Jack's 17th Birthday!

For Jack's party this year we had a simple dinner at home with family and close friends. This year May & June were crazy!!! We had Zeke's birthday, Owen's graduation, Jack's birthday all within 2 weeks. Then we had the end of school and Papa & Pa's 75th birthday party...like I said CRAZY! 

 

Praying for the food! 

Jackson is a hamburger and French fry kind of guy so that's just what we had. I also bought him cherries which he loves!  

I made sweet potato fries and homemade russet fries. 

It was nice getting to sit down and visit with everyone. 

Ella is like....okay Mom...you can leave! Yep we are totally at that phase now! 

Of course these two entertained themselves for a bit with gaming! 

Justine has become part of our family at this point. He's around for any big event and he's also at our house Sundays, most Wednesdays and Saturdays. 

Ruth & Ga-Ga loves getting to chat with each other! 

By this point in time Ga-Ga & Pa's house had been on the market for months, but thankfully shortly after this they got an offer and were able to buy a condo that's only 1.6 miles from our house. It's been amazing having them live so close to us! 

Always a fun time when we get to hang out with the Storer's. Their kids all come to our house every Sunday, but getting to sit down and hang out with Micah and Kim isn't something we get to do very often.

Jack got to open the OJEZ box and got $117!

Justine got Jack is American flag guitar strap! 

Owen, Ella and Zeke pitched in and got Jack some Disney Cars cars to go with Zeke's track that he got for his birthday. 

Michael and I got him more cars as well and I also bought him a new jean jacket when I took him in for his birthday pictures at JCPenney's. Don't let the meh smile fool you he really liked his gifts! 

Jack also got money from The Storer's & Papa & Ruth. 

Look at this hottie! He was my date for the party! ;) 

Jackson is a pie lover....he'll pick pie over cake any day. Costco didn't have apple, but they did have an apple berry pie which I think he liked even better than an ordinary apple pie. We bought 2 of those Costco sized pies and I think Jack ended up eating one all by himself over the next few days after the party. Miss Kim made homemade vanilla ice cream which so was yummy! 

Jack and Andrew 17 years of friendship and counting! 

A successful birthday celebration!