37!

37.  Thirty Seven!  This guy turned 37 last week!

We met him after work at Pappasitos for some really great food and even better company.

As my dad would say, we had the whole fam damly there!

Scott, Lyndsie, Maria and Andrew all made it...

and of course we rolled deep with four kids.
The girls were really good the entire dinner, which is always a huge bonus for me.

This big boy opted to not sit at the kid's part of the table--he prefers the more adult conversations, so he sat in between Gigi and his daddy.
Pretty soon we will be celebrating his 10th birthday--my goodness.

After dinner, it was finally time to bring out the sombrero!
Happy Birthday, dear Daddy, happy birthday to YOU!

His cup runneth over with love for these kids...

and he's got such a soft spot for his favorite niece, too.

We all had fun celebrating Jared--thanks for making his birthday so special!

Fast forward a couple days to December 7th.  This little baker and I were busy making his homemade chocolate Coke Cake for his real birthday.

She loves to "help" me in the kitchen, but her favorite part is when it's time to lick the batter!  

Jared met us at PSA for Jackson's indoor soccer game.  He hasn't played since last winter, but he's shaking the rust off pretty quickly.  He scored two goals and almost got a third!  Nothing like that to put a big smile on his dad's face.

We had a late dinner and all enjoyed the Mexican Pot Roast...

then it was time for the big reveal.  Cake!  And guess what?  It was good!

He opened his gifts and then we put the kids to bed.  Well, that sounds like it's a quick process.
By 10:30 all kids were in bed!  Maybe.

This past weekend we continued the birthday fun with Emily.  We met our friends at Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck.  It's at the top of Reunion Arena and is 560 feet in the air, hence the name.  Despite  6 of us having lived here our entire life, none of us had ever been there.  It was SO cool!

Taylor and Emily sat across from me and Hayley.
Behind them, we were able to watch the Dallas skyline rotating--amazing view.

It was such a fantastic night with amazing friends.  

Lots of laughs with everyone:)

We decided that we don't need to wait for someone's birthday to try out new restaurants.
Dinner Club 2017, here we come!

Happy Birthday to all!