The Perfect Storm

You know that quote from "The Office" episode where one day a year a bunch of paperwork has to be turned in on the same day and all the employees have to stay late to finish it because Michael won't do it, and Pam calls it "the perfect storm"?

Well, maybe you don't.

 But, every year in the beginning of April we have about a week and a half where A LOT is going on - and I've decided to call it the same thing..........The perfect storm.

Collectively, it is Ethan's birthday, my birthday, General Conference for our church, and Easter.  Also, Jake likes to make A REALLY BIG DEAL about all of these events.   A REALLY BIG DEAL. 

This year, all of these events happend within 4 days of eachother. Yeah. Jake took me to a hotel for a night out on my birthday with 0 kids (LOVE him - and thanks Sarah and Jeremy!), we had 2 Birthday parties, 1 egg-dying session, 2 Easter egg hunts, 4 sessions of General Conference, and a partridge in a pear tree.  Did I mention Jake gave me the kitchen sink for my birthday?

 Just checking. 

For E's 3rd birthday, we took him to the fire station again this year.  You wouldn't know it by the pictures, but he really loved it.  He hasn't stopped talking about it since we got home.  I made him a buzz lightyear cake for our family party, but we had to wait for Dad to get home before we could really celebrate.  Ethan was a little emberassed because half way through his party some friends came over that we haven't seen in awhile.  When he opened his Buzz Lightyear wings he was more bashful about wearing them than I think he would have normally been.  Silly little guy:) 

"You wanna piece of me?!"

-Buzz Lightyear

Little goober.  I can't believe he's already 3.