Heidi's Favorite Date

My favorite color--any jewel tone. My favorite flower--anything, just like mom. If it smells good, all the better. My favorite activity--reading while soaking in a bubble bath.

My most memorable date is also when I got engaged. It was March in Rexburg and there was probably still a foot of snow on the ground. Jason took me to a nearby park and fixed a candlelight barbecue dinner. The steaks wouldn't cook because it was too cold outside, so we just ate everything else while we shivered. Then he went to the car and came back with fire and ice roses, my favorite, and knelt in the snow to propose.

We've had lots of memorable dates since. In Virginia, our friends surprised us with a candlelight dinner in the park, this time in the summer. Last Christmas after I dropped the kids off at our babysitting co-op, I got home to a surprise date that Jason had prepared. He had a bubble bath all ready for me and while I was soaking and listening to the Christmas music he turned on for me, he was fixing me a great dinner. To all those with young kids, I highly recommend getting a babysitting co-op together! We did it for the last four years in Virginia and had SO much fun with our dates. We played Frisbee golf, racquetball, tennis, went to movies, dinner, played games with friends, and sometimes just went to Wal-Mart to see how it felt to go there without kids. It was great!

Mom's Answers

I'm getting behind on the questions too. I like yellow because it's so happy. It depends on what it's for. I love all the green back east (trees, and grasses, and bushes) I couldn't possibly decide what is my favorite flower. I guess it depends on what's blooming at the moment. I do love the great begonias, camelias, magnolias, lilacs--I just love them all. I guess my favorite date was when we got engaged. We drove up a canyon in Salt Lake to Log Haven Inn. After dinner he wanted to go outside to see the ice lit up. It was beautiful, but very cold. He slipped on the ring and I said "Is it real". Then we went home to show it to my mom and dad and his mom and dad and went over to Aunt Nyta's then we went to a dance at the Y. That was the beginning of our family and I love you all so much.

I Swear I Didn't Forget

I have been thinking about it for two days. I even posted stuff yesterday, and I don't know why I didn't post this, but here it goes....Happy Anniversary to Matt and Amanda, it has been 7 or 8 years, again....no one has informed me. Anyway, happy anniversary! We hope it was a great one!

Teresa's Best Date

My best date was when Keith and I went to Devil's Den State park. We went up there for his birthday and stayed for 3 days. We got to stay in an old cabin and hike everyday. It was so nice to be able to enjoy all that outdoors without having to worry about the kids wandering off or getting hurt. We saw hibernating bats, which was a first for me. It was the best date ever because it was so nice and quiet and relaxing!

Mindy's Date Memory

Jason was really the only one I dated, and he was pretty creative. One
time he got his '48 Pontiac Silver Streak running and picked me up for a
dance in that. It was a neat car, but needed a lot of work and he worked
hard to get it going for that date. Another time he had me help him make
some tin foil dinners "for a friend" and we took them to a campsite,
where we were supposed to leave them for the friend as a surprise for his
date. Well, I was the friend, and we stayed there and cooked our foil
dinners in a fire. That was fun.

The most memorable date was early in our relationship. He called me one
night before Christmas and asked if I'd help his family decorate the
Christmas tree. I said sure, and he said his brother would pick me up.
Apparently he was at work. So I'd met his brother once, and his mom
once, but that was my introduction to the rest of the family. On the way
to their house I was talking to Mark and told him I thought it was very
weird to be going when Jason wouldn't even be there. Mark replied that
Jason had a habit of inviting whatever girl he was dating at the time to
family events. Even better, I got Jason's bag of ornaments to put on the
tree since he wasn't there to do it. Jason finally showed up about an
hour into the date, and we had banana cookies and hot chocolate by the
fire.

Question of the Week!

Tell about a special date you had with a boy/ girl friend, fiance.

Nickell's Answers

So I am really really late on these and I have no excuse! Last week was pretty uneventful except for that Kade started smiling at me a lot! I absolutely love his little gummy grin! Anyway, here are my answers.

Color: Red, to decorate with. Black or white to wear.
Flower: Any Orchid or Lily
Activity/Hobby: Photography, tennis, most outdoor activities such as hiking, camping etc. Playing games and watching movies are both a love of mine also!

