1. Happy Birthday, Lover Girl. I hope you have a great day! Love, John
2. You have
brought so much happiness into my life.
3.
I'm so grateful that you said
"yes."
4. I
love you because you are so friendly.
5.
I love you because you are so smart.
6.
I love you because you care so much
about others.
7.
I love you because you are wise.
8.
I love you because you are
responsible.
9.
I love you for your laugh.
10.
I love you for your beauty.
11.
I love you because you are so
affectionate.
12.
I love the way you greet me when I
return home.
13.
I love your faith.
14.
You are a team player.
15.
I love being your team-mate.
16.
You are worthy to go to the temple.
17.
Places and events are better when
you are there.
18.
We met on the bus.
19.
We began our lives together.
20.
We had Thomas together.
21.
We moved to San Diego and had Nathan together.
22.
We enjoyed the beach together with
our little family.
23.
You worked so hard to help ends
meet. I felt sad about that sometimes.
24.
We had Jacob together.
25.
We moved to Virginia. We discovered Bobby Dubba, the Rhonda River,
and mountains that were rainbows.
26.
We took the greatest family vacation ever (“They ate my lunch!”).
27.
We went to North Carolina,
flew kites, and got bit by crabs and flies.
28.
We moved to Utah
and bought our first home.
29.
Every time I see your smile, I’m amazed and thrilled that we are together.
30.
Last little one trots off to school for the first time and you go back for the
first time in many years.
31.
It was the season of boys, pinewood derby cars, tenderfoot scouts, and first
grade fun.
32. Years of being a Boy Scout mom begins as the
second priesthood holder in the home gets ordained.
33.
The children continue to grow as Nathan graduates from elementary school.
34.
Our first vacation to Hawaii.
35.
Our last one finishes elementary school.
36.
You are working so hard to finish your degree. It’s tough, but the end is in
sight.
37.
GRADUATION!!!! (for Tom and YOUUUUUU!)
yea!
38.
A son in college??? Nobody believes you because you are so young and cute!
39.
Moon palace and your very first SCUBA adventure.
Nathan
graduates and Tom leaves for Denmark.
You shed a tear or two.
40.
Forty years old! Time for a Florida
vacation with Sarah (that was quite a current).
41.
Tom’s home, so its back to Hawaii we go to
enjoy our last vacation with all three boys as single men (followed by a
private week on Kauai).
42.
Jakey graduates, and just like that, a chapter has ended.
43.
Seems like just a short time ago when the last one trotted off to kindergarten,
and now he’s off to college. The
nest is getting emptier by the minute. But
we’re OK with it, because we finally got a daughter! Melissa joins the family,
and Tom is thrilled!
44. Jacob is off to Tennessee
for his mission, and you take your trip to Chile. You love the adventure,
climbing a volcano, exploring waterfalls and emerald streams, collecting shells
among ancient churches on a southern island. And who can forget the 25$-a-night
cabins in Panama?
45.
Now it’s time for your first cruise. French Polynesia
is a paradise!
46.
Life is a whirlwind again as you welcome Jacob back from his mission, go to
India, see Jacob marry Elise, and go to Guam.
47.
You discover one of your favorite places as you travel to Puerto Rico to take
your first cruise of the Caribbean.
48.
Guam again???!! I
love you because you are the best sport ever and a great shell collector too!
Remember
that cool isolated beach we found at the bottom of a steep drive down a cliff?
49.
ELISE IS PREGNANT!!!!! You
love the rainforest of Puerto Rico and have a
great time on cruises and hiking trips. We
hiked that volcano like we were 30! Gosh,
I love you!
50.
Whether I see you across the way during Sacrament Meeting, or with the little orange
bird when I come home from a long day, or in the morning as you rush to catch
me before I go, or in the temple across the aisle in your white robes, I feel
happy and sometimes a little chocked up.
You
are my princess, my queen, my dear wife.
I
love you.
Happy
Birthday.
J-
