Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Byron's Birthday


Love Byron's exuberance on opening all of the gifts the kids gave him. They each felt like they had picked out the perfect gift!!! Which they did.

March is the month of birthdays for us...we have so many all in a row. Byron's birthday was fun to celebrate! The kiddos and I hit the stores to find the perfect presents for their Dad. They did well. Tyler found him a Bear Grills knife. They love watching Bear Grills together and Ty just knew his Dad needed a new knife. He was right Byron loved it. Carter got him fixed up with new BBQ tools and a cool little riffle shaped lighter. Byron is a serious BBQ smoker of all things meaty and yummy. Can't wait for the weather to warm up so we can eat his yummy smoked ribs. Ali got him a twenty pack of diet Cokes and candy. Of course she was asking him to share his candy before he had even gotten it unwrapped but her heart was in the right place. For my gift I ordered him some awesome goggles for the scooter but they didn't make it in time. Actually they just got here today, he hasn't seen them yet so with any luck he won't read this while at work today, highly unlikely. I also baked him a cake in the shape, well sort of in the shape of a back country skiers back pack. He wanted a better setup to hang his skies from while he is hiking. He found one this weekend at a Black Diamond parking lot exchange event. His price tag was much kinder than my couch price tag. So he was a happy guy.
We are so lucky to have Byron in our lives! He is the best Dad a kid could ever hope for. He is an amazing husband and spoils us all. He works so hard and never complains!! I complain about how hard he works but he never does. He is amazing and I am happy to say I love him more today than ever before. My respect and admiration for him just keeps growing. We joke about how when we married I owned everything and he had nothing. That was true, his credit card was even rejected on our honeymoon and I had to pay for the hotel. It is a fun memory that we like to laugh about. In all seriousness though, I did well. I did very well! I can't possibly conceive of any way in which I could have done better. I feel loved and content. I look forward to hearing the garage door opening every night!! If three kids don't pounce on him with hugs, which they generally do, he goes around and hunts them down. Nothing could be nicer. Happy birthday honey!!! I love you.

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