SEVENTEEN!!

My tiniest blue bundle of joy is SEVENTEEN!! 

Michael, our Birthday Boy!

Celebrating the Big Brother!!

Blowing out his candles!

 Michael is funny and serious, thoughtful and creative, passionate and committed, honorable and compassionate, strong and intelligent, handsome and sweet, driven and carefree, gallant and silly. 


 

He was so excited about this ridiculous book.

 We love everything about this great kid.  We are so proud and fortunate to call him ours!!

New cleats!!  Of course!!

Alphabet Date 3
C is for Carriage Ride
 

Friday night Ben and I went into Fredericksburg.  We had a wonderful dinner in a little pub called Sammy T's.  Ben had "Cat"Fish and Chips (in honor of my parents who are in London right now) and I enjoyed a delicious and spicy Chicken wrap.  When dinner was over we strolled the quaint streets of Old-town Fredericksburg.  The weather was perfect, not "jacket" chilly but "no bugs" cool.  The historic storefronts are full of antique shops and galleries. 

 

At 8 o'clock we strolled to a corner where Ben introduced me to Patricia, a beautiful white horse...hooked to a Carriage!!  I can not express how excited I was.  I have always wanted to go on a horse drawn carriage ride.  When Ben told me that it was actually a Haunted Tour I wanted to jump up and down with excitement. 

 

We climbed aboard and Patricia and her charming driver took us on the most enjoyable tour of my life.  During the one hour tour, our driver pointed out interesting historical locations like George Washington's sister's and mother's homes and also alleged haunted locations like the St. George Cemetery.  (Coincidentally, George Washington's sister's home and his mother's home have many claims of hauntings as well.)  We learned about ghost children, ghost soldiers, ghost slaves, ghost joksters and even ghosts of US Presidents.  We chatted, cuddled and craned our necks in search of just one personal sighting. 

Although we didn't see any ghosts of our own, we now know where to look.  The evening was perfect.  Alphabet dating is the best! 

ZOMBIES-A Party To Die For!!

The men in my house are obsessed with zombies.  They read books about them, they watch movies about them, they watch television series about them, they plan running races from them, they share theories about the zombie apocalypse and design weapons and escape plans to use against them...in a whole, they are zombie nuts.  I still prefer a shirtless werewolf, myself, but aside from me zombies are all the rage in this house. 

Keeping this in mind we planned a fun and exciting surprise birthday party for Jasen!  We invited a bunch of kids over to the house where they used gallons of stage blood, Halloween makeup, prosthetic gashes and gore to transform themselves into the walking dead.  (Ben had Jasen out in town...doing "in town" stuff.)  Michael used caution tape all over the front porch and left a large Nerf gun, filled with ammo, and a sign that read,

QUARANTINE

Enter At Your Own Risk

The US Department of Infectious Diseases

The Center for Disease Control

 

As Ben and Jasen pulled into the driveway all the kids scattered throughout the house, covered all the windows and turned off the lights.  I flipped on a smoke machine and some scary music and then I hid in my bedroom and listened through my bedroom door.

 

Jasen strolled up to the house and read the sign.  He looked at Ben , a huge smile spread across his face and he pushed through the caution tape, armed himself with his new Nerf gun and cracked open the door.  Ben followed behind him with a video camera. 

 

Carnage followed as he went from one room to another, shooting his zombified friends with Nerf darts.  Zombies were everywhere...the shower, the pantry, even on top of a storage shelf in the basement.  They stalked towards him with moans and eerie screams as they reached out for his living flesh. 

 

He cleared the house of zombies in a manner of minutes, the entire time giggling with glee.  (I swear I haven't heard him giggle like that for at least 10 years.)  Then everyone gathered on the back deck, yelled surprise and ate lots of eye-ball cupcakes and hoagie sandwiches and watched scary movies!  It was a great party...definitely one to die for!

 



Even the littles got in on the action!!  Spooky!



 Happy Birthday, my Zombie huntin' hunk-o-boy!!  Love you!

Jasen and The Big One Five

My Sweetie-pie, my Cuddle-bug, my Buddha-baby, my Jasey-boy is 15 years old.  It's hard to believe it but it's true.  He is still as sweet and cuddly as the day he was born!  We are all blessed to have him as apart of our lives!!