Happy 40th
Chris!
In the
vein of Luke and Liam’s birthday this year, I’m naming something we are
grateful for or love about you for every year you’ve been alive. Chris – see if
you can guess which are from the boys and which are from me. Deep breath here
goes:
1. You
are stubborn. We share this trait. I think this can be a negative but it’s
truly a positive. You don’t give up.
2. You
are still a kid at heart.
3. You
are loyal – to your friends and family.
4. You
understand what should be the most important in this life – family comes first.
5. You
like chocolate chips the way they should be made – with lots of chocolate!
6. You
like to try new things.
7. You
keep learning.
8. You
make us laugh.
9. You
learned the guitar as an adult.
10. You
are a hard worker.
11. You
learned how to rewire our house to save us money.
12. You
let mom buy a ridiculous amount of books and don’t kill her for it.
13. You
teach us football.
14. You
play video games with us.
15. You
watch movies with us.
16. You
are a supportive father and husband.
17. You’ve
been my best friend for 19 years.
18. You
know how to pick your battles.
19. You
are a good role model for the boys.
20. You
are compassionate.
21. You want
to help others.
22. You
are a pessimist that tries hard to become an optimist.
23. You
fight for what’s right if needed.
24. You
are a good wrestler.
25. You
are tight with our money, which is good – someone has to be in this family.
26. You
can cook a mean pork stir-fry.
27. You
are competitive when need be.
28. You
work hard to take care of yourself.
29. You
coach our sports teams.
30. You
can teach us to ride bikes.
31. You
are great with 80’s trivia.
32. You
are a music nut.
33. You
let us each explore our own interests and encourage it.
34. You
are grateful for us all being who we are.
35. You
are forgiving.
36. You
are a reader. J
37. You
are a wealth of knowledge.
38. You
are tall. (7 foot wingspan, people, 7 feet!)
39. You’re
trekking with me to Vegas to meet a bunch of teachers.
40. You belong to us.
We love you! Happy 40th! We’ll have that Karaoke party someday!
