Make-A-Wish Send Off Dinner

On Sunday night, through Make-A-Wish, Maggiano's Italian Restaurant provided our family with a wonderful send off dinner!!  

Tears spilled onto my face as I walked into the restaurant and saw the Jake balloons.  What a special gift this trip is.  This is such a huge milestone for Daniel!!  I cannot wait to watch him play and see and do all of the things he loves at Disney World.  

Noodles are Daniel's favorite... Pesto Noodles, Spaghetti Noodles,  Noodles in White Sauce,  Plain noodles, butter Noodles...you name it Daniel loves noodles!!  :)  

Drew loves the Cheese Ravioli!

These girls love Maggiano's too!!

I just love him so.  

And then at the end of our meal, Suzy (our wish granter) had a special cake brought out!!  It was a Jake cake and seemed almost too cute to eat!!  

This is Daniel with one of our wish granters, Suzy!  Thank you Make-A-Wish and Maggiano's for the wonderful send off dinner!!  We cannot wait to go to Disney World!!  

Daniel continued to enjoy the Jake balloons at home!

We are so very grateful for Make-A-Wish, for Daniel's upcoming trip and for the celebration of Daniel's life this will be!! Thank you Jesus!

My Birthday

Today was my birthday.  I had wonderful day.  My family made me some of the most beautiful cards (and I mean seriously beautiful, thank you!) and really took time in picking out presents they knew I would love.  They were simple, but wonderful!!

Tonight we ate dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.  We had a late dinner as Brent had to work until 9pm, so the kids and I went to mall and looked around.  We spent time in the Disney store, looking and talking and anticipating the big trip next week.  Daniel found a blue car that we ended up buying for him.  He told every stranger that passed by the rest of the night that he had a blue car! :)

At dinner, Brent and Drew made sure that the staff knew it was my birthday, so at the end of the meal they sang to me.  When they got to "Happy birthday dear Jaci", Daniel shouted "MAMA!" and pointed at me!  It made all of us laugh, even the waiters.  Sam was rapid firing photos as all this was happening and so he forever captured this sweet moment for me...

These are the moments I want to always remember.

I love all of these from today too...

Thank you dear family for making my birthday so sweet.  I love each of you to the moon, forever and always!  

Halloween 2015

This year Daniel was Super Man for Halloween!  He chose it in the store and was adamant that this was his costume.  I was surprised, but absolutely loved the choice!  He really is my little Superman!

He pointed to his chest (just like below!) everytime someone said Superman!  So cute.

And he loved showing off his muscles! :)

Abby was the cutest little Dorothy, Lizzy was Cinderella, Sam was an X-ray man and Drew wore his Horse head again!

The girls sweet friend Maclaine joined them trick or treating!!  So fun to have her here with us!

This was the first year that Daniel actually had an interest in going up to houses!  He would slap his face (for thank you!) and then run to the next house.  Some houses we had to wrestle a little bit, as when they opened the door he wanted to go in!!  :)  I loved watching him run with his cape blowing behind him.

The only kind of candy Daniel likes are lollipops, so he was super excited when he finally received his first one.

The truly saddest part of the night was that the kids just didn't get any candy! ;-)

1001 pieces on that table!

19th Anniversary

Today is Brent and my 19th anniversary! This is the card I bought for him this year. Tears filled my eyes when I first saw it in the store. It seems for most of our marriage it has been "raining", and I am so thankful for the man with whom I share the umbrella. We still have love, laughter, joy and romantic moments even with the rain continuing to fall. Thank you Jesus for forever changing our hearts and our lives and being the Rock on which we have stood thru the storms and the rain that continues to fall. And thank you Brent for sharing the umbrella with me all these years. Love you always.