Happy Happy Birthday

Today is my DH’s birthday. He’s 51 and proud of it!!! Silly man. I made him pancakes, served them up with a candle, Little Big Chief and I sang, ( I guess you could call what he did singing…) He blew, and off to work he went. Today is IFA Days (Inter mountain Farmers Association) and we are going there for a steak lunch and some good sales. His choice. I’m so grateful for my husband. He is a good man, and sometimes I wonder how in the world a girl from south eastern Idaho ended up meeting a guy from eastern Utah. I kind of stumbled into a good thing I think. I knew it then, and I know it even more today after almost 30 years. WOW, what a ride we have been having! The views we have seen together, the laughter and tears we have shared. I can’t help but think of his parents on this day. They are both gone now, but I’m grateful to them for the son they raised and gave over to me as a young man ready to take on the world. He is a dyed in the wool true blue cowboy. Boots hat, duster and spurs. Oh yeah, a horse or two, or three or four or five, or six or...you get the picture. he loves food, anything, well, he really doesn't care for french toast. On the other hand, he loves oysters in the half shell, Rocky Mountain Oysters, heart, liver and onions, and runny eggs. Go figure that out. Who in their right mind would eat runny eggs or rocky mountain oysters and not even like french toast? LOL His favorite color is sky blue. He loves dogs and is a pack rat. He's kind and very tenderhearted. He is the most incredible father ever. He is a workaholic, and a die hard farmer. Professionally he is a journeyman lineman, on the side, (don't kid yourselves) he is a farmer/rancher, and he is serving as Bishop of our ward (i.e. lay ministry, ward is like a parish)



Here he is at work, up a pole. ( I wonder if this is like up a creek without a paddle? For me it would be.)
Twenty Years ago on his Birthday, early on a very cold snowy morning, this is the gift I gave to him. ♥♥♥

This is Little "Roo" Otherwise know as Landon. I never have been able to top this gift! He is also a food lover, and like his dad, he eats everything including french toast, but excluding runny eggs and oysters in the half shell. He is also a workaholic and as a boy, he would rather dig post holes or pick rocks out of the field than sit in the house and read. He is also tenderhearted. He is however by far the best button pusher in the family, and can stir things up faster than anyone. He is an avid snowboarder, wake boarder, four wheel/dirt bike rider, and wrestler. He doesn't care to dance.( I think it scares him. he he he) He can ride a horse break neck speed, get thrown off and jump back on and finish his ride. Out of all six of my children, he is Mr. Clean. He has a funny sense of humor, but tends to worry about everything too much.

Scruffy Guys! Dad and Roo, climbing the key at Cedar Springs going after wood .


Three generations. Grandpa, Dad, Roo Their hands are alike.

Wax museum Roo and John

Thanksgiving in sunny CA.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART, Happy Birthday Little Roo