37

this, my friends, is what 37 looks like in our house:

 Present time!!!!!

Jake has made homemade ice cream since we got married.

His maker finally broke a few weekends ago.

We got him a new maker and a new cookbook and we now have some 'ice cream excitment' going on in this house.

And we may already have a batch of Vanilla Bean Banana with swirls of homemade White Chocolate Carmel Ice Cream in our freezer right now.

Be jealous.

It's that good.

 Pecan pie with 8 candles.

So that each girl could put two candles in and because it's absurd to put 38 candles in a pie.

It's now tradition.

For the last several birthday's and Christmases I have taken the girls to thrift stores and let them each pick out a present for Jake.

The grand total this year was $6.

A suit jacket (that..uh...fits him perfect! score!), a coffee mug made in Italy, a candle holder, also made in Italy and a beautiful soap dish.

And if you know Jake at all, you know he LOVED all of that!

Spoiled boy.

But the truth is this:

WE ARE A BUNCH OF SPOILED GIRLS.

He raises the bar of what it means to be husband, dad and friend.

And we get to reap the benefits of that raised bar on a daily basis.

Love.

Just love love love.