Happy Birthday Adam (one day late!)

Adam turned 29 yesterday, with little or no fanfare. Instead, he took an 8 hour mock-boards test in a really cold room. He then twisted his ankle on the way to the cashier's office to see if our loan check came in (it didn't- of course), and then he went to Enrichment with me to be the auctioneer for our service auction. Don't worry- tonight we are going out to dinner sans children to either Brio or Macaroni Grill to celebrate and he is getting himself a new set of scriptures for his present. We just haven't ordered them yet (refer back to the part where I mentioned our loan check hasn't come in yet despite the fact a lot of other dental students have had theirs for days!).So in honor of the last birthday he'll ever have before he turns the big 3-0, here are 29 things about Adam:

1- He is the 7th of 8 kids in his family

2- He is in his last year of dental school (yeah!)

3- He can quote lines from Friends and Arrested Development and use them in everyday conversations

4- His favorite movie (or one of them) is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and watching it with him actually makes them movie even funnier

5- He plays "monster" with the kids almost every night. It's where he hides and then surprises them and chases them around until he gets them and tickles them

6- He doesn't have a "favorite" meal although he loves steak, ribs, shrimp... well, let's just say he likes meat

7- He is a closet case country fan, although he think I had a hand in this since I always have to listen to my music in the car

8- He loves to make people laugh, although if you've met him you would already know this

9- He talks in his sleep but usually only if he's really exhausted that day

10- Speaking of sleep, he can fall asleep in less than 5 minutes which irritates me as I'm tossing and turning for at least half an hour

11- He knows all the words to the Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat soundtrack

12- He has never been to a concert before

13- He does not like chocolate, especially dark chocolate

14- He served his mission in Albania

15- He has gone to Red Lobster's all you can eat shrimp event every fall since I've known him (7 years now)

16- He likes to go on "man-dates" with his guy friends. Mainly this is a way for him to see movies that I don't want to see like scary ones or whatever

17- He is an awesome daddy to his kids and even though he acts tough on the outside, the kids usually get anything they want just by giving him big hugs or their cute smiles

18- He loves to look back at things from his past- i.e. mission photos, letters, yearbooks, pictures, videos, he even took me on a "reality tour" of all the sites from his growing up years

19- He was born and raised in Vancouver, Washington

20- He is awesome at impersonating accents (and every one knows that an English accent makes anyone sexier!)

21- When he was a toddler he fell out of his second floor bedroom window and had nothing but a couple of scrapes, although it explains a few of his quirks :)

22- He is awesome at packing up a moving truck. It's like a puzzle challenge for him and he rocks

23- He changes his own oil in our minivan and his Saturn

24- About the minivan- you will not find another man prouder of his Honda Odyssey than Adam

25- He donates bone marrow every other month just for some extra cash for us to have for our date nights

26- He looks sexy in dark rimmed glasses but won't wear them for some reason. He also has a certain shirt that I love him in and he will wear it on special occasions just to make me happy

27- He likes to do little things for me, like let me sleep in or bathe the kids for me or get me flowers

28- He is smarter than he gives himself credit for

29- He is that much closer to being 30! Happy birthday!