Hard to believe that our Jacob is 12. That is all I can say. Hard to believe.

Jacob’s birthday was great. Christi & Micah were returning home from their brief trip to Texas for Andi’s baby shower, so he had to wait for their return before he could open his birthday gifts. He opened a video game first and noticed that it was for the XBOX 360. I hit my hand to my head and said “whoops! I guess we’ll have to trade that in for an XBOX version.”. Then he opened a package that had a new wireless controller in it - also for the 360. Hee hee. Then it clicked in. He looked at the big box and tore it open. Yep! An XBOX 360!

I must admit that I am having just as much fun as he is with this machine. It is pretty impressive. But last night he beat me 4 races in a row on Burnout. When did he get so good???!!! (And so grown up.)

Happy Birthday Jacob.

Happy Birthday to Lucas! He had a great day for his seventh birthday. At school he was the special kid who got to do all the classroom tasks for the day, like take the attendance pad to the office, read the schedule, etc. (Although he said it just made him tired.)

We went to Ruby’s Diner for dinner and he got 3 new games for his Nintendo DS and a Bean Bag Chair.

This was Micah’s “good side” for Christmas (his other side was black & blue from his encounter with the headboard). The late afternoon light in Texas is always wonderful for taking good pics of these boys. We had a wonderful trip to Texas and enjoyed every minute.

Jacob got a new Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas in Texas and spent countless hours outside (even though it was cold!) shooting at tree stumps in the lake. He did some target practice with his Granddaddy and just had a generally great time!

Lucas got a great Chef’s apron and hat for Christmas and had a great time making special cookies for everyone with his Mimi.