Happy Birthday Jerry!

Jerry had a pretty horrible birthday. In the morning he had to go to work so early that his selfish wife didn't even wake up to wish him happy birthday before he went to work. (I did hear him getting ready and thought to get up and give him a birthday kiss, but that's as far as the thought got before I fell back asleep.) He spent his birthday working 1/2 a day then driving to California for a major certification test with work. He's been studying for the test for months, so that night he just stressed, studied, and worried about the test. Great birthday huh! So we celebrated his birthday last Saturday instead. We had family over and celebrated him! It was a very fun party and I'm so grateful for him! He is such a great husband, father, and friend. He makes me laugh every day, and is so fun to be with. He is such a good man. I'm pretty lucky. We had a pretty fast "courtship" and engagement, even though it didn't feel fast at the time - (First date end of Sept. to getting married middle of Jan. - wow, that was fast, even if we had been friends for a while before dating) I realize just how much I hit the jackpot. Love you honey!

My birthday creation wasn't all that exciting this year. Last year I did make an awesome "death star" cake from Star Wars, but the frosting ended up more purple, not gray because mixing the white and black went purple. But this year, unfortunately he had to share his birthday celebration with a birthday party for two sweet 90 yr. old women in our ward. I had to spend the majority of the day on that, so I didn't have a lot of time to be creative - and he didn't have any requests. So I did make a 31 with the snickers, but that just wasn't enough chocolate on the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, so I added more snickers bars.

Look at those cute kids. Hayden and Rebecca with their cousins, Joey and Tyler.

By the way - Jerry totally passed his certification test with flying colors!!! All his studying paid off, the CEO of the region that administered the test called Jerry's GM after the test and told him how impressed he was with Jerry and that they've NEVER had anyone so well prepared as he was, and they could tell he put time and effort into it. (Sorry Jerry, I had to brag about you, since I know you won't!) So that was a good birthday present for him, to hear that.