Friday, May 8, 2009

22 Reasons Why...

...I love you, Sam (in no particular order):

1. You are funny. You can really get a group of people laughing!

2. You are kind.

with Abbie, 2000

3. You have always had a great spirit; great as in wonderful and great as in huge.

sledding on Abbie's 1st birthday, 2000

4. You have never been embarrassed to be out in public with your family.

5. You have always had a happy and playful personality.

graduation from USU, Spring 2005

6. You are talented. What a trumpet player you were and wow! how about you on the drums?! Except for Buddy Rich, no one can play the "Channel One Suite" like you (spoken as only a Mom would speak).

December, 2005

7. You love soccer. And you are good at it.

8. You are a good worker. If I ever needed anything done I'd ask you because I knew you would get the thing done and do it well.

Normandy Beach, Sept. 2005

9. You have a creative mind. (Remember "no+w=now" when you were 6?)

Versailles, Sept. 2005

10. You have good observation skills. This started when you were little and we'd go on walks and you were always the one to find interesting rocks or "things" or money--dollar bills on the sidewalk!

Paris, Sept. 2005

11. You are strong. You were a strong little boy and you have tried to keep you body strong as you've grown up.

Paris, Sept. 2005

12. You have courage. You aren't afraid of life.

13. And that leads to your sense of adventure. You have a curiosity and a passion for life. (Some of this scares your momma! PLEASE be careful when you go rock climbing!!!)

with Dad-October, 2006

14. You love apples and eat them to the nubby core. "Sammy-apples"

Fred-Sam-Jake
Oct. 2006


15. You have always been a good brother. You have "been there" for your brothers through thick and thin. They are your best friends.

Oct. 2006

16. You are a leader. You have a natural ability to lead other people. Use this power wisely.

17. You are a friend to everyone, it doesn't matter who they are. You see good in people and always seem to have a smile and a kind word for others.

Oct. 2006

18. You don't take yourself too seriously. You know you are blessed and you are handsome and you are funny and all these good things, but you aren't arrogant about it.

19. You have a great smile and you aren't stingy about sharing it.

June, 2006

20. You have a a strong spirit. When you were a little boy you would get so frustrated at life and do a growl thing, and I would say, "There is a huge spirit packed into that small body." Now your huge spirit has a 6'6" body to fit in and you don't growl quite as much as you used to!

with Nick at Bryce Canyon
June, 2006


21. You have great hair!

22. You are my son, and that's good enough for me.

June, 2006

Happy Birthday, Samo!


2 comments:

Gone Gal said...

All he needs is a 4 year college degree or more and a real job and he's got it made. If he stays in Utah, he'll need to go on a mission otherwise he won't get job promotions. He won't be part of the fraternity. The other choice is to marry an older woman with money and he won't have to do ANYTHING but look pretty and entertain her!

happybritton said...

He still growls. I'm not sure if it's as much as he used to, but to me, it's a lot! haha! :)
But, it makes me laugh because he usually does it when he doesn't get his way, or when he's trying to scare some one.