Happy Birthday Snake!

Happy Birthday Son!

24 years old!

It is hard to believe that you are that old.

Seems like yesterday when we were spending every Saturday

 in some smelly gym, watching you turn someone into a pretzel!

I remember when you and I went on the float tubes to fish,

well I mostly floated - you fished.  We saw eagles soaring that day.

  

 You are a favorite with all your cousin's children.

Does that mean you act like them?  Hmmm.

 

 You were a grandpa's boy.

Yeah, we miss him too.

 

 This little girl sure loves her Uncle Jake.

She's 1 year old now and she got mad at your wife

when she put on your hat.  She knew that it wasn't

Shannon's.  Boy did Shannon hear about it.

 

 Here is another buddy.  Is he your cowboy?

Or is he a worker guy?  An army guy?

Never sure what you guys are going to be.

 

Your dad rubbed off on you and you loved raising cattle,

just like him.  In fact you are soooo much like your father.

 That's not such a bad way to be! (Even though you are a mama's boy!!)

 In October you married your best friend!

Your sister loves finally having a sister.

 

 Speaking of your sister, she sure loves you.

As a child, she was always ready to take someone on

if they were being mean to you.  I still think she would do it too!

 

 Thanks for being our wonderful, crazy, fun son!

We love you!

P.S.   I did two posts at the same time - be sure to check out my Thanksgiving/Shannon post.