I, like Amy, only had roommates for 4 months. Luckily though I was blessed with GREAT roommates. They were all so nice. Except one, she didn't seem to have respect for other people's property. I had a white rug, with an emphasis on HAD! Anyway, she was only there for a month and then got married.

Birthdays!

There are two birthdays today! Happy Birthday Brock and Kristi! Today Brock turns 11 and Kristi turns 42. Happy birthday! The only current picture I had of my mom, included my dad......Anyway Happy Birthday! We love you!

Happy Birthday Jonah!!!

It's Jonah's birthday today! Happy Birthday! You are 5 now right? And you get to start school! Very exciting and we hope you have a great birthday!!!

Amy's Answers

Favorite color - Bordeaux, kind of a cross between purple and brown

Favorite flower - lavender citrus roses

Favorite activity - all of my favorite activities involve my kids. We love to play games and eat and watch movies together and go to the pool.

Favorite hobbies - quilting, singing

I only had roommates for 4 months and it was so long ago I don't remember what I learned. I guess I learned that I really like living by myself.

Holly's Answers

I am a little behind on the question thing, so I will first answer the one I never got to. The most dramatic thing I can remember happening in our neighborhood when I was growing up was when my friend's little brother was playing "chicken" with cars on Briargate Boulevard and he lost. He flew about 100 feet when he got hit. His house was right around the corner, so his mom got there very quickly and started CPR. If I remember correctly, his aorta had dissected, so he was dead pretty much immediately. He was 15 years old.
On a happier note, my favorite color is still green, my favorite flower is still the orchid (yes, I'm still an addict), I love to swim, read, play computer games with my husband, and play with Shannon.
As for roommates, well, I have had over 50 of them in my life (counting mission companions) so I don't know if there is anything I didn't learn. I learned to be very grateful for my parents because they obviously taught me a lot more than most parents do these days. I could rewire a lamp, whereas very few of my roommates even knew how to change a light bulb (and I'm not exaggerating! Nickell can attest to this). I learned a lot of patience from all of them. One important thing I learned is how to pick my battles. I think that is an important quality to have in a marriage and in parenthood. I am very capable of overlooking the small things and being able to put things in perspective. Even though I had some very trying experiences, I wouldn't trade them now for anything.

Twopies!

Hey everyone! I wanted to let everyone know that tonight was Derek's last t-ball game of the season. He is pretty sad about it, but also very happy. If you don't read my blog, then you missed my recent rant about the boys club not giving out trophies even though they told Derek he would get one. So, trying to make my buddy feel better, I went and got him a little trophy. Apparently, his coach was also upset by this, because he went out and got the whole team trophies. He was so excited that he hugged the coach and on the way home he told me "I must be weally weally good at t-boll if I get two twopies!" He was so proud that he even let me put Keith's trophies away because he didn't need them anymore. :) It was so cute.

I'm Back

The day before graduation, Jason commissioned (again) into the Air Force--this time as a captain.

All of us making the walk to the very impressive, though hot, Burruss Hall on VT campus

Just after the ceremony.

Wow. I have missed a lot being off line for a week!! Jason finally graduated from medical school and we are living in Pennsylvania. Graduation was hot, as Amy said, but great. I was glad some of my family could be there. We appreciated their sitting in the heat for the 2 1/2 hour ceremony.

We have been working non-stop trying to get things done around this house before Jason starts work in a week and we never see him again. We've been fighting a losing battle against carpenter bees, so Tere, if you have something for them, please let me know. Terro works great on ants. We have installed lots of blinds, torn out some carpet, and emptied, cleaned, and filled our pool (turns out our pool filter needs a new cord, though) and unpacking millions of boxes. It's lots of fun.

By the way, Nickell, I have been married to my HOT husband for 11 years now. You were close.

