My birthday and the hayride

Here is the birthday cake that Julie, Dean's sister, made for me. Dean baked the cake and Julie decorated it. She makes the BEST frosting and is one of the most talented decorators I know. Spencer is holding my card from Dean's family....it was cute...and I really could use a time out too...although I'll take mine without the drink or it will just turn into a nap! Spencer wanted to feed himself, so Dean gave him the spoon and he did a pretty good job of getting it to his mouth! I was impressed!He didn't want to wait for his Dad to reload the spoon though...This is Dean with his niece Brittany. We got to spend some time with her and her sister Bethany and loved every minute of it! Bethany is the one standing and then Aubrey and Spencer are on the floor. Dean's mom's house looked like a tornado hit, but they had fun playing with their cousins! Another view of the cousins playing on the floor...I have been pulling Aubrey's hair up in pony tails lately! She looks so cute with her hair up! It is getting so long on top and gets in her eyes, but I don't want to cut it yet, so this works! Our church had a hayride through the Keizer lights, so we took the kids with us too. (Keizer has a neighbor hood that goes all out with the Christmas lights and most of the houses are all lit up.) It was a lot of fun to ride through looking at the lights from the back of a trailer! We took our two and Dean's two nieces and had such a great time! The babies did great, even though it was literally freezing out! We had blankets and snuggled up close! This is Dean's mom Cheryl, his sister Julie who is holding Bethany, and me with Aubrey. Me and my little girl enjoying the lights!

Dean with Spencer having fun too!