Its my 5th year anniversary today

[jenk1]

and in light of us not having had a good year this year we decided to throw a party to celebrate 5 years together.

As JW,s we dont celebrate Xmas or birthdays but we always have a celebration of our wedding anniversary, we have bought DS a playstation cos he has been really good with everything thats been going on with dd and hasnt moaned about her having to have a lot of our attention,and we have treated the kids to an in-car entertainment system with dvd player and 2 screens,tonight my close family and freinds are coming round for a few hours and i am really looking forward to it.

Just thought id tell you all about it because im soooo excited-im like a kid!!!

have a lovely time -- -aren't you going to treat yourselves toa nice present as well as the kids?

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JENK1!!

Happy anniversary Jenk,

Make sure you have a good night and put the hardship of the difficult times behind you for a night!!

Butty.xxx

Have a lovely night

have a lovely night, from an ex-jw. my parents used to do parties etc on their aniversaries. us kids used to get gifts as well. it can be a very lovely time and very special.

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Happy anniversary jenk

Happy anniversary, Jenk!

I hope you, Mr Jenk and the Jenklets all have a fantastic night. xx

Aw, thanks everyone,- misdee i didnt know u grew up as a JW, i take it you dont go anymore though?

iota-i have bought dh some slippers ,a poker card set,and a new mobile,i havent got my presents yet im going to open them with the kids later

havent gone to meetings for years or studied. i just dont have time atm, what with peter bein in harefield.

any idea on what u have as a pressie?

well, i massive bouquet of flowers has just arrived-its lovely.

Happy anniversary jenk I can smell those flowers from here, mmmmmmmmm.

im going to attempt to make the kids a cake, there are going to be 6 kids coming tonight and we have bought them presents as well cos their mums buy our kids xmas/birthday pressies so this is our way of celebrating.

Its the choo choo train cake from Big cook Little cook, i even recorded the episode, dont know what it will turn out like though-probably a big chocolatey blob!!!!!

Happy anniversary

My friend was married to a JW and his family always make a big fuss over anniversaries.

Have a lovely time xx

well i made the cake and it went down well, i,ll try to put a picture in member profiles in a bit, i got a ceramic styling system from dh some lovely cappucino cups and saucers from my mum and some more flowers, some lovely photo frames from the kids and the biggest present which is coming on tuesday--A PUPPY!!!!!!

its a lhasa apso, we go and get it on tuesday, i cant wait

Have a wonderful day jenk.
You must show us a piccie of the pup when it arrives.

guess what im eating for breakfast?

samosas,sausage rolls,onion bhajis,ginger cake

here is a picture of the cake i made cake

I bet the kids loved the train cake, looks yummy, I'm afraid I always cheat and head down morrisons.

I bet you can't wait for you little pup, is a lhasa a small white fluffy thing, if so, I think they look very much like the dog I've got, it's a little maltese but with incredibly bad breath.

Happy Anniversary!!

(Really intrigued as to why JWs don't celebrate birthdays? I'd love you to tell me!)

yes, the puppy is a little white fluffy thing! its like a little white ball, its really cute

As regards to birthdays,

Originally birthdays were an ancient custom which has origins associated with magic and spirit practises.

Up to the fourth centuty ALL christianity rejected celebrating birthdays because of this as they viewed celebrating birthdays as part of an idolatrous worship.

As Jehovahs Witnesses base their beliefs on following what the bible says-this is unacceptable to us, although it might seem harmless- a birthday party,to us because the bible tells us to abstain from idolatrous worship it is not something that we do.

We do celebrate anniversaries however because it is a family celebration for everyone to be involved in.

HTH

that's fascinating, thanks for sharing that jenk.