1. His first car was a 1967 Camaro, and he still has it.
2. He takes us fishing.
3. He lets us shoot his guns.
4. He makes tasty homemade salsa.
5. He plays UNO with us.
6. He served in the Army National Guard.
7. He likes to go "sampling" at Costco.
8. He likes to nap in his new beanbag that he got for his birthday.
9. He hates when people end sentences with prepositions. If you say to him, Where's it at? He will say, it's behind the at.
10. He's been married to Grandma for 40 years.
11. He's a junk collector. He calls it antiques.
12. He's good at working with wood. You should see his rolling pins.
13. If his children/grandchildren are participating in anything, you can bet he will be there to see it.
14. He likes homemade bread.
15. He has a witty sense of humor.
16. He has big feet.
17. Ice cream. He loves ice cream. Rocky Road anyone?
18. He likes to play Tiberium Sun.
19. He worked at Salt River Project for 41 years before retiring
20. He loves his family and he doesn't even have to say it. We just know!!!
21. He is a great provider to our family.
22. He is very giving.
23. He attends the temple and serves there regularly.
24. He is not a complainer.
25. He graduated from ASU while raising 6 kids. GO DEVILS!!!
26. He loves Dove Dark Chocolate.
27. He has 3 other siblings. (Jean, Harold, Donald) He is #3 in his family.
28. He is a fighter........of Cancer, that is.
29. He perfected "the grip" on babies.
30. He likes to eat tomatoes.
31. He likes to play all kinds of games, Ticket to Ride, Sequence, Settlers, etc. He is good at them too.
32. He likes hunting and he doesn't make us eat what he kills.
33. He likes to do Soduku and Crossword puzzles.
34. If you are small enough he will do "Trick" with you.
35. He makes yummy homemade ice cream.
36. He always plants a garden.
37. He gives us pretty rocks.
38. He lets grandma shop and bring us back lots of gifts when they go on vacation.
39. He likes to travel.
40. He takes Grandma on a date every Saturday.
41. He likes to read.
42. He is a hard worker.
43. He is an avid coin collector. We give him all of our "drummer boy" quarters.
44. He always honors his priesthood.
45. He's been to more Sundevil football games then Landon.
46. He loves Dirk Koetter as much as Landon.
47. He introduced us to the chicken pot pie place in San Diego.
48. He's willing to drop everything at 6am to get Landon gas when he ran out on the freeway.
49. He loves Elvis. Oh wait, that's Grandma.
50. He served a mission in England.
51. He's always game to eat at Mattas and sometimes we sucker him into paying for Mattas.
52. He likes to visit Historical sites.
53. He can strike people out in Softball.
54. He has a mean spike in volleyball.
55. He lovingly insults my crepes, comparing it to Bisquick.
56. He has philosophical conversations with Landon about Ticket to Ride.
57. He hates U of A.
58. He is in the process of writing his personal history. We wish he would hurry too! We are excited to read it.
59. His philosophy seems to be "it is better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it.
60. He's a coupon shopper and likes to get a good deal.
61. Ask him about his wrench he use to display so proudly on the fireplace mantle.
62. He has an SRP well site named after him.
63. He has 6 kids and 13 grandkids with one on the way.
64. He is the best Dad and Grandpa EVER!!!
This list could go on forever. Happy Birthday Dad!!! We Love you more than you know!!!
Today is Grandpa's birthday!!! He is 64, but really he doesn't act a day over 21. In an effort to honor Grandpa on his birthday, here are 64 facts/things we love about him.
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