Happy Birthday Poppy

HAPPY 64th BIRTHDAY

Today is my dad's 64th birthday. We celebrated his birthday on Saturday when we surprised him with a crawfish boil. The girls and I went home Friday evening for it and came back early Sunday morning. Greg wasn't able to go with us because he was on call the weekend. We had a fun time and the girls were in their element being spoiled by Poppy & Grammy and playing with their cosuins.

Poppy, we love you and hope you have a great day. We are so glad we were able to be with you this weekend. Thanks for being you.

Here are some things that make him who he is and why we love him.

1 He has been married to Grammy for nearly 40 years

2 He was in the Army

3 He is an only child

4 He only weighed 125 pounds when he married Grammy

5 He still looks younger than his age(doesn't age very much)

6 He knows how to water ski

7 He loves to hunt

8 He loves to fish

9 He is a teaser

10 He is funny

11 He honors his Priesthood

12 He loves all of his grandchildren

13 Others always come first

14 He is rarely late

15 He loves riding his fourwheeler

16 He loves to go camping

17 He loves to be on the go

18 He enjoys traveling

19 He lost his two front teeth while playing a church softball game

20 He injured his knee while playing football and has a huge scar to prove it

21 He can fix most things

22 He works on cars

23 He is a handyman around the house

24 He is semi-retired

25 He retired from working in a gas plant about 15 years ago

26 He now works by doing carpentry and trim work on new homes

27 He does lawncare on the side, too

28 He helped build the house I grew up in

29 He is essentially rebuilding the same house after Hurricane Rita hit it hard

30 Even though he could use help doing it he has done most of the work himself

31 He has a two cows and he calls one of them crazy Judy(she has a crazy mean streak in her)

32 He feeds my mom's cousin's horses and cows twice a day (the cousin was paralized and can no longer do it, after falling off his house removing a tree from the hurricane)

33 He is a 100% hometeacher always!

34 He got this trait from his Dad

35 He is huggable

36 He is kissable

37 He always gave us piggy back rides to bed every night

38 He was my rollercoaster partner when I was little

39 He knows how to garden

40 He was always Daddy never Dad

41 Now we just call him Poppy

42 Held each of his grandchildren just minutes after being born

Poppy and Mackenzi 1997
Poppy and Maci 2000
Poppy and Maryn 2004

43 He eats a Chris Madrid hamburger almost everytime he comes to San Antonio

44 He is somewhat quiet and reserved

45 But he loves to joke and pull pranks on people

46 He used to only drink Dr. Pepper now he switched to diet sodas

47 He drives, what my girls call a monster truck (F250)

48 He always wants to drive a new car or truck

49 He has a thick Texas accent

50 When my girls visit him they come home with a little southern drawl

51 He loves to watch bull riding both in person or on TV

52 His favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption(the edited TV version)

53 He likes to watch Law & Order

54 Most nights you can find him in his recliner watching reruns

55 Some of those nights he will have a foldover peanut butter sandwich

56 Other nights he will dip cornbread in milk like most people do cookies

57 He loves to eat

58 He definitely passed this trait on to me

59 He is short for a man, 5' 8"

60 I can wear his flip flops

61 He has bird legs

62 He smirks when he smiles

63 He likes to go to the beach

64 He is loved a ton and loves us in return

We love you!!