Jeana’s Birthday

June is a popular time for birthdays in our family. Jeana’s birthday was not long after mine and we got to have a lot of fun on her birthday. Audrey is turning into a big sister who loves to hold, carry, and take care of her brother.

Our friend Jamie (bless her) offered to let our kids hang out at her house the morning of Jeana’s birthday so that Jeana and I could go to a climbing gym. This worked out perfectly because I got Jeana a private climbing lesson and a month’s access to the gym. She was over the moon – talk about the perfect gift at the perfect time!

We each lasted about an hour at the climbing gym before our arms were exhausted. Neither of us had been climbing in a while, so our bodies got worked.

I wanted to get Jeana a kayak for her upcoming adventure race, but after some preliminary research and consultation with our budget spreadsheet, I felt it prudent to defer that purchase to a future year.

Since Jeana hijacked the Wicked tickets and gave them to me for my birthday (see the post for my birthday), I recycled the card she made, crossed out the “Love, Jeana” at the end, and signed my name. I guess it worked out either way. In reality I purchased the tickets, then we agreed they would apply to each birthday.

Jeana went to lunch with a couple of her lady friends while I took the kids next door to a birthday party. The party was for a 3 year old girl, but to accommodate the neighborhood boys, the theme was “Princesses and Pirates.” Each of the kids came home with a bag of booty, and Simon’s included an eye patch. My dad just had eye surgery and I thought it may be nice to send him the patch to help during his recovery.

Jeana was gone for a while with her friends, and after lunch she stopped at home to pick up a present and hurried off to a baby shower. Happy birthday, honey.

When Jeana finally got home, it was time for dinner. Of course, I had planned something very special, and slaved for hours in the kitchen – only to be disappointed when she came home from hours of snacking at a baby shower. I’m kidding. I had actually planned something light for dinner because I know how some women can really demonstrate their dessert prowess at those events.

Really, the masterpiece wasn’t dinner. It was the birthday “cake.” Jeana requested a trifle for her cake this year. If you ever want to make Jeana happy, give her fruit. She loves it, and a trifle is a very fitting dessert for her. I would like gloat about how awesome I am at making trifle, but it’s really easy to make so I better not brag. Besides, that doesn’t matter. All that matters was that I got to eat lots of it – I mean, that Jeana got to have a fun day enjoying time with family, friends, and rock wall.

Happy Birthday Jeana!