Documenting life...: A shout out to my Jay

Jay had his 6th birthday while we were on vay cay. We were in St. George at a great condo that overlooked much of the city. We made him a cake and then realized that we had no candles, so Emily and I were extreme-o creative and came up with these beauties. We used these Pepperidge Farms chocolate stick things (can't remember the name, but I KNOW my Mom knows), they are soft in the middle, and then stuck matches inside of them. It actually worked quite well. :)

Jaren in a nutshell:

He is so kind, he remembers everything (dangerously), he is a peacemaker- this I knew from the moment he was born, generous, thoughtful, an observer, sometimes a push-over, always puts others before himself, rarely if ever gets in trouble, smart, smart, smart. I love you so so much Jaren, I can't even explain how much I knew what kind of a child he would be when I very first held him in my arms, this hasn't happened with my others. I just kept thinking, he has a heart of gold. I had no idea how right I would be. He holds the door open for me everywhere we go, he always makes sure I'm ok. He'll make such a fabulous husband. Start lining up grilies. Actually, don't...that's too sad to think about.

Happy 6th Jaren!!

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

15 comments:

Jana said...: Aw, Jay....
He's so adorable!
You are brill with those stick things and matches. Dang, I thought I knew what they were called.; October 20, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Sera said...: How very MacGyver of you with the candles - how awesome! Love the pics. He sounds like an amazing kid.; October 20, 2008 at 6:39 PM
Lindsay said...: Wow, total keeper, how'd you get so lucky?; October 20, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Tera said...: Deidre would like to be in the front of the line! She loves to play with J.; October 20, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Bryce & Cherise said...: yeah i'm trying to remember...haha, i don't remember either. mom would definately know. ;)
Tell Jay i love him and happy birthday late! I love that he holds the door open for you. He's so tender...; October 20, 2008 at 9:25 PM
chelle said...: How sweet is he? Take after his mom. Love the candles. m; October 21, 2008 at 12:23 AM
Brian and Kim said...: Happy Birthday, Jar!!!; October 21, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Aislinn said...: Pirouettes???? I once made Justin buy me a box of them from Costco. (Although it was more like a case.) He warned me I wouldn't be able to eat that many...and I got soooo sick of them and even still I don't really care for them. Too bad I didn't have kids at that time to find other uses for them :) Creative use of your cookie!; October 21, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Jacqui said...: You know, I have a cute little blond 6-year-old. If you go the "arranged marriage" route, let me know. We can work something out.; October 21, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Jen-ben said...: Aislinn!!!! That's totally it! I couldn't for the life of me remember! Thanks!; October 21, 2008 at 5:09 PM
AudyCamp said...: Kaylea's lined up for Jaren ;) But you're right ...hopefully that's far down the road! Kids grow up too fast!; October 21, 2008 at 6:27 PM
Emily said...: Sweet, sweet Jaren! We were completely brill (to use your word) with the "candles." I actually can't believe they worked so well. I love the picture of Jaren with his pirate gun, and the look on his face with the smoke of he candles - so calm and serene and peaceful even after that exciting moment! It is so HIM. Honestly girl...How is it possible to make a picture of a plain chocolate cake look like art?!? Have I told you how amazing you are in the past hour?!?

Oh, and in the car today, Macy made up a song entitled, "I love Jaren."; October 21, 2008 at 8:25 PM
MoM K said...: Ahh yesss, Pirouettes - so yummy. But only the Peppridge farm brand for me. the rest are just nothing. I love this post about jaren. What a sweet thing to do. I hope he saw it! I'm so glad I will get to see a bunch of grandkids soon!!!!!; October 21, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Valerie said...: I was planning on getting Sydney in that bride line -- it's getting so long already! Just let us know which college he is going to after his mission and we'll get Sydney close by. . .; October 22, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Meredith said...: Happy B-Day Jaren!!!

I love the cake! You're so smart!; October 23, 2008 at 7:01 AM