Hello From Across the World

I am in Japan!!! This is so weird. We left Sunday morning at 5:30am and arrived here Monday night at 4:30pm. Everyone has the same color hair (except for a few weird kids) and they are all about the same height. I feel like a giant (more than usual). And I'm super tired. Mark took me around to all the spots he remembered today and most of them we couldn't find, so we just walked a lot. We did see all sorts of really neat things, though, like the osaka castle which was originally built in 1590 and has been rebuilt 4 times since. It is amazing! The walls surrounding the mote are mostly original and I can't believe the work it must have been to build them. As we are walking down the streets here we just all of a sudden come across a temple of some sort and there are usually people clapping and bowing near the offering/alter kind of thing. There are outdoor malls all over that look like they used to be roads, but the pedestrians took over so they built a roof over it and now call it a mall. The busses and some trains are so short that even I have to duck, so just try to imagine what Mark looks like. My favorite so far was at the castle this afternoon. We were at the top looking over the city when a group of school children came up. They were between 8 and 10 years old, and one little boy looked up at Mark and said "okii" which Mark says means "big". Mark started talking to a bunch of them and they wouldn't let him alone after that. They followed us around and asked whatever question they could think of, and kept saying "hi" to me, because they knew I wouldn't understand anything else. Mark says they like to practice english whenever they can, and no matter how bad they are you're supposed to tell them they speak really well. Tomorrow is my first day of sight seeing without Mark. Should be interesting. I thought I'd better put this one of Mark being mauled by the school children on, too.

--Jeny

Teresa's Answers

Color: Whew, this is hard because all colors are great, even the seventies gold and pukey green has a neat flare. I guess in general I would say red

Flower: Probably lillies of all kinds

Activity: hiking and swimming with the kids

Hobby: taking pictures, playing "imaginationland" with derek, reading (I LOVE READING when I have time

As far as roommates go, I've been pretty lucky to have lived with people who are exactly like me up until I got married. My husband and I are COMPLETELY opposite. Somehow though, we don't fight about hardly anything. He's pretty quiet and conservative, likes to go fishing, have his routines and doesn't say much, and then there's me, loud and on the brink of crazy, never do the same thing twice and can talk until you're deaf etc. I think one thing that I have learned is balancing myself to where I don't bother the other people too much and I can still be myself. Of course, this is totally one sided, everyone might hate living with me, but you'd have to ask them! :)

The Brown's Week

Jason, Dylan, my father in law, and I spent last week in Moscow working
on our new house, in order to have it ready to move into on the 27th.
The lady who lived there before had a cat and ferrets, so first thing we
did was tear out all the carpet and pad, or what was left of the pad, and
paint Kilz on the floor to block out the smell. That didn't take care of
all of the smell, but it's not nearly as bad anymore. Jason and Dennis
tore out and rebuilt the front deck, which was really wobbly and rotten,
and Dylan and I painted the new deck. We also pulled staples from the
floor, spackled the walls, and spread a skim coat of cement on the
kitchen floor and sanded it to get it ready for new linoleum. It had
carpet glued to it. We picked out new linoleum and carpet, and it should
be installed before we move. So that was a lot of work. The rest of the
kids stayed in Rigby with their Grandma Brown. We found out on Monday
that my angel mother in law, on top of the MS she's been suffering with
for 20 years, now has breast cancer. Dennis knew she was waiting to
hear. We didn't know and never would have gone to Moscow and left the
kids with Laurie if we'd known she was dealing with that. We tried to
leave right then to go back home, but Dennis wouldn't and Laurie didn't
want us to. She said it wouldn't change anything and she wanted us to
get done what we needed to before we left. So we stayed. It was a rough
week emotionally. Laurie is either a really good faker or she's really
not as freaked out about this as the rest of us are. She had a port put
in to receive the chemotherapy, which will probably start next week. She
still has to go to the oncologist and have a full body scan to see if the
cancer has spread. It's a big lump -- 6 centimeters -- and growing fast.
Please remember her and Dennis in your prayers. We got back to Rigby
late Friday night, drove home Saturday morning and stayed just long
enough to unpack the car and shower, then headed down to Malad for the
Brown reunion. It's been crazy around here, and won't get any better for
at least a couple of weeks, until after the move.

Mindy's Answers:

My favorites are: color, green; flower, peony; activity,
taking a bath all by myself with a good book; hobby, reading, gardening,
sewing.

I learned so much about tolerance living with my immediate family of 10
other people with such different personalities that I don't know if I
learned anything else from room mates or companions. I served a two week
mini mission after high school in Littleton with two sister missionaries
who didn't get along with each other very well. They tried, but they
just clashed. That was an interesting experience. They kept me out of
their disputes and were both very kind to me, but I could tell they
didn't like each other. From that I guess I learned the importance of
trying to make the best out of a non ideal situation. Then I had 5 room
mates at Ricks. I got along really well with them all. We had to sort
of make a shower schedule and label our food and so forth, but that was
all pretty easy. We had a lot of fun together. That's all the
experience I've had with people other than my immediate family. Really,
I think growing up in a big family prepared me for living with other
people.

