thirty-five

1. His deepest desire is to be a good man.
2. His favorite candy bar is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
   
3. He has been working at Micron/IMFT for almost 11 years and loves his job.
   
4. He served a mission to Chile.
5. He is the oldest of five children.
6. He has been training to run in a Ragnar Relay down in Las Vegas next month.
7. He has lost 15 pounds and looks great.
8. He loves playing World of Warcraft.
9. He is very careful about how much time he spends playing World of Warcraft so that it does not become all consuming.
10. He is always helping with the dishes, diapers, putting away laundry. Without being asked!
11. He likes watching BYU football. He likes to go to the games and must be there from start to finish, no matter what.
    
12. He plays with his kids a lot even when he doesn’t feel like it.
13. His favorite dessert is Cheesecake for a Crowd.
14. He can eat a large lunch and then not be hungry for dinner.
    
15. He would rather save money than have things. This makes it very hard to shop for him.
16. He likes to play board games especially when my mom is in town.
17. He totally supports me in whatever I am doing.
18. He is trying to learn more about computers and networking so that he can help people.
19. He rarely reads books. He does read Popular Science magazine every month. He really likes listening to books on tape when we travel—almost always books in the fantasy genre.
20. Even though he doesn’t like reading, he plowed his way through Jesus the Christ recently.
21. He recollects storylines and details of books and movies very well. Consequently, he doesn’t like to read or see a book or movie twice.
22. He gets totally absorbed when he is watching TV so that you have to almost yell at him to get his attention.
23. He will burst out in random noises and nonsense words.
24. He gets really fired up in political discussions.
25. He is a rather extroverted and loves being around people.
26. He would always like to be the last one at the party but is gracious about leaving when I tell him its time.
27. He wishes I did more tests and worksheets with the kids because he loved doing them in school as a child.
28. He loves to shop for things almost more than he likes actually having the item. He will look at prices and reviews for months.
29. He has curly hair when it gets long enough (and with enough hair product).
30. He would rather be with his family than out with friends or co-workers.
31. He is a fantastic soccer coach. He wears the same blue soccer jersey for each and every game.
32. His favorite color is blue.
33. His wardrobe basically consists of clothes that are blue, beige and gray.
    
34. He gives the boys piggy-back rides down to their bedroom and tells the stories every night.
35. He is seriously the best husband ever. He compliments me all the time, is always willing to help me, and leads our family in such an awesome way.

Happy Birthday, Dave! I'm so in love with you!