Behind the 8 Ball!

Whew! We are so close to being done with this school year! Woo Hoo! South Pacific went WONDERFULLY (if you exclude those dozens of new grey hairs I have now!) on Friday night. Beauty and the Beast went WONDERFULLY (if you exclude those dozens of new grey hairs Jared has now!) on Tuesday night! Jared's TVMS concert is tonight, and we will be in Austin next weekend for State solo and ensemble contest. Then, Jared starts his summer work at the dealership on Monday! Whew, I tell ya! While we are tired (understatement of the century!) we feel very accomplished and proud of our kids! In the meantime, we had some pretty significant events in our lives this weekend! Jakob turned 3...THREE...on Friday! Crazy. I swore that I would not be the mom who always says, "I just can't believe it! Time goes so fast! It seems just like yesterday he was a baby!" And yet...I said all of those things over the weekend! Since South Pacific was Friday night, we had a small, family-only party on Saturday evening. Cutest thing, though...Jakob believed with all of his heart that South Pacific was our high school students' gift to him for his birthday. He sang along, narrated for Nana during the show, and let her know who everyone really was. SO funny! Afterwards, our kids sang Happy Birthday to him while he was on stage, and he smiled this smile of absolute bliss...I have never seen his face look like that before! It was truly priceless. So...here is the first of many posts from this weekend, but this one is the most important of all: Jakob's birthday!!!

Jakob's first doctor's kit: "Now, I'm just like Dr. Liz!"

Jakob and MerMer on the playground

Jakob's fan club (minus a few!) Nana, Daddy, BB, Pa, MerMer, and Jakob (mom behind the camera with Poppy and Bubba at work in Oklahoma and Perryton)

Jakob's Backyardigan Cake

He LOVES people singing to him!

Evidently, we did well!

He's getting so good at giving that posed, 'make-my-momma-happy' smile on cue!

Jakob with BB, Pa, and MerMer...they are ALL pretty fond of one another!!!

Sorry you can't see their faces, but I just love this one!!! Jakob and Nana are pretty tight, to say the VERY least!