Friday, October 21, 2011

Celebrating Jared

Jared had his birthday this week, and as he said to me "its just another day", I thought we'd make it a little more special than the rest of the year! We started by letting dad have a little sleep in - til about 8:15 am until Kelsea HAD to wake him so he could have his presents!




Kelsea decided that the present dad would love the most would be a sparkle wand! So off to Toyworld we went and found the perfect one (til it was broken half hour later by the gift giver - "dad - I have some bad luck...)

The other present we found was a Gold panning kit - and a gold prospecting book. Those who know Jared well will know he has developed a slight case of gold fever and also got a metal detector earlier in the year!

We headed off to Anvers for breakfast - was supposed to be a surprise but one excited little girl told dad we were going to Antlers - then later spilled all the beans (also spilled the panning kit beans too!). It was a pretty yum brekky - he had a bacon and eggs (fancy style) and I had like 3 croissants with heaps of choc fudgy sauce that Eamon LOVED - got the kids some expensive fruit salads - Jack got nothin'! Anvers has a beautiful garden that we had a little play in before heading home.


Jared went looking for gold and 4WD- ing on his own - an dI spent the rest of the day in the kitchen making a cake - that well kinda fell apart and Kelsea saved it and turned it into a masterpiece - making chocolate mousse - and ribs with roasted vegie wedges.

{twas meant to be a windmill but Kels turned it into a seascape complete with seaweed and Strawberry fish!}


Think that Jared had a good birthday!

SOmething I really love about Jared is that he gets really passionate about things. He LOVES his newest car because of its ability to do anything, go anywhere and that it was really cheap so he doesn't mind taking it "bush". He loves taking it up ridiculous tracks that make Eamon scream (thats why he went on his own!) and I hold my breath and grab the panic handle, though I know he'd never roll us - it just feels like it!


{I went up this track with him and the boys - it was scarier and steeper than it looks plus there was a gully on our side!}

Another hobby of Jared's is Rock tumbling. He has always had a fascination with rocks and is always looking for them everywhere we go - he can tell you where each rock has come from (he has as many rocks as Lisa does photos! Ok maybe not that many!)

Recently I have started to see the beauty in the rocks too. We picked up a rock tumbler for a steal at $40 at a garage sale and he has turned the ordinary into the extrordinary - the photos really don't do the rocks justice. Jared has a particular interest in clear quartz and has lots of quartz in his collection, and has recently picke up some beautiful Jasper specimens as well. You will often see him pick up rocks and lick them to see what they will polish up like!



Kelsea has become his little apprentice and even has her own little collection of polished rocks. Jack also loves to pop them in his mouth and speed crawls over to the mat when he gets them out of the tumblers! Eamon loves to play with them too.



I love how differently we see the world - rocks would never have gotten much attention from me before I met Jared - but there is so much beauty in such tiny little things.

{a lovely piece of Jasper in the middle}


I guess life is always like that - you find beauty in the unexpected.

Happy birthday Jared
xx

6 comments:

The Kings said...

Sounds like a great birthday. Those rocks looks so beautiful.

Anonymous said...

I suppose we all need to see the beauty in everything, and I love his rocks.
I am going to me more aware of rocks from now on, and look foward this summer going looking for them at the beach.
Happy birthday to my biggest boy. Love Mum.
xxx

Kayla Christie said...

Happy Bday Jarad, looks like u guys made his day really special! anvers yummm!

Cathryn aka Lollie said...

We will have to wish him a great birthday when we see him. he certainly did keep it quiet. He told us about you not wanting to go four wheel driving though. heheheh
I love his rocks, I remember buying a necklace/choker thing years ago in North of WA that had been tumbled.
Glad you all had a great birthday for Jared. Nice to all celebrate birthdays. xx

Charlotte said...

Yumo Anvers breakfast is delicious. looks like it was a lovely day. Wow those rocks are awesome, I never would have thought they could look so good.

Anonymous said...

kels is hilarious... loved reading about the wand, the 'bad luck' and the cake decorating!! so funny.
Glad is was a good birthday for Jared. We appreciate him and the way he often drops over to fix things for us- thanks jared!
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