Sooo, maybe this is just in our house, but when you have a birthday, you don't just celebrate one day, you have a WHOLE WEEK of fun. so heads up, this will be a long post, but it is to celebrate Blaine's birthday WEEK!!!
DiSNeYLaND~
so on his actual birthday, we went to disneyland. they are having "get in free on your birthday" deals this year. AND if you are already an annual pass holder (which we are) disneyland will give you a gift card in the amount of a one park day pass which = $59 for Blaine!! nice huh!
some one is lookin' 5 today!!
some one is lookin' 5 today!!Aaron's first disneyland trip!! Yahoo!
Kameryn and Paige met us up there too...Blaine getting his "birthday kiss!"
Kameryn and Paige met us up there too...Blaine getting his "birthday kiss!"
SuRPRiSe PaRTy~Blaine started telling us that for his birthday we really wanted "one of those parties where everyone hides, and then when i come in the door i turn on the lights and everyone jumps out and yells surprise!"...so we pulled together a total last minute surprise party (since his REAL party was already planned) and just had my family over and a couple close friends! -Thanks everyone for helping us pull that off!
Mission accomplished!!! he was totally surprised!
Rice Family...Blaine's AWESOME CTR 5 teacher!
And of course the Elders! Elder Dalton even brought a new magic trick for Blaine!
Mission accomplished!!! he was totally surprised!Rice Family...Blaine's AWESOME CTR 5 teacher!And of course the Elders! Elder Dalton even brought a new magic trick for Blaine! PiRaTe PaRTy~
Each kid got a "booty bag" when they came in to put all their treasure in
We went on a hunt for real treasure!
Captain Hook made an appearance
...and we made him walk the plank
We went on a hunt for real treasure!Captain Hook made an appearance...and we made him walk the plankthen everyone else had a turn walking the plank
Blaine helped cut the first piece of cake with his pirate sword!
The Whole Pirate Crew! What a good lookin' bunch! we had such a great time. Despite the bad weather, we were able to pull off a pretty great party, thanks to my dad and some quick thinking, we were able to turn the garage into a "Cave of Wonders" with pirate ship and all! (yes, my awesome dad made that ship!) ...well, good thing we get a whole year to recoup from this party week so then we can do it all again next year! Happy Birthday Blaine...I LOVE YOU!
Notice the empty seats!!! well, in all fairness, this picture was taken after the game was over.
Paige and me...hmmmm, Paige are you affraid of heights!! :)
thanks everyone for the fun night!!
Nope! it is dried flowers...left over from when we lost Junior. so go figure, Bella got to them! :( 
and one flower in the sink!...nice
Look at her...so sweet and innocent! blahhh!!! how can i get mad at this cute little face!? But i did call jake at work and tell him how HIS cat ruined my flowers!!! yes, Bella is JAKE's cat...or sometimes i call her Jake's girlfriend! she LOVES jake. She will stay upstairs all day and as soon as jake gets home, she runs down stairs to him and never leaves his side. (she could care less about me!) she also cries at the front door in the morning when he leaves for work and when Jake is home and we are watching TV on the couch or something, she will hop up on him...in between us! i think she is trying to wedge a gap to have Jake all to herself! (yes i am a little jealous!) hehehe oh well, i still love her! :)
Blaine's 2nd birthday at Disneyland
Blaine's 3rd birthday...learning that EVERYTHING revolves around him!
Blaine's 4th birthday..what can i say, such a sweet heart!
We have been looking to adopt a cat for a loooonnnggg time, but so many things have gone wrong in the process. (i'm sure most of you have heard our crazy stories!) It's kind of a long story how we got Bella, but we are just glad that we have her now. we got her friday night....she is about 7 and a half months old...so not a total kitten, but still not full grown. she is so sweet and we love her to pieces. she is DEFINITELY a "daddy's girl". she LOVES jake and if he's not around, she follows blaine. the first night with her was like having a brand new baby all over again. every little move she made we would look around to make sure she was ok or just to see what she was doing. and then at 4:30 am she was wide awake and ready to play. she would run from the farthest corner downstairs all the way up the stairs and to the top corner of our bedroom over and over and OVER again. and sometimes she would even use jake's tummy as a spring board to leap into the corner behind the night stand. crazy girl. but since then she has calmed down and gotten a little more used to us. 
Blaine with the 
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