In honor of Jennifer's 40th birthday, we want to celebrate Jennifer, all the memories we have shared, and all the things we love about her! Come join us as we take a walk down memory lane.
1. Jennifer, also known as, Fler da baby, the Fler, Neffer-Neffer, Jen
2. Cute as a button. Favorite bear was Pooh.
3. Loved playing dress up. Why are we always in such a hurry to get older when we are younger?
4. Gave the parents a good scare when Jennifer fell through the ice on Lake Michigan.
5. Learned to like swimming when Dad threw Jennifer off the boat.
6. Quite the bathing beauty! What a babe!
7. All the fun activities and memories on Cedar Beach Lane, like the parades.
8. Jennifer's first big girl bike at age 5.
9. Halloween 1977 - neither Jennifer or Jeremy needed costumes because their faces were all banged up! Jennifer survived a nasty fall on the pier thanks to Heidi, and Jeremy fell off his trike.
10. Going to St. Mary's Catholic School, where on the first day, Jennifer threw up on Sister Cathy's shoes.
11. Swimming in Lake Michigan with Jennifer, and Jennifer asking Dad if she could drive the Whaler.
12. Posing with Mom's first buck that she got with the car near Harrington State Park.
13. Getting Jake as a puppy in Summer 1982.
14. Trips to St. Germaine where Jen waterskiied
15. Jeremy putting a fishing hook in Jennifer's finger - ouch!
16. Camping in St. Germaine and coloring paper plates to hang in Larry's Airstream.
17. Getting caught by the DNR when we were fishing with Mom who had no license. Oops.
18. One of the most famous Dad quotes occured in 1983 when Jeremy got a new bike for 8th birthday. Jen was on the new bike, and Dad yelled "Off the bike, Big Mistake!"
19. Christmas present openings were always full of memories. Nice rainbow socks, Jen!
20. Ice Skating at Puckett's Pond in Harrington.
21. Sledding at Squire's Country Club.
22. Trick or Treating on Cedar Beach Lane.
23. Jen and Heidi would dress Jeremy up like Elvis, do his hair, and make him sing at Herb and Betty Fisher's house.
24. Making boats out of styrofoam building material from Richard and Buppy's house.
25. Funniest song ever made on Cedar Beach - "Mbif, Mbif."
26. 1987 - the beginning of the knee problems. Blew out kneecap in gym.
27. Jake keeping Jen company while recovering.
28. Jake always loved to sleep with Jen, then would wake up Jeremy in the middle of the night to go poop!
29. Jake eating Jen's wicker chair.
30. 1st prom - 16 years old.
31. Throwing Nintendo controllers at each other.
32. Watching movies with Jen and then boyfriend Jamie.
33. Jen standing up to Andy Follis because he was picking on Jeremy at school.
34. 1994 - Meg Ryan look alike - Jen with curly hair.
35. 1997 - coming to UD for Jeremy's graduation.
36. Beautiful, glowing bridesmaid at our wedding.
37. Jeremy flew in from Montana for Hannah's baby dedication. Was a wonderful day full of family and love.
38. Jennifer always called Jeremy's hair "The Moss." At age 2, Hannah was also amazed by "The Moss."
39. Opening Christmas present with Hannah and Jen in 2001. We flew home to WI that year to celebrate Christmas.
40. Jen giving me my first highlights, and then fixing another hair cut for me on a different trip home. She was a great hair stylist!
41. Swimming at the apartment pool with Jen, Hannah, Joey, Jeremy, Erin and Trevor (2008).
42. Swimming at the Port Washington Pool this past summer (2011).
43. Greatest Dilly Bean maker ever!
44. 2010 - Major Knee operation. We came up for Thanksgiving, and were so glad to spend the day with Jen, Nick, Hannah, Joey, Mom and Dad. Many laughs were had over Evan mooching off of Jen's plate, and saying "mo. mo." for more.
