Monday, December 28, 2009

Busy 9 days

December 19, 2009 my 29th birthday!

Wow, I really can't believe that I am that old. I did have a little melt down when Mark called me 30 the other day. I am NOT 30 yet. This was a very eventful day. Jake had been really excited about my birthday all week. He told me on Wednesday that he was going to be in charge of the games and I would be in charge of the food. So that is what we did. It was a panda themed party. We started by having a panda bear treasure hunt. We played panda leap frog. Then panda volley ball. And we did a version of duck duck goose with panda bears:) We then opened presents and had cake and ice cream. Jake made my day. We did go to the ward primary party in the morning and the ward adult party in the evening. Spencer was here and he cleaned my house for me while we were at the adult party. What a gem! I think he has cleaned my house more than I have in the last month. Thank you Spencer. December 24, 2009

We have been doing fondue for the past few years on Christmas eve. It is so much fun. A little stressful with all our boys but we keep doing it. I am glad it is only once a year.
We had a very fun Christmas but I don't really have any pictures to post from that morning. I was a little slow with the camera. So strange but we haven't ever been woken up by our kids on Christmas morning. I really thought this would be the year but it wasn't. I guess we will enjoy it while it lasts.

December 28, 2009

Mark and JanaRae's 8th anniversary! Wow I can't believe it has been 8 years. CRAZY! We love being married and the joy our little guys bring our way. I told Mark I love anniversaries because I feel like it is a shared Birthday party! Today we had a babysitter from 1-5 and we just went shopping. Mark was even pleasant about it. We then ended the night with Pizza and FHE. (And maybe a little Wii playing)

To celebrate Mark and I got new shoes! Love them! Mark also picked up a Wii. I have really enjoyed the new Mario game too much. Last night we stayed up to midnight playing! As Ethan would say "I just want to save the princess!"

6 comments:

Michele said...

oh my goodness, the panda themed birthday party is the cutest thing ever! way to go jake! haha so funny. we had fondue on christmas eve and it seems like it takes forever to cook the meat! not sure how you did it with all your boys!

The Taylor Family said...

Congrats on it all JanaRae! When did we all get so grown up!?!

Lee Ann said...

Happy Anniversary!!! What a wonderful happy day your wedding was...Thanks for taking JanaRae shopping Mark and being pleasant about it!

Taylor Family said...

LOVE the shoes! WHat a fun month December is for you. I still remember getting your wedding invite in the mail on my mission! I was so sad I was going to miss it, and then I remember you two being some of the first to call me when I got home! You are a match made in heaven. Happy Anniversary.

Dip It In Chocolate said...

haha, Jake is a scream. Happy Anniversary to you guys! Every time Tim and I go on a date all I want is to go shopping. It's so nice to go without kids!

MyKidsMom said...

Very cute shoes! Sounds like you had a great date. I think pretty much anything without kids sounds fun ;)