Happy Anniversary #13 to us

My Husband

By Tiffany Feger

My 

husband 

keeps us safe. 

      My
      husband
      keeps us fed.

My
husband
is so handsome.

     Please, kids, just go to bed!

My
Steven
takes me places,

And makes lots of awesome faces.

His face is what I like to kiss.

      When he's at work, that face I miss. 

The world's greatest dad is this:

     (who I like to kiss ♥ kiss ♥ kiss)

____________________now with pictures___________________

My 

husband 

keeps us safe. 

My
husband
keeps us fed.

My
husband
is so handsome.

Please, kids, just go to bed!

My
Steven
takes me places,

 And makes lots of awesome faces.

 His face is what I like to kiss.

When he's at work, that face I miss. 

The world's greatest dad is this:

who I like to kiss...

 ...kiss...

...kiss ♥


xoxoxo,
   Your wife

Happy Birthday Month, My Steven!

It's still June, so this post isn't late:) 

I love my Steven. I started the month out trying to think of how I could do good things for him every day. The problem is, he does all of the service around the house. I mean, he was making US dinner when I got home from work, and he always does most of the chores. In fact, on Father's Day (also in this month), he said that he should probably start some laundry. I told him that I would do it b/c it was Father's Day, and he said something like, please, that's exactly why I want to do it. He's better at so many things. He sets priorities and always achieves them. That's one reason I fell in love with him. I was one of his priorities and knew that he would keep me as one, which he has. He keeps our home and family in order. I'd be lost without him. He's always a really hard worker at his job, at home, and whenever he volunteers. 

Back to his birthday celebration. 

On Steven's birthday eve, we surprised him with a home made cake and lots of fun candles. 

He's getting old! 

I had to go to the store for some more chicken for the dinner, so after picking up Malia in her school's car line, then just missing Dylan's school's Spring Sing (walking into an empty auditorium with Ivy strapped to me and Tyler in the car seat/stroller and the other 3 kids holding onto us), we did it again at the grocery store. (The trip was about as ridiculous as that sentence.) 

 We also changed Steven's cake order for his real birthday, not a surprise.

 So that night, my mom, Don, and JT came over for delicious honey lime enchiladas, salad, and rice.

 Then Steven rushed to open his presents, some of them. I had made a shadow box of our Savage Race. I included both of our medals, my wrist corsage, and some matted pictures of course. I asked Steven if it was he had envisioned. He laughed. He had only mentioned putting the finish picture up and somehow in my own mind, I instantly thought about a shadow box and months later I finally did it. So it was way more than he had requested right after the race!

 I had to go to a photoshoot (an awesome engagement one), so that was pretty much the end of his birthday eve. On his birthday, I made french toast then his friend took him to lunch. It's funny b/c I had planned on asking that friend to take him to lunch, but he did it all on his own (and didn't even know it was Steven's birthday until I texted him to thank him). Then Steven took Dylan to Tae Kwon Do and picked up Chineese food. We were sorta hoping that his Volleyball game would be cancelled for the rain, but it wasn't. So we all went to the game, 6 kids, 2 wives, and Ana and Gia were even there! I went right from work so didn't have my camera. There are pictures on Corrie's camera somewhere. Then Bailey came over and we went to Andre's for some Publix cake.

 I'm pretty sure that the owner of the Sideburns vintage tshirt etsy store felt like it was his birthday.

 All the boys were excited about that cake. Tyler liked the fishies.

Speaking of Steven, for Father's Day I made some gross chocolate chip pancakes. Yes the smoke alarm went off. The turkey bacon and OJ were good. Oh well. Steven opened his home made gifts and a bigskinny  wallet with some wallet pictures of the boys included. 

 Dylan wrote Steven a card that mentioned what he liked about his dad. Dylan likes "when you put on shows for us." They like to hang out and watch TV shows like Gator Boys and America's Got Talent.

 Then we went outside and Steven worked on the fire pit. For his birthday, his brother got him all of the stones for a fire pit! Andre mentioned the gift and I thought he was going to get SOME of the stones to get Steven started. Little did I know, he gave Steven ALL of them! Steven has been wanting a fire pit for years. That was the best birthday gift that Steven got. I got him an Ipod transmitter thingy with an Itunes gift card, my mom and Don got him a camping chair for Soccer games (Steven loved that) and the game of Sequence which we've played a couple of times. He got shorts and some Tervis cups with lids. One of them was a Rays hat to go along with his new Rays hat he opened early and one of them was a "World's Greatest Dad" cup which he waited to open until Father's Day. Oh yea, and Steven and Andre went to a Rays game and had great seats with Steven's work friends. They got to see the mascot and had a lot of fun.

 We like hanging out in the back yard with Daddy.

So anyway, I love my husband and like him a lot. He's amazing.

Steven's new job is awesome! (His office baby shower post)

Steven has good friends at his new job already.  I guess it's not exactly new any more, but he's been there less than a year.  Jennifer and Sarah wanted to throw Steven a baby shower and made it on a day that I could be there.  Then they asked to make sure I was bringing Dylan and Isaac.  I wasn't planning on it, but OK why not!  How thoughtful!  Here we are in the break room with the hostesses. 

 Real quick, here's Steven's office.  I think I need to print some collages for his wall there, what do you think? 

 The room was all decorated!  There was lace on our table and it felt so fancy!  One friend even volunteered to take over the camera for me.  She took lots of photos for us!

 There was pizza, salad, drinks, chips - a feast!

 Here are some of the presents, they went all out, and it was a day when a lot of people work from home (it's a good job), so even thought there were a lot of people there, they apologized for a low turn out - whatever!

 Dylan and Isaac helped open the gifts. 

 Dylan and Isaac had signs they could hold up if it got too quiet.  Dylan's said "Oooh" and Isaac's said "Ahh." 

 I have to say that one of the most thoughtful gifts was not one, but TWO home made flans!  Vanessa's flan is the best Steven or I have ever had.  She knew it was my birthday the next day, so she made it for my birthday too!  She also gave us a big box of diapers.  Wow.

 Isaac wasn't holding his sign, and Steven thought our high chair deserved some extra crowd participation:)

 Apparently it's a tradition to make baby bonnets out of the bows and ribbons.  We participated like good parents-to-be:)

 Look at the huge cake!  It was actually made out of pull apart cupcakes!  Yummy and messy.

 The party planners thought of everything, they had twistable crayons and brand new coloring books for Dylan and Isaac to keep!  What a perfect idea.  They still color them and LOVE their own new coloring books. 

All of the people at Steven's office are so generous.  We're ready for our baby now!!

steven's birthday weekend

Steven's birthday is on a Sunday, but we started the celebration on Friday. Steven wanted to just relax, so we went to his brother's where Barbie and Andre surprised Steven with balloons, a banner, and a huge palm tree!  It's actually one of those palms that's 3 in one.  I'll show you once we plant it.  It's back by our pool where it looks sooo good now:)  The crews came too since it's their date night and they have a babysitter.  

 I'm wearing Corrie's dress and she's wearing a regular non-maternity dress.  It's fun to always be pregnant with her:)  She's due this month!! 

 We went to dinner on the beach - Sloppy Joes and left right before sunset.  Steven said we could watch it if it were my birthday. I had just broken the news to him that there was a Yoder's peanut butter cream pie waiting for him in Andre's fridge!  That thing is heavy. 

We hung out for a while then went to bed.  Steven's birthday continued in the morning at my mom's house.  Don had mentioned to Steven that for Father's Day, he would like this pesky resilient tree stump removed.  Steven accepted the challenge and started working before my mom and Don woke up that Saturday morning.  He had started the Thursday evening before and ran out of daylight.  My brothers and Don have all attempted to remove the dang thing, but each gave up after valiantly sweating.  Steven really did it!  Don and his saw zaw helped with the lower strong roots.   

Rita's Italian Ice wasn't open yet when we were done, so jumping in our pool was how we cooled off (and cleaned off).  Then we had sandwiches, naps, and went to dinner and Jonathan's graduation before seeing a late Pirates of the Caribbean movie.  Happy birthday month, my Steven.

Happy Father's Day Steven (AKA World's Greatest Dad)!

The boys would like to thank you.   Thank you for making money to buy us food and toys, letting us wear our favorite clothes, giving us bananas every morning, reading "Fox In Sox" lots and lots, teaching us manly things like how to hammer nails, how to paint, and of course how to swim.  We love you, and hope you wear one of your new ties to church today:)