Happy Birthday!

Darren turned 33! Wow he’s getting old! Good thing I have stayed the same age since we got married! ;) Poor Darren having a birthday 5 days away from Christmas….. It’s always been a challenge. But we always try to make him feel a little special!

He wanted a German Chocolate Cake. Always in my mind it comes out beautiful. Well… When you see the cake, don’t laugh too hard. But it did taste good! That’s what counts right?

One sad looking cake, but oh so tasty! ;)

Homemade hamburgers and oven wedges!

Dig in! Ethan is clearly STUFFED from eating cake FIRST! ;)

Darren and I attempted to make divinity this year and it WORKED! Super yummy! Darren loves this candy. It reminds him of his father. :)

♥Happy Birthday Darren! ♥

Chop Chop!

Jake HATES hair cuts. It’s ALWAYS a battle to get him to sit still and tolerate the loud noise of the clippers….. He watched me take the boys one day to great clips to get their hair cut cause I was in a hurry and didn’t want to cut it myself for once. Well Jakes hair was getting long and I asked if he would go to this place that the boys went to and he said he would as long as the lady gave him a sucker like they did to Ethan and Ashton. I snuck a sucker in my purse just in case the lady didn’t follow through. He was a big boy and sat still and got his handsome hair cut! Yay!

Yay for suckers! and Haircuts where I don’t have to clean up the mess!

Date night!

For the FIRST TIME EVER…… Darren set up a surprise date with me. Arranged the babysitter, Made reservations way in advance, and told me I had to dress nice! I was super nervous and WAY out of my “control comfort zone”!!! But it was still fun and I was anxious all week waiting to see where we were going!

So the day comes and we get to go to;  drumroll ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Steinhilber’s!

This is a super, duper, fancy, shmancy, yummy-in-my-tummy, Really FANCY restaurant with really good seafood! Did I say Fancy? Um….. I was slightly nervous and out of my comfort zone. I literally felt like a hillbilly thrown into a super ritzy place! Darren kept laughing at me, and watching as I was “trying” to keep proper etiquette.  All in all it was great. Food was great. company with the hubby was great and we also knocked out a bunch of Christmas shopping after! Score! Thanks honey! Love your guts! ♥

Lily’s Performance

It’s fun having a child in Kindergarten because they always get the Christmas performance night! It’s been fun seeing my oldest 3 kids do this! Lily was so excited to get in her Christmas dress and go sing at her school! She was brave too and not “too shy!” :)

Love this pretty little girl!

Lily looking for us! :)

Just a little nervous!

*Twinkle*

Our family likes to drive through the Botanical Gardens during Christmas time to see the lights. We did that this Monday for F.H.E!

The pictures aren’t that great because I was using my cell phone. But it’s the best I got! ;)

Kids hanging out the windows!

         

As Jake would say: “pretty sparkles!”