MUCHOS Celebrations!

The next few days after Dave's birthday were busy with other celebrations. One of Dave's brothers, Jacob, got home from his mission to Veracruz, Mexico. The whole family was able to make it to the airport to welcome him home. Even the McCaffree clan, Grandpa Ricks, and cousin Brian made it.

What a welcoming group! I made the sign.

Welcome Home JACOB!

I took several more pictures but most of them were of Jacob hugging everyone, mom crying, and us standing around while his suitcase situation got taken care of. One of his suitcases didn't make it all the way. Someone from the airport did show up the next morning with it. It must have been on a later flight. Just glad he got it.

The next day was Pioneer Day. We went to a park for the big celebration and ate good food and listened to music. Then we went home to finish off the celebrations. We celebrated Dave's birthday, Jacob's homecoming, and Josh & Tara's engagement. And yes, we did sing for each person.

For Dave we sang some rendition of "Happy Birthday."

For Jacob, we sang our own special version of "We're so glad when Jacob comes home" (sung to the tune of "I'm so glad when Daddy comes home").

For Josh and Tara we sang, "Josh and Tara sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G...."

This is a Sam's Club cake. It is super tasty. I put the writing on it. In case you can't read it, it says, "Welcome Home," "Happy B-day", and "Congrats."

Then a couple of days later, we celebrated Grandpa Ricks' 90th Birthday. We had a scrumptious dinner, opened presents, listened to Grandpa recite poetry, and ate more cake. It was a very busy week but it was a lot of fun to see and spend so much time with family.

27 and Counting

Yep, that's right, Dave turned 27 this year. He's still got the good looks too! Anyway, his birthday was in the middle of the week so we didn't do anything too wild and crazy. Being the good wife that I am, I got up and made him breakfast and then he opened up his presents. I only took one picture that morning because he wasn't too thrilled about pictures that early in the morning. I gave him 2 movies (National Treasure 2 and Night At The Museum 2) and two new work shirts. He's a sexy man.

After work we made tacos and then got ready for his birthday party. We invited a few friends over and the night was spent chit-chatting and eating junk food, mmm my favorite. Happy Birthday Dave! I love you!

Dave blowing out the candles. April's daughter helped me put the candles on. She was super excited about the cake.

Dave with Ben, Josh, and Jeremy. This isn't everyone that came but I didn't take very many pictures that night. But thanks to everyone who came!