I was cleaning out an old disc drive and found this letter I wrote to Trevor for his 30th birthday. Made me cry so...must be posted!
30 Reasons Why We Love You
1. You sacrifice everything for us. You sacrifice your time working full time and going to school. You sacrifice your money by never buying anything for yourself and always saying “I don’t need that.”
2. You work hard to provide everything we need and want.
3. You are a great competitor.
4. There is no other person we would rather spend our time with than you.
5. You read books to the girls.
6. You are fun to watch play sports, especially baseball.
7. You can’t keep secrets from us.
8. You play monster.
9. You’re the first person we want to talk to when we are happy, sad, or angry.
10. You use and honor your priesthood
11. You keep us on top of our healthy eating habits and exercising
12. You have a nice physique
13. Even when you don’t want to, you always share a bite of your food.
14. You take us to lunch when we are having a bad day.
15. You love the Lord and show it in your actions.
16. You have good taste in fashion and design
17. You keep us up to date in Hollywood with “things you have heard”
18. We have the nicest house on the block because of your landscaping
19. You love your parents and would never do anything to disappoint them
20. You are proud to be an American and are easily touched by patriotism
21. You listen and follow the prophet and leaders of the church
22. You are faithful in your callings and always get your home teaching done no matter how little extra time you have.
23. You are always trying to be a better person, wanting to set new goals for yourself.
24. You keep yourself well groomed, plucking eyebrows and flossing every night no matter how late or how tired you are.
25. You pray and read your scriptures daily
26. You sing Princess and the Pauper
27. You love to cuddle with your girls and tangle up with me in the morning
28. You don’t mind watching chick flicks…in fact you actually like them
29. There are moments when we are watching the girls dance or do something funny and I can see in your eyes how much you love them
30. You are the best dad and husband in the world.
I haven’t told you this yet but on Easter Sunday, I was singing with the choir in your parent’s ward. We had to sit on the stand for the whole meeting and I was watching you with the girls. At one point in the meeting Sydney got really fussy. You got up and you were holding her, like a baby and walked in the culture hall. You were swinging her back and forth and whispering something to her. She was looking up at you laughing and smiling and you were smiling at her. It’s moments like that, that make me fall in love with you all over again. A different kind of love. A much deeper kind of love, one that I didn’t know was possible when I married you. I know I tell you this every year but if I had to do it over again I would choose you. I would choose us to be together forever. I love you so much and I hope you have a wonderful birthday.
We love you Dad!!!
Morgan, Sydney, Mom
1. You sacrifice everything for us. You sacrifice your time working full time and going to school. You sacrifice your money by never buying anything for yourself and always saying “I don’t need that.”
2. You work hard to provide everything we need and want.
3. You are a great competitor.
4. There is no other person we would rather spend our time with than you.
5. You read books to the girls.
6. You are fun to watch play sports, especially baseball.
7. You can’t keep secrets from us.
8. You play monster.
9. You’re the first person we want to talk to when we are happy, sad, or angry.
10. You use and honor your priesthood
11. You keep us on top of our healthy eating habits and exercising
12. You have a nice physique
13. Even when you don’t want to, you always share a bite of your food.
14. You take us to lunch when we are having a bad day.
15. You love the Lord and show it in your actions.
16. You have good taste in fashion and design
17. You keep us up to date in Hollywood with “things you have heard”
18. We have the nicest house on the block because of your landscaping
19. You love your parents and would never do anything to disappoint them
20. You are proud to be an American and are easily touched by patriotism
21. You listen and follow the prophet and leaders of the church
22. You are faithful in your callings and always get your home teaching done no matter how little extra time you have.
23. You are always trying to be a better person, wanting to set new goals for yourself.
24. You keep yourself well groomed, plucking eyebrows and flossing every night no matter how late or how tired you are.
25. You pray and read your scriptures daily
26. You sing Princess and the Pauper
27. You love to cuddle with your girls and tangle up with me in the morning
28. You don’t mind watching chick flicks…in fact you actually like them
29. There are moments when we are watching the girls dance or do something funny and I can see in your eyes how much you love them
30. You are the best dad and husband in the world.
I haven’t told you this yet but on Easter Sunday, I was singing with the choir in your parent’s ward. We had to sit on the stand for the whole meeting and I was watching you with the girls. At one point in the meeting Sydney got really fussy. You got up and you were holding her, like a baby and walked in the culture hall. You were swinging her back and forth and whispering something to her. She was looking up at you laughing and smiling and you were smiling at her. It’s moments like that, that make me fall in love with you all over again. A different kind of love. A much deeper kind of love, one that I didn’t know was possible when I married you. I know I tell you this every year but if I had to do it over again I would choose you. I would choose us to be together forever. I love you so much and I hope you have a wonderful birthday.
We love you Dad!!!
Morgan, Sydney, Mom
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