Jackson is 9!

Jackson is 9 years old today! Man oh man where did those 9 years go?

Well it was a good day for Jackson even though he had to go to school...

The day was filled with love and lots of sugar.

Started off with doughnuts, and cinnamon rolls for breakfast at Jackson's request.

Lots of candy...and a lot of love for J-man. 6:30 AM.


Then off to school...but Sienna and I went in and brought him lunch...his request...Subway.

Jackson does not like to smile for pictures.....I think I said 100 times today....please smile.


Unless it was candid...



So then right after school we loaded up and went to Target...see Jackson couldn't decide what he wanted for his birthday so I decided to let him go look and boy did he look at everything....




Sienna did some looking too....

Finally after all that....he decided to just keep the money I was buying him presents with so he could buy something off ebay.....crazy kid!! He did use his own money though to buy a couple of things he had been wanting.

So then we were off to dinner at the Steakhouse that Jackson chose to eat at.
Games, TVs with sports on them, and ribs...what more could a 9 year old ask for?

Sienna was busy working away.....and chatting away...



Till we told her to get off the phone and eat her dinner!


Yes I have been super sick all day...you can so see it in my eyes....I just like this picture of Sienna with her little smile she is trying so hard to do.....

So then we are off to go home and have his cake and ice cream...does it seem like a lot of eating has gone on today...it does to me!

So Sienna decided to dig into the cake and I don't know if you can see it very well in the picture but it wasn't a pretty sight. We tried to slap some more frosting on there to cover it up.

Jackson said he didn't mind though....

I think Sienna thought it was her birthday today! She has been talking about her birthday every single day for a month now. Every time we talk about someones birthday she says "what about my birthday...can I have a birthday too." So I tell her.."yes Sienna it's in May." Well let me tell you she has it all picked out....Tinkerbell cake... Tinkerbell party...Tinkerbell presents.....it will be a Tinkerbell day in May!
But today was Jackson's day...and even though he hasn't had his friend party yet...that's to come...I think he had a pretty good day. I will now go fall into my bed in exhaustion!

Oh but before I do I want to list 10 things I LOVE about Jackson.....in no particular order.

1. He never even hesitates when I ask him to run and get me something...he does it and does it fast!
2. The first thing he does when he walks in from school is find Sienna and play with her.
3. He is awesome at all the sports he plays. He is an especially good snowboarder. (even though he broke his leg snowboarding when he was 4!)
4. He makes his bed everyday without me reminding him.
5. He gets really good grades.
6. He is fun to play basketball with.
7. He is really fun to play tennis with.
8. He always reminds us to be kind to each other.
9. He always reminds us to have Family Home Evening.
10. He says awesome prayers and never forgets family that might be struggling with things like illness or whatever. He ALWAYS remembers them in his sweet prayers!

I am so lucky to have Jackson Edward Casillas as my son! I love him so so much!!!!
Happy Birthday J-Man!