i *love* this picture of him
Tyler is finally in the same decade as I am...2 years and 2 months later... He's not quite as excited about it as I was when I turned 30, but I'm sure he'll soon realize that the 3rd decade is a beautiful thing.
We celebrated with doughnuts, and balloons, and candy wrapped up and given to him by the kiddos. And dinner out on Friday (thanks mom & dad for watching the kiddos:) I also made him a light dinner last night...
Grilled Ribeye Steak with Onion-Blue Cheese Sauce, mushroom rice, buttery rolls, broccoli, an iceberg wedge with Blue Cheese dressing, and
Eclair Cake. I'm pretty sure Tyler knows I love him a lot thanks to that awesome Onion-Blue Cheese Sauce...it is
so good. That Pioneer Woman knows how to cook for a man with a hearty appetite. If you are cooking your Valentine a dinner this week, I would highly recommend the Grilled Ribeye + sauce.
Last year I posted
29 pictures (I fixed the link so it goes to the right place now) of Tyler to commemorate his 29th birthday. This year I thought I would ask him about some birthday memories over the years.
I already know about the story of his arrival a little bit...Tyler's mom's doctor was not available so a different doctor agreed to do the delivery as long as his entire class of nursing students could watch. What's a woman in labor supposed to say? So, Tyler's arrival was observed by quite a few folks and as I remember the story they said he had the biggest smile they had ever seen...or was it the biggest mouth? Same thing right? To this day he still has a big smile and lips that don't look like they belong on a person of his ethnicity. I always wish I could have his lips and can't help but think how great they would look with lipstick, on me of course. I'm still hoping that the lip gene might kick in a little later and that Sydney will get his lips.
Let's see if I can get him to reminisce a bit for me...
hmmmm...no luck. All he gave me was that they always played "Heavy heavy hangover thy poor head, what do you want with a bump on the head" before opening presents. Not exactly what I had in mind.
And geeze no pictures of the man either. I will have to take more pictures of him despite the dirty looks I get when I point my camera in his direction.
Well then, here are 30 things I really like about Tyler:
1. Tyler is really good at getting people on the phone at credit card companies and the like to do what he wants them to do. No getting mad, just persistance and lots of rational thinking. Some qualities I am short on when on the phone trying to get vendors to remove erroneous charges etc...
2. He's tall
3. And handsome
4. And Smart
5. And funny
6. He likes to have fun
7. He likes to eat
8. He makes me look little
9. He reads stories to S&T every night before bed. (and does funny voices to go along with the books)
10. He loves going grocery shopping...back in the day we used to go grocery shopping to Macey's in Provo and he would insist that we go down every single isle.
11. He LIKES taking the kids grocery shopping and does it. Like we're talking Wal-Mart people. He takes the kids shopping to Wal-Mart. And. Likes. It. Do you think I am kidding...nope, this is for real people, for real. He might even hire out his services if you are one of his favorites.
12. In fact he now does most of the grocery shopping
13. And makes most of the dinners. (we made a deal you see)
14. He loves to learn new things and isn't above reading books such as "Running a restaurant for Dummies"
15. He always drives.
16. He takes risks.
17. He's a good hugger.
18. He gave me an iphone for my bday/Christmas
19. He is very ambitious.
20. He's an expert mover (he used to be a professional mover actually and lends out his services generously)
21. He is an AMAZING packer. As in packing boxes or suitcases into a vehicle but not as in putting those things into those boxes or suitcases.
22. He's not obsessive about watching sports, but he likes to sit down and watch a game once in awhile.
23. He's always on the cutting edge of technology.
24. His smile
25. He is very low maintenance with clothes, hair, etc... (but even so, he let me put some product in his hair this morning so it would stay curly)
26. He's a really good snowboarder
27. And volleyball player
28. He thinks I'm beautiful
29. He loves our kids.
30. He helps me to become my best self.
2006