another one of my favorite people

it's been so fun to have TWO birthdays to celebrate in our little thursday group - happy birthday to my sweet friend janae! we celebrated at the cheesecake factory last night - janae's fave.with cupcake wrapped gifts, yummy food and fabulous cheesecake for dessert, it was a great night! at one point an older lady walked by her table on her way out, she had been sitting at a table near us. she leaned over and said, "you ladies are having way too much over here". luckily she was smiling and i thought, and she was right! hopefully everyone around us felt the same way?! so happy birthday to janae, and of course, here's a list of ten things i love about her! (ps i have purposely not looked at any of the other thursday girl blogs because i didn't want to be influenced by their lists! sorry if we end up with duplicates!)

1. she is a great mother to FIVE darling GIRLS! and two of them, maybe three, are alpha females and still manages to keep her head on her shoulders! amazing!

2. the girl can cook - i mean, we are spoiled rotten every time it's her turn to be in charge of thursday lunch. we steal her recipes and try to make them our own but nothing is as good as when she cooks it! 3. she can cook an entire meal from scatch and only take up three feet of counter space AND have it done in two hours. i admire this because it takes me all day and my kitchen is a disaster once i'm done!

4. janae is definitely pinkalicious and has pinkalicious skills - you should see her cakes and cupcakes, beautiful! 5. ok, i'll choose something besides a cooking one - she loves to go over the top for her girls' birthdays making it a super special day for them, right down to flowers with breakfast.

6. she is so generous and always willing to help.

7. she gets up every morning EARLY to work out even though she is not a morning person. 8. she is sensitive to other's feelings and wants everyone to be happy and goes out of her way to make this happen.

9. she could possibly be ethan's future mother in law (and that would be GREAT with me!) 10. she's a wonderful friend and i LOVE her!

happy happy birthday janae - have a great weekend!