Questions fo the Week(s)

Last week: What are your favorites: colors, flowers, activities, hobbies?

This week: Tell about room mates or companions you had and what you
learned living with others besides your immediate family.

Mr. and Mrs. Reiff

I have exciting news everyone! On June 9, my sister married Daniel Reiff. Dan is currently in tech school for the USAF. They decided to have a very simple wedding because they both have aweful schedules. We are so excited. Everyone, give a big congrats for Mr. and Mrs. Reiff!

I don't remember the first piece of furniture I bought and the most exciting thing that's ever happened in my neighborhood involved me and I'm sure no one, including me, wants to relive that one. Enough said. We are finally cooling down this week after a heat wave last week. It was over 95 for 5 straight days with intense humidity. Just a little reminder of what's coming. But with the heat came all the flowers and the garden is growing like crazy now. I can hardly wait for fresh corn. We have already had several salads with our lettuce.We are also having some fun with the cicadas this year. After dealing with them in Maryland a few years back they are not so gross this year. They make a lot of noise and are not afraid of anything. Emma caught some for me the other day and saved them for me in a bowl. And Zack likes to play with them on the driveway.


We spent a great weekend with Heidi and family just before they moved. It was very exciting to see Jason graduate and the excitement wasn't dampened at all by the plumber on the stage:). The kids had a great time messing up the house and we all just sat around trying to beat the heat. I hope they are happy in their new home.

Don't Forget

Don't forget about the food storage blog and the recipes blog! I need everyones recipes and food storage ideas. I have been updating the food storage one with some ideas, but we can always use more ideas!!

Update

Aaron updated my photography website and I love it!

Nickell Photography

Heidi's New Address

I just got a phone call from Heidi and they have arrived at their new home in Danville, PA. She only spoke for a moment and had to hang up and run because the Elder's Quorum from their new ward had arrived to help them unload their truck.

The following information is actually a cut and paste from the Parkinson blog:

"For those who don't know, we will be moving on June 10th. Our new address will be:

121 Middle Street

Danville, PA 17821.

I think we've decided to live on cell phones only, too, so mine and Jason's cell numbers will remain the same with the exception of the area code which we will have changed to 570."

The area code on their cell phones has not changed, yet, and she will advise us when that change takes place. Also, they will have a land line, but it is not in place yet.

We are thankful that they are safely at their new home.

Grandpa L.

Happy Birthday

Today Aaron turns 28! Happy Birthday Aaron!

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary Heidi and Jason! I am not sure how many years, I will guess somewhere between 8 and 10 years? I don't know! But happy anniversary! We hope it's wondeful!

Weirdos

First of all, I LOVE THIS PICTURE! They make me happy. So let me explain a bit. For some reason in all of my wedding pictures, JD is making this pose, and it has just stuck since then. I think it just explains a little of who we are (my siblings and I) and I just wanted to share. (mostly for you Aunt Jeny hehe) So now you can be proud to be related to us because we are the weird people who are in the background of all your nice pictures making a strange face.

From Mom

We had a great trip to Idaho. The only part we don't like is the travel. It was so much fun to see you all. Thank you for all coming. What a tiny baby Kade is and Kristi he calls me grammy. Ha Ha. We are both beat, especially after the day at the temple yesterday. Dad asked the missionaries to mow the lawn today. I think they thought he was kidding. He got the front done. When they came home from lunch he looked so bad that one of them said he would do the back later this afternoon.

It was hot today. I think over 80. I guess that's not hot for some of you. But I was dripping. Tricia called and asked if I wanted a massage so I ran down there. Ahhhhh!!!!!!!!! It's nice.

I got the cucumbers in. I'll put the rest in tomorrow. The tomatoes look great. I got a little

shepherds hook to put over the crocosmia and hung a hummingbird feeder on it. David and Tricia got lots when they did that last year. I hope they come. Love to all of you. You are all special to me.

Mom's Furniture and Neighborhood Experience

I'm kind of behind a few weeks. The first furniture was probably the piano. Or it could have been the green, orange, and gold plaid couch and chair. We still have the chair 30? years old. We recovered it a year ago and now Dad wants to get rid of it/.