45. Hanging out with Jen while she recovered. Trevor had a great time talking, playing and being tickled by Aunt Jen!
46. Have we mentioned that we love Aunt Jen's laugh? She has a great laugh.
47. Most importantly, we love that Jen is a great wife and mother!
Happy Birthday!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!
p.s. Please feel free to leave comments for Jennifer at the end of the post, and add to our list of memories and things we love about Jennifer!
Hi Jen! Happy Birthday....it's so cool to see pictures of you when you were a baby. Mom has that one of you and her in a frame at home and I always laugh because you both still look the same! I'll never forget you taking me to school with you when I was out on the lane, eating ice cream sandwiches for lunch. And you'd always try to get me to ride on the handlebars of your bike but I was TERRIFIED!!! You also was the first person to let me drive their car (although not well)!! It was so great to have you with us...like the big sister I never had. I love you Jen and I hope you have a GREAT BIRTHDAY!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Jen! I hope you have an amazing day. You've been such a great cousin and it was such an honor to walk you down the aisle. I Love you very much and hope to see you and the fam soon.
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Joshua
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN! I Remember when you were a little baby,you were the cutest baby I had ever seen. I loved getting to come and spend summers with your family. You were my baby and I loved taking care of you. I was 13 when you were born and I've loved you ever since.I will always treasure the time we got to spend together. You have grown up to be a wonderful MOM! I am proud of you,JEN! I will always be here for you anytime you need me!!!! Have a wonderful day and year to come ! LOVE AUNTIE DONNA!
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ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to one of the sweetest people I know! I've known you since you were "Fler the Babies", and we were destined to be relatives! I always loved your smile and laugh and your own pronunciation of words - I still love to read "magzagines"! Hope you have a super day and we WILL see you soon!
Uncle Mike
a fun Jennifer fact: When Jen was little she loved Uncle Pete and followed him everywhere. When he would go to the bathroom she would notice him missing. She would knock on the door and say, "Uncle Pete, Uncle Pete are you in there?" He'd answer, "yes" and she'd say, "when are you coming out?" It was pretty funny! love, Auntie Sande
ReplyDeleteDEAREST BEAUTIFUL JENNIFER! ON THIS DAY, 40 YEARS AGO, DAD WAS HOLDING MY HAND TELLING ME TO "PUSH!" AT 9:43 P.M. ON SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU FINALLY MADE YOUR APPEARANCE IN THIS WORLD AND OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN BLESSED EVER SINCE. WITH ALL THESE PICTURES, WITH ALL THESE COMMENTS BY PEOPLE WHO REALLY LOVE YOU, WE'VE BEEN LAUGHING, WE'VE BEEN "OOHING & AAHING" AND ALONG WITH THAT WE'VE SHED SOME TEARS THAT THE YEARS HAVE GONE SO FAST! YOU'VE MADE OUR LIVES SO HAPPY, SO JOYOUS NOT TO MENTION "INTERESTING" AT TIMES! HA!HA! YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY, TODDLER, LITTLE GIRL, YOUNG WOMAN AND NOW A GORGEOUS "MOMMA" TO THE PRECIOUS HANNAH & JOEY! WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR BRINGING THEM INTO OUR WORLD...YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT, LOVING MOM AND A BEAUTIFUL, VERY PRECIOUS DAUGHTER. JEN, MAY YOU ALWAYS, ALWAYS KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU, HOW BLESSED THAT YOU WERE AND ARE "OUR MIRACLE!" OUR DEEPEST LOVE FOR BEING PART OF OUR LIVES...DAD AND MOM P.S. A GREAT BIG "SHOUT-OUT" TO OUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, ERIN FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO ERIN ALSO FOR THE MIRACLES OF TREVOR AND EVAN, with a little help from "THE JERM!!!"
ReplyDeleteI remember Nick telling me he was going to propose.....I knew then that you must be a pretty amazing woman; and you are! Happy Birthday to a fantastic wife and mother! (And cousin-in-law)Tracee
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Jennifer! We hope you had a wonderful birthday filled with lots of love, dear family, great friends, good food and most of all lots of laughter!! May your year be blessed and filled with many good things! We send our love and hugs on your very special day! Love, Nick, Megan and Alessandra
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