakes, he decided he would rather enjoy donuts. Emery is such an amazing young man. He told me that he was glad he was born in Spring and I agree – he has such a sunny attitude!
Brett turned 17 two months ago. I’d like to say that we celebrated it right on time. But… ummm… well… We didn’t. We just celebrated her birthday this week. Don’t get me wrong. We sang Happy Birthday to her on her actual birthday. But then we piled into the Beast and headed to […]
It’s Greyden’s Golden Birthday – he turned eleven on the eleventh! We were able to enjoy our birthday tradition of breakfast birthday cake and hugs from every member of the family. Brett’s hug for Greyden is always extra exuberant. Because he was born on the 11th and she was born on the 13th, he came home […]
We generally don’t make a big fuss about birthdays around here, but we do have several traditions that are important to us. One of our birthday traditions is to start the day with Breakfast Birthday Cake. Emery has been trained to safely cook, and usually volunteers to make it the day before it is needed. We usually make […]
July is our celebration month. It starts with Jade’s birthday, then Colter’s, then my anniversary, and ends with Fletcher’s birthday. This year is Fletcher’s “golden/magic” birthday, where he turns 12 on the 12th!! Normally we make breakfast birthday cake to celebrate birthdays, but Fletcher asked for donuts instead. Nothing like a “head lock hug” to […]
Colter turned 15 this year! Colter is very patriotic and is a little bit jealous that his sister, Jade, was born on the 4th of July instead of him. I told him that it was his fault for taking so long. I thought he was going to be born on the 4th too (after all, my labor […]
Jade is our Fourth of July birthday girl! We start our birthday celebrations at breakfast with breakfast birthday cake. Normally everybody has a special birthday placemat, but they have not been unpacked yet, so we made do with dish towels. Waiting for breakfast birthday cake: After birthday cake, the birthday person goes around the family […]
When Greyden was a baby, his nickname was “fat and happy” because he was such a jolly, chubby baby and toddler. I’m so pleased that even though he’s outgrown most of his baby fat, he remains a jolly, happy kid. His happiness is infectious – he has a giggle that makes me smile every time […]
I’m a bit late posting Brett’s birthday photos. She turned 16 in December. I still can’t believe my baby is 16. It really is true what they tell you about parenting – don’t blink or your baby will be all grown up and turning 16. But no matter how old she gets she’ll always love […]
We normally try to have our goats freshen (have their babies) during the end of February and the beginning of March. Because Indigo’s birthday is February 23rd, for the past 2 years she has had baby goats born on her birthday. If you ask Indigo who her favorite goat is, she’ll tell you, “Valley is […]
It’s another birthday at the Jonas house. Fletcher turns eleven today! It’s our first birthday celebrated with a cast and crutches. But it doesn’t seem to be dampening his day. After all, you can still eat donuts and cake and open presents* just as easily with a broken leg. He may not be able […]