The experience I remember most was when I was about 14 or 15. We had a slogan in Mutual as it was called then, "Light the way to MIA". All the people in the ward were supposed to turn their lights on on their porch so we could get home safely. There were about 5 on our block that were not members so it was quite dark. I left Jackee's house and started up to mine. About 1/2 way up a man was coming down the street and when he passed me he turned around right behind me. I took off and ran in my house just in time. He must have thought I just ran into any house, because he paced back and forth in front of the house for a long time. My Dad called the police and they picked him up but couldn't hold him. The next day he murdered an 11 year old babysitter in American Fork. I heard he was released about 2 years ago. His name was DeVere Poulson.

Kristi's Neigborhood Experience

Oh how many things could we write about our neighborhood in Provo! The neighbors boys that ran over to the church to hide from the S.W.A.T. team, the narcotics bust across the street that led to policemen with machine guns in my front yard, the drug addict who stood up in fast and testimony meeting and told us he had seen God and Cain and other unmentionables, and lest we forget…Rose. Those of you who knew her are laughing right now (and nodding, or shaking your head, or both =)

I guess, though, that if you ask what my most memorable childhood neighborhood memories are, I would choose the two that come to my mind the most readily. One was a very happy day and one a little more traumatic; both, however, in West Jordan. I remember the day that Mom and Dad came home from the doctor, x-rays in hand and announced that we were having twins! Lori and I ran around the neighborhood and knocked on the door of every neighbor to share the good news. I’m sure they thought we were crazy because we were so excited we could hardly speak! But we had to get the news around to as many people as we could. The other memory I don’t have very many details. I recall more of the feelings. It is of the time we found out Sister Hardcastle had cancer. We lived in a cul-de-sac and everyone seemed to me to be pretty closely knit. I still remember the feeling I had when I heard the news. As I write this I’m not even sure when it was that it happened. It may have even been after we left. If it was It must have felt like we still lived there. It was hard to leave that neighborhood. Perhaps that was the real trauma!

PS I also remember the days (or weeks) of mourning Sheila Sessions went through when Elvis died. I thought she was crazy!

Teresa's Neighborhood Experience

I really don't remember anything big ever happening in my neighborhoods. The most interesting thing that happens here is our next door neighbor. He's a little off and yells at his chickens (real chickens) at all hours of the day and night. It's a given that he will be arrested once a month for one random thing on another.

Before I moved here though, the only things I can remember are the neighborhood ruckuses I caused. You know, flooding my house, making mom's dress into confetti, stuff like that. Then, when I got a bit older we used to terrorize the neighbors because my best friend and I used to make up these ridiculous songs and choreograph it. Then we would perform in the middle of the street at Broadway volume. We discovered very early on that nonsensial songs were a lot more irritating than most things and our neighbors knew it. (if anyone doubts me, ask April about the "Broccoli must die" song JD and I made for her). Nothing horrible or really exciting stands out though. We lived in pretty quiet neighborhoods (most on base).

Happy Birthday Rachel!!

Happy Birthday Rachel! We hope you have a very fun birthday! We love you!

JD Graduated!!

On May 30th JD graduated from high school! Congrats!

Wisteria

We have had this wisteria vine on our back porch for at least ten years. Once before we got one spike of flowers. This is the first time it has really bloomed. Wish the picture did it more justice. It is beautiful.

Dad

Heidi's Neighborhood Memory

My most memorable experience in my neighborhood happened out here in Blacksburg. I was watching t.v. while Rachel was taking a nap and heard a thumping sound. I thought it was Rachel in her crib just waking up, then saw out the window that two boys no older than 12 were using a 2x4 to pound out the window of my next-door neighbor's door. As I looked out, one of the boys saw me looking at them and came over to our house. I quickly locked the door as he started knocking. He gave up and went back to the neighbor's. I called 911 while the boys continued trying to break in next door. Ashley and Melissa were so terrified at this point that they were hiding under our end table. That was funny. The police were able to get there in time and caught both boys. I had to go to court, but they pleaded no contest, so I didn't have to testify. It was very exciting!!

Happy Birthday.....Yesterday!

I know I am a slacker! Sorry! Happy Birthday Tricia, sorry I didn't post it yesterday! But we hope you had a good day!!!

