- He is deeply empathetic and genuinely cares about people
- He’s a super involved father
- He understands science and math and the world on a conceptual level
- He isn’t afraid to speak up for someone who needs it
- He accepts everyone exactly as they are
- He is married to his highschool sweetheart
- He always says sweet things about her when she isn’t around
- He is adventerous
- There isn’t a food he won’t try
- While visiting somewhere new, he refuses to eat at any restaurant he could go to at home
- He’s an excellent cook
- He reads to his daughters
- He loves his grandparents and communicates with them regularly
- He’s calm under pressure
- He never went through a “my parents embarrass me” phase
- On a group outing at the age of 10, he saved his sack lunch to give to the homeless man we’d passed on the way there
- He’s always been my video game buddy
- He is super creative
- His skills as a D&D DM rival those of any fiction novelist
- He is musical
- He has a freaky good ear for sounds and tones and can hear things nobody else can hear
- For example, if he hears loose change drop on the ground, he can tell you exactly how much it is
- He can fix things
- His sense of humor cracks me up
- He is kind
- He has the ability to look beyond the surface level of any given situation
- He has a broad perspective of life in general
- He loves his family with everything in him
- He memorizes random and ridiculous things
- He is the best kid ever (except for Jesus)
Tag Archives: birthday
Awesome Things About My Birthday
- Birthday Party Game Night celebrating with family & friends
- Road Trip to Colorado
- Birthday Balloon Breakfast at my friend’s house with her son/my birthday twin
- Saw bison, deer, and ground hogs at a nature reserve
- Visit to the candy factory
- Shopped Manitou Springs
- Traipsed around Red Rocks
- Birthday dinner on the patio in Denver
- Pleasant conversation for hours
- Free sopapillas for dessert
- Co-worker luncheon at Candlelight Inn
Coming This June
- Yard Sale for Haiti
- Condo HOA meeting
- Felix Adler Fest at Children’s Discovery Center, Clinton, Iowa
- Father’s Day
- Graduations
- Road Trip
- Birthday parties
- Multiple doctor’s appointments
- Women’s Club luncheon at George Curtis Mansion
- 149th Annual Chamber of Commerce meeting & awards, Clinton, Iowa
- New washing machine
- RAGBRAI meetings & route inspection
- My sister’s birthday
- My birthday
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
- Thunderstorms
- Beaches
- Book stores
- The Legend of Zelda
- Warm sunshine
- Cabins in the mountains
- Fresh oranges
- Dinner with family and/or friends
- Reality TV
- Office supplies
- Sharpies
- Unlimited data on my cell phone
- Caramel
- Walking along the river
- My birthday (in a couple weeks!)
- Traveling
- Laughing so hard my stomach hurts
Reasons the Month of June Will Be Awesome
- My birthday on June 18
- My sister Meredith’s birthday on June 18
- My parents’ anniversary on June 5
- It’s SUMMER!
- Family trip to Arkansas
- Time with people I love
- World’s Largest Swim Lesson
- Finishing the next to last class for a certification I want
- Warm air
- Planning more summer vacations
- Nights on my patio
- Outdoor swimming
- Tan lines
- Tank tops
- Green grass & growing fields
Famous People Born in May
- Tim McGraw
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
- Bing Crosby
- Audrey Hepburn
- Adele
- George Clooney
- Johnny Unitas
- Harry S Truman
- Billy Joel
- Kenan Thompson
- Salvador Dali
- Tony Hawk
- Stevie Wonder
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Emmitt Smith
- Liberace
- Jill Duggar
- Tina Fey
- Malcolm X
- Dolley Madison
- Mr. T
- Apolo Ohno
- Drew Carey
- Queen Victoria
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Wild Bill Hickock
- Gladys Knight
- John F. Kennedy
- Benny Goodman
- Walt Whitman
Birthday Parties I Remember Best (In Honor of the Fact that My Birthday [and my sister’s] is on Tuesday)
- Grown-up Girls Slumber Party – My 38th/Meredith’s 35th
- Pink & Yellow polka-dot theme carried out on cupcakes, cd cases, gift bags
- Personalized Party Music CD
- Gift bags of goodies for everyone
- Late night drunk Twister
- My Fabulous Fortieth Birthday – My 40th/(Meredith couldn’t be there)
- Art heist mystery!
- A Classic Never Goes Out of Style
- The First Time Parents Rented Falcon Field Swimming Pool Party — My 12thish?/Meredith’s 9thish
- Guest list limited to 60, not counting Grandparents who got to come no matter what
- An entire picnic table full of presents for both of us
- Home-made pool party invitations
- Mystery Party in Maui – My 39th/(Meredith couldn’t be there but Michelle was!)
- Murder Mystery — Carlene did it!
- Travel companions and island friends
- Small Water-Games Themed Party — My 9thish/Meredith’s 6thish
- Water balloon toss
- Two guests each, plus 2 mutual guests
- Surprise Party at Organ Stop Pizza — My 19th/(Meredith was on a youth group trip)
- Camping Party in Grandma & Grandpa Rock’s Camper — My 11th/Meredith’s 8th
In Case You Want to Be Prepared For My Birthday Next Week on June 18th
- Survivor seasons on DVD : CBS.com/survivor
- Triforce T-shirt: SixDollarTees
- Donations to Wendy’s Butterfly Garden: wendysbutterflygarden.com
- This outfit: Polyvore.com
- The Boston Rob RuleBook: amazon.com
- Any other books from my Amazon Wishlist
- The Big Daddy Pod Chair: Sofa Mart
- Cutco Knives: Cutco
- Soundtrack from TV Show Nashville: ABC.com/nashville
- Star Trek oven mitt: thinkgeek.com
- This wall decal (size 48 x 26.5, satin copper color): Trading Phrases
Reasons to Love the Month of June
- My birthday
- My half-twin’s birthday
- Lots and lots and lots of friends’ birthdays
- My parents’ anniversary
- Warm air
- Sunshine
- Outdoor swimming pools
- Cook-outs
- Hot dogs on a grill
- Camping
- Smores
- Flip flops
- Cute skirts
- Bright days
- Long nights
- Longer days
- Six Flags
- Flag Day
- Ceiling fans
- Flowers
- Did I say Our Birthday? 🙂
19 Reasons to Celebrate My Son’s 19th Birthday Today
- It’s his Golden Birthday! Nineteen years on the nineteenth!
- He’s an amazing young man who has empathy, maturity, and wisdom beyond his years.
- He makes me laugh all the time.
- When I am sad, he hugs me until he takes away at least some of the sadness.
- Even at 19 years old, he still doesn’t mind hanging out with his mom.
- He talks to me. Really talks. About important things and unimportant things and dreams and goals and life decisions. We communicate well.
- Hardly anything can embarrass him. And I’ve tried.
- He brings his friends around.
- We like a lot of the same movies and TV shows and enjoy watching them together.
- He thinks I’m young enough to understand the music he listens to.
- He has indeed introduced me to a lot of new music.
- His smile is quick and sincere.
- Even when he was young, he’s always been able to talk to anyone. People don’t scare him the way they do me.
- He kills bugs for me.
- Almost all of my favorite memories involve him.
- Before he was born, when I was in a car wreck, there were some scary minutes when we couldn’t hear his heartbeat. I don’t think I’ve ever prayed harder than that hour.
- He supports my goals and dreams, even if they take us away from each other geographically.
- He loves with his whole heart.
- I am so proud of the man he has become.