reason #854

recently we welcomed bill home from a trip by teepeeing the front yard.

tate, a sensible 40 year old trapped in a 14 year old body, questioned this idea saying that it wasn't a very nice welcome home gift if dad had to clean it up.

naturally i responded by singing,

every party has a pooper and that is you. party pooper!

(sadly, it may be that i am a 14 year old trapped in a 41 year old body)

in addition, i promised that i would be the one to pick it up.

so the rest of us carried on with our welcome home "gift".

and i think bill liked it.

or maybe politely tolerated it.

but unfortunately, i didn't didn't keep my word.

i got distracted (go figure) with dinner and kids and the like

and before i knew it he had picked up all the toilet paper.

and meticulously rolled it back up.

so it could be put to good use...

and that, my friends, is reason #854 why i LOVE this man...

this man who is having a birthday today.

i don't need to broadcast his age,

but i'll give you a little hint.

it's half of 90.

but this middle-aged man is hot.

a smokin' hot word nerd he is.

and more importantly, he is humble.

and honest.

and kind.

and genuine.

and a man after god's own heart.

happy birthday, babe. there are more than 854 reasons why i love you.

infinitely more, to be exact.