HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICK!!! SORRY I AM A DAY LATE GETTING THIS UP ON MY BLOG, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD ACCESS TO A COMPUTER FOR A FEW DAYS. AS YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN LIVING "LA VIDA LOCA". ATLEAST I DID GET TO TALK TO YOU YESTERDAY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.

WORDS THAT DESCRIBE NICK; KIND, GENTLE, THOUGHTFUL, LOVING, SWEET, SILLY, EASY GOING, FUN, NATURE, POETIC, FAMILY, ANIMAL LOVER, GIVING, STRONG, DEFENDER, HUMOR, LOVED.

NICK YOU WERE SUCH A CUTE AND EASY GOING BABY, YOU WERE SUCH A SWEET AND HAPPY CHILD, EASY TO PLEASE, YOU ALWAYS JUST WENT WITH THE FLOW. YOU WERE EVERY MOTHERS DREAM. YOU WERE ALWAYS SO INQUISITIVE, YOU WANTED TO KNOW HOW THINGS WORKED, YOU OFTEN TOOK THEM APART TO FIND OUT, AND SOMETIMES WE WERE UNABLE TO GET THEM BACK TOGETHER. YOU REALLY NEVER HAD THE PATIENCE THOUGH FOR CONSENTRATED BUSY WORK, LIKE PUZZLES AND SUCH. YOU LOVED ANIMALS, YOU PLAYED SOME SOFT BALL, SOCCER AND FLAG FOOTBALL ( I WAS EVEN YOUR COACH FOR THAT) WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, YOU LOVED THE SPORT AND BEING WITH THE OTHER KIDS AND OUT WITH PEOPLE, BUT YOU DIDN'T CARE MUCH ABOUT THE COMPETETIVE SIDE