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We celebrated Jacob's golden year a couple weeks ago. One thing must be said: I love birthdays. They are my favorite holiday. Your personal holiday. And I love giving good birthday.
I was so excited the night before that I had a hard time sleeping. I woke up early to decorate his car and make breakfast. It is birthday tradition to wear an embarrassing hat for your whole birthday. I, of course, enforced this rule.
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My favorite part of the birthday prep was putting all of Jacob's presents into a scavenger hunt, found using rhyming clues. He reacted exactly how I planned- it was perfect. He was running so fast through the house to find all of the presents; it was hilarious.
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The party moved to Nickelcade. Yes, Nickelcade. Who would've guessed we would have so much fun with $5 in nickels. I could have played PacMan the whole time. I felt like a one-armed bandit.
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The birthday events ended by sending Jacob and Jared on a man-date to the BYU vs Colorado State game. They won. The boys are happy.
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Jacob and Jared (best friends for years) have close birthdays so we went to Tucanos to celebrate earlier this month. Work that tambourine.
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I love love love love birthdays.
Sorry for the picture overload.
Happy Birthday Jake...you're a great birthday buddy! It looks like you guys had a lot of fun, Steph is good at spoiling you on your birthday :) I'm glad you and Jared got to spend some time together too...Happy Birthday Jared!
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