Yesterday started off the same way as our usual Sundays do… being lazy and then finally getting ready and heading off for church. Brooke wore headbands all of the time when she was younger and it was fun to bring one back yesterday.
I guess we weren’t completely lazy Sunday morning. The cake baking began.
I went with the chocolate coconut cake and I am happy to report, it was an amazing decision.
After church Andrew made the frosting and Brooke got to work on decorating the chocolate chip cookie with coconut frosting.
And then one of us pretended she was a puppy.
Brooke was pretty happy that I sat in the backseat with her because Mer was in the front seat to go over to my parent’s house. Last night was originally going to be the birthday party for me and my dad (his bday is on the 17th) but last minute it got switched to next week. My sister’s family and my aunt all got sick and had to cancel so next week will be the real deal but technically we still celebrated a little bit yesterday.
Our family’s favorite lasagna is something that I look forward to weeks in advance. My grandma told me that this recipe has been in the family for over 65 years now! She found it in a magazine forever ago and it has stuck in our family for that long. Brooke is already in love with it too and I’m sure the lasagna will just keep being passed down.
Back to playing dogs again. She played fetch for quite some time.
Andrew outdid himself. He made the most beautiful cake ever. It was also egg free so my dad could have it too. The chocolate was perfect and the coconut frosting was just the right amount of coconut. This might just have to be part of the yearly lasagna tradition. I’m sure he’s okay with that.
The recipe is from THIS amazing cake cookbook. If you want to make good cakes, buy Layered.
My dad and I have celebrated our birthdays together every single year and it is one of my favorite parts of my birthday.
Mer was laughing pretty hard over how huge the slice of cake was that Andrew cut for her:) She took 90% home with her!
A look at the inside (the slice on the left started slipping down and Andrew caught it just in time).
After dessert we all hung out for awhile talking and Andrew’s parents came over too. Our parents get along so well and it is fun to hear their conversations and to see them all together.
I caught Andrew looking at puppies… maybe he is going to get one for my bday;) I think we can only handle one at a time.
I saw a little questionnaire going around Facebook because of Valentines Day coming up and I thought I would answer it for Andrew and me on the blog today:
Who’s oldest? Me (I’m 31 now and he is 28… until March 14th when he turns 29)
Who was interested first? I think he was a little bit more cautious at first and I was ALL IN from the beginning but I think we were both interested right away. This is a tangent but did I tell you about the time I was in California before I had even met Andrew? We had talked on the phone once and set up a date for the following week and I was in California for the weekend. I was sitting in church with a really good friend of mine that I never see but trust her opinion completely. She asked me how dating was going and I said… there was no one I was currently interested in but that I had a good feeling about my blind date coming up. She asked to see a picture of my blind date so I quickly stalked him and showed her… she looked at me and said, “Janae, you need to marry him,” and then went on and on about how she knew Andrew really well and how great he was and all of the amazing things about him. So I got to go into my blind date with Andrew with confidence knowing from her that he was a really good person.
Same high school? Nope but we did go to the same elementary school in St. George… I’m sure we hung out on the playground or something.
Most sensitive? We both are sensitive but I am definitely more sensitive.
Worst temper? Probably me too (I like to be a roller coaster of emotions;)
More social? Me again. I NEED TO SEE MY GIRLFRIENDS.
Hardest working? Definitely Andrew.
More sarcastic? ANDREW!!!! Sometimes I have a hard time telling the difference.
Who makes the most mess? Andrew;) But that is just because I am OCD about cleaning.
Wakes up first? Me.
Bigger family? Andrew.
Who cooks the most? Definitely Andrew.
Who cries the most? Me but I think if I stopped watching TV shows that I feel so connected to that I would not cry very much.
Better singer? Andrew. The kids request me to stop singing when we are in the car and their favorite songs come on because they don’t want to hear me.
Hogs the remote? Andrew and it isn’t even baseball season yet…
Better driver? Andrew even though I used to be a drivers ed teacher:)
Better cook? Andrew and I love the baking part. I also can survive on a sweet potato and some protein for pretty much every meal so I need to work on that to build my motivation to cook.
Most patient? Depends on the day and amount of sleep each person had the night before.
Feel free to answer any of the above questions!!
What recipe/meal has been in your family forever?
Do you do a special run on your birthday? Run your year in miles? Group run? Special place?
-I run every birthday with Josse and we are keeping that going this year too!
I hope your day is an amazing one!