The BIG Birthday Boy

Woah! Who's that TWENTY-EIGHT year OLD man over there? ;)

Yep! This Saturday was Jared's birthday. And now he's old just like me. (That silly 2 1/2 month difference he never lets me forget about...)






And what's that you say? A mug full of chocolate birthday cake to start the day? Why yes, of course!

I think the Birthday Boy was still waking up a little while Mommy and Holden were singing to him.

But then the boys gave him the Jeep (and superbly corny. Read: "To the funnest, toughest, "Wrangler" of little boys that we've ever known! Love you Daddy!") birthday card we made for him.





Holden was really excited about it, though, and kept telling Jared all about it.

Which was adorable.

But then, as it often does, snuggly time turned rough.

And everyone got tickled for a bit.

And then Daddy got to open his present - with all his helpers, of course...




He got a rubbery high impact mat for working out in the garage with his new gymnastic rings! He wasn't expecting it, so that was a pretty nice surprise. (He is like, the king of guessing his presents ahead of time.)



So then he had to try it out - which the boys all thought was fun :)

Graham!

Happy kid.






And Ta Da! All put together. Just like that.

He loves havin' his picture taken ;)

Then after he worked out and cleaned up, he finally got to go visit his strong and beautiful Aunt Karen in the hospital - as she continues to battle the monster, Cancer. I know he's been wanting to see her for a while now and he was so glad to get the chance to go.

When he came home, Tyler and Shanti stopped over for a bit since they had also gone to the hospital and were actually in the area - a rare birthday treat, indeed ;)

And then we ended the night with a spring time celebration, and an all-time favorite of Jared's: grilling out.

Jared wanted to have a campfire or something, but it was just a little too cold for me. After dinner then, he burned some trash and the brush pile we had in the back.. so I suppose he got his "fire" after all.

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But then Sunday, oh my, the weather was just beautiful. And so we continued his birthday weekend.

... with some kite flying ♥

Already soaring!

Zipping him up. Holden the Helper.

Indy!

Tickling Daddy's knee with a weed through the hole in his pants.
I love this picture.

Bridger Dean.
(All his green makes the yard look a little brown and sad.)

And Graham. Watching the big boys.

Here's Attempt #2 for Holden at flying it alone.

Attempt #1 resulted in Daddy having to retrieve the kite from across the road.



And the power lines.

Haha. "Indy lovin'" just about knocked Daddy on his bum.

Mommy's turn.

And Graham wanted to help.

Or chew on it. Either way.

Lovin' the outdoors.

And packing it in and calling it a day.


Well, we did go for a quick walk/wagon ride just down the road and back. Since it was just so pretty out.





But then it was time to head over to my mom's for dinner and birthday cake!

Blowing out the candles with Daddy.

And that was that!




Happy Birthday, Jared. We love you.♥