Such a fun, happy day of celebrating Derek's birthday! I have lots of pictures of the little man opening his presents, but for tonight I'll just post the family shots and the blowing-out-the-candles-ceremony. He blew them out twice and said "More," but candle wax was dripping on the cobbler so we had to put an end to the fun :) 
How lucky we were to have an artist who could make an EXACT replica of my outfit that day! And did any of you know that Jan Michael is a linebacker for the Cleveland Browns in his spare time?
And here we are again. The first picture elicited such a happy response, I told Jan Michael I had a responsibility to my viewership and we should take another :) In domestic news, I'm quite enjoying my new job as stay-at-home-wife (Derek, you and I should swap recipes, hahaha). This week, steam cleaning of the carpets. Next week, out come the fall decorations!
My hair is all mussed up because earlier we'd exercised with Roger (who has us do things he does in the army. I don't need to do any more push ups today, thank you). I like this picture because it's of us. In our house. And that's that.
This was waiting for me when I came home Friday night from my very thoughtful friend Jennifer. A lovely surprise for me!
A close-up of her card-making expertise
And here are my feet, mostly because I wanted another picture to post and they were handy subjects :)
Some of things we saw last night were INAPPROPRIATE, such as.....
my neck muscles! GRACIOUS!
Sara is super cute, but I appear to be sporting the "secretary spread" :(
My Monday night with Derek and Sara included fine dining (Derek likes pizza with SHRIMP and PEAS!?), fine music (George T.) and fine fink riding. D & S, I salute you and say "Bi-la ha-ha!"
A happy weekend for me - a date with my dad at the highschool football game, shopping with my mom, riding the steamtrain and having a picnic with my Pearson family, picking blackberries, Sunday morning meeting, more shopping with my mom and dad, and dinner with my parents and sister.
