In honor of Dan's 35th birthday, here are 35 things you didn't know about him...
1. He would eat, sleep, and drink FISHING if I would let him.
2. He hates carrots. But will eat them so his little princesses will eat them too. He tells them they give them princess eyes.
3. He pulled out his first grey hair and 2 grew back in its place. He's decided that touch-of-grey is sexy.
4. He WON'T wear pink. He gets enough of it being around his girls.
5. He has vanilla ice cream every night before bed in some interesting way. He's always coming up with new ice cream float ideas. Everything goes with vanilla.
6. He reads every morning before starting the day.
7. He talks in his sleep. We've had some fun conversations while he's been sleeping away.
8. He was born in California but grew up in Utah.
9. He won't let me mow the lawn. He's very particular about his yard!
10. He can't clap on beat. He took me to a concert on our first date and tried to clap on beat but it just didn't happen. I giggled the entire time.
11. He has more shoes and coats than I do. He loves the shoes!
12. He'll eat anything I put in front of him and say that he likes it even if he doesn't.
13. He tells his family he loves them every time he talks with them.
14. He graduated with high honors from dental school and received many awards in dentistry.
15. He loves sports! He always has time to watch the sports segment of the news.
16. He never wants to own a mini van.
17. All of his pants (besides his Levi's) are brown, just in different shades. I never knew there were so many shades of brown!
18. He brushes his teeth SEVERAL times a day and flosses too. I guess dentistry is a good job for him.
19. He loves being surrounded by his little girls.
20. U2 is his favorite band, with John Mayer and Jack Johnson right behind them.
21. A Utah Man is he! He loves the University of Utah. Go Utes!!
22. He always has to be doing something or he'll fall asleep. Even watching TV he has to be moving or eating something.
23. He doesn't like his picture taken. We only get family pictures every few years. It's his worst nightmare to get them done.
24. He speaks Hungarian.
25. He only likes one person to cut his hair--me.
26. He doesn't use any product or brush or comb to do his hair. It's all with the hand.
27. He only likes to eat one thing at a time off his dinner plate. He doesn't like to mix food.
28. He thinks eating celery is like eating dental floss. He doesn't like it at all.
29. He doesn't worry about what others think.
30. He dug all the trenches in our yard for the sprinklers by hand. He wouldn't spend the money to rent a trencher. He had some help from family but you would still find him outside at 11:30 in the dark with a flash light digging.
31. He loves to explore and find new things. Or learn about something new.
32. He likes to take me on a walk up and down our street after the kids are in bed asleep and tell me about his day and ask about mine while we eat Popsicles.
33. He likes to get a deal on things. He'll never buy the first thing he sees, he'll have to shop around to make sure he's getting the best thing for his money.
34. He loves when he gets home from work and the girls run to the door yelling Daddy, Daddy. It always puts a big smile on his face.
35. He is out numbered at our house, but I think he likes that. He is a wonderful daddy and husband and we love him!!
Happy 35th Birthday!
Thanks Kelsie for the fun birthday list idea!
*November 30, 2009*
For those of you that got our Christmas card this last month and was wondering what we meant by "a new addition to our family this Christmas", well here you go...meet Maxwell Cooper. No Heidi is NOT expecting! Our girls have asked for a dog for Christmas the last couple of years. Last year they actually got one, even the kind they wanted--a Yorkie, but it wasn't good enough, it was stuffed...
Since last Christmas, Baylee has been VERY specific about the kind of dog she wants. She wants one that eats, sleeps, barks, poops and pees. Well this year we finally gave in. We decided to get a male dog because Dan is a little out numbered here. We picked him up tonight, he's so cute and little. Hopefully our girls will be satisfied with a REAL dog!!
We started with our first dinner at my parent's house with my Mom's side of the family. We ate until we were stuffed. It makes me hungry again just thinking about it.
Rylee had a little bruise on her cheek and insisted on wearing a band-aid to make it feel better. Isn't she so cute??
So Rylee's birthday celebration didn't end at Red Robin, it continued on to the next day (which was her actual birthday). She was the Princess for the Day (although in her mind she is THE Princess everyday). She has on her new birthday outfit. Her skirt has sparkles on it and really sparkles when you are outside. Dan said it reminded him of Edward and asked if I bought that particular skirt on purpose, I really hadn't thought of it that way but now it is my favorite skirt on her. He calls this skirt her Edward skirt and thinks I should take it back to the store. 
I wasn't surprised when I asked Rylee what kind of cake she wanted for her big day and she answered with "pink cuk cakes". It seems to be the favorite birthday dessert with my girls. If you look close you can see that Rylee put her finger in 2 of the cupcakes marking them for her. She wanted one with sprinkles and one without. 
She blew out her candles and quickly had her 2 cupcakes gone. She didn't waste anytime because she new presents were next.
We told her she had to go sit on the birthday chair and be good and we would open presents. She quickly got there and folded her arms and waited patiently.
She got some fun presents...money, baby dolls, Christmas dolls, a princess crown, Sleeping Beauty dress, glitter ball, really cute clothes, and some magnet letters. Can you say spoiled?!?! She loved it all!!
Red Robin was the choice for her birthday dinner. She loves, loves, loves the mac-n-cheese and chocolate milk there. She was being silly at dinner and loving all the attention.
They brought us some ice cream for her birthday. It was bigger than her, but she didn't have any problem eating the entire thing with a little help from her older sisters.
Since Brinley's birthday back in August, we have been telling Rylee that she has the next birthday in our family. So for the few months before her birthday she kept telling us that "her birthday was next year". Everyday we would hear her say "My bird day next yeear". We would try to correct her and say that it was next, not next year and she would get mad at us and say next year. So we just went along with her until the big day. Then on the big day she kept saying "my bird day all da time". Happy 3rd Birthday you crazy little monkey!! Our family would be pretty boring without you!
**Celebrated the day before on Saturday, November 7, 2009**
