Happy Birthday Jake!!

JT Kraupper is 4! This is the first year he has really looked forward to his birthday and his excitement has been contagious. I asked him a couple of weeks ago who he wanted to come to his birthday party. His answer: Corey Edwards (the YM president in our ward), Nina (who is away at school), Amber, and Grandma and Grandpa. Well, we ended up with a more age appropriate Corey--Corey Romriell, Amber, Grandma and Grandpa, and our Kraupp clan. Jake has an adorable love of McDonalds so we started there. After letting the kids play and eat, we went to Monkey Business. I had seen an advertisement for it and we were all glad I did. It was so fun. The favorite was the HUGE air slide. Travis ended up at the chiropractor this morning to fix the damage. After Monkey Business we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for presents. Jake was genuinely thrilled as he opened each present.--even the boxes of pajamas or new shoes and ties. After opening the much needed clothes he opened a scooter, and got a bike and a stop sign. What fun!

We are so blessed to have Jake in our family. He is such a loving, smart, fun, outgoing, curious, hilarious, free spirit. There is never a dull moment when he is around and everyone loves to hear Jake stories.


Jake loves working with his dad, riding his bike, popcorn, the four wheeler, sprinklers, making people laugh, vacuuming, Kasey Garrett, giving hugs and expressing his love, eggs and chocolate milk, meeting new people, going anywhere, and being a big brother.