17 years of jake

i have shared the earth with jake now for 17 years.  and that's a good thing.  he's such a great kid, for which i can take no credit.  he does share some of my genetics, but he came from heaven a great kid.  it's been an honor to be his mother.  today he turned 17.  i can't believe he'll be on a mission in roughly two years.  i know the they will be exciting years though.  happy birthday jake! 

the day jake was born at a boston area hospital overlooking the charles river (with fenway park on the opposite banks), we were enjoying the 1994 winter olympics.  dan jansen, after trying and falling so many times, finally won a gold medal.  i was so inspired, we thought about naming our new baby dan, but he was and is a jake.

caroline and i shared a lovely afternoon.  with craig, isaac and sam playing, coaching and watching baseball in dixie and jake doing his own thing, we headed off for pedicures and some errands.  then we went over to g-dawg's to watch the american idol that didn't record here because the dish blew over in the wind.  it's been a fun night.