Jeny's Neigborhood Excitement

Everyone already knows my story, but I’m going to retell it anyway. We had lived in our house in Mo. for about a week. I was in the basement quilting when I heard a knock on the door. I went upstairs and there was nobody there – but then I heard the knock again coming from the door to the garage. I was a bit suspicious, so I put my foot in front of the door before I opened it a little bit. There was a young – maybe 18 – black man with one shoe on in the garage. I lived in St. Louis, pretty southern-ish, and there were no black people in my neighborhood or anywhere near. He asked if he could come in to use the phone and call his mother because he had been chased by a dog and was scared to go out on the street again. I told him I would call her for him, but he couldn’t come into the house. I got the number, closed and locked the door, then went around and locked the other 2 doors. I called his mother (foster parent) and did not know how to tell her to get to my house, so I went out into the garage with my back to the street and tried to get directions from the young man. As I was talking to her, I had to stop a few times because of the noisy garbage truck driving up and down my street. When I finished, I went inside and noticed a helicopter hovering above the house across the street. It finally hit me that this must have been the sound I heard and mistook for a garbage truck, and when it turned sideways I saw it was a police helicopter. I called 911 immediately, told them about the young man, and the operator told me I must be mistaken because there were no police helicopters in the air. Almost as soon as he said that, about 7 police cars screeched up to my house and some of the officers were pointing guns into my garage. Super Scary! Turns out he had stolen a car and crashed it, and the police dogs were out looking for him so he wasn’t telling me a lie. He was very polite and I was sorry he was stupid. The neighbors all came out of their houses to see what was happening, so it turned out to be a great way for me to meet all the new neighbors!

About Kate's baptism: Kate was baptized Saturday. There were 7 kids getting baptized that day. I think it was fun for them all to have a special day with so many of their friends. The chapel was pretty full. Just our families took up two whole benches. It's wonderful to have so much family support. Means a lot to Kate and to me. Mom and Dad, Jeny, Mark, Tara, and Spencer, Holly and Shannon, and Nickell, Aaron, and Kade all came from our side. Yes, I got to hold the new baby. Ha ha! He's a doll, and so easy. The only times I heard him cry were when he was having his diaper changed. He really doesn't like that. Anyway, everyone stayed for church Sunday, and we had lots of laughter together. It was really a great weekend. Kate felt very special.

House update: We have been showing our house almost every day. We got an offer Friday night that was not even close to ideal, but we countered and prayed that a better offer would come along before the first one was under contract. Well, it did. Last night a family came through the house. We drove in as they were leaving and recognized them. They are in our ward. They rent a house up the hill, and want to stay in the ward. I told their realtor that we had an offer pending already, so she hurried them into an offer that is going to be much better for us. The people who made the first offer were still waiting to find out if they could qualify for a loan for the amount we wanted, so they'll have to look elsewhere now. We'll close either June 27 (when they want to) or July 7 (when we want to). I'd made doctor's appointment for my kids 2 months ago, and July 7 was the earliest they could get them in. Anyway, yay! Our house is sold!

Nickell's Answer

When we lived in Layton, there was a neighbor boy that was run over by his dad on accident. He had seen his dad driving down the street and ran out to the car to say hi. His dad didn't see him, and ran over him. Luckily he lived, but I remember the ambulance and firetrucks and police cars every where!

Mindy's Answer

No. Actually, it wasn't on our block, but in our ward very soon after we moved to Colorado the bishop's daughter died of cancer I think. She was only 8 years old, and I was 6. That is my first memory of a funeral. I was scared, but also sad for her and her family. I didn't know her, but I remember how she looked. So peaceful and beautiful in a white dress. I don't even know if my memory is right, but that's how I remember it. There was another death of a young person I remember. It was Collette Nelson, who was a year or two older than I, and apparently interested in David. We were all teenagers. She was riding in a pickup truck, joyriding after school. They were going too fast, the truck flipped and she was killed. That was so sad. Amy sang at her funeral. I don't know how she did it. There were lots of weddings and babies, but they were usually in our own family.

Question of the Week

Do you recall any special events or tragedies which took place on your block or in your neighborhood while you were growing up?

This Time We Were in Idaho

We were in Idaho this weekend for Kate's baptism, (more to post on that later) so we weren't able to post a happy birthday to April and Zachary! Happy birthday you two! We love you!