Happy Birthday Jake!

Today is Jake's 4th birthday and he has been having a blast. We are still in Dallas (but will be heading home tomorrow), so Jake was able to party with cousins, uncles, grandparents and more. We helped Uncle Ben move from his old apartment to a new place, and took a break in the moving to go have fun at Chuck-e-Cheese. I think Jake had only been there once before and he LOVED it! We went mid-afternoon which was perfect, no crowds and we didn't have to eat dinner there :) Jake winning tickets at Chuck-e-Cheese Watch out for Jake!
Jake and his ultimate Chuck-e-Cheese fun pal, Uncle Ben...thanks for taking time out of moving to come play with us!

Later we meet up with Grandpa and Grandmommie and had a fun dinner, then back to Uncle Ben's for presents and a little Kung Fu cupcakes and chocolate cake.
The whole gang eating at Chili's...Michael enjoying his baby back ribs! Cake Time with lots of help!

Jake loves Star Wars and space things, like Planet Heroes that save the universe. I guess you could say the force was definitely with him this year.

Jake having fun opening presents Jake, aka Commander Fox, Clone Trooper Commander

He is looking forward to continuing his birthday tomorrow at home with Dad.

It seems like Jake's birthdays are often touched in some way by hurricanes. The evening of his 1st birthday was the night Rita hit, and now we are in Dallas because of Ike. Of course, Jake is a little like a hurricane himself sometimes, always blowing some adventure and laughs our way. He is such a fun part of our family and always makes things exciting. Happy Birthday Jake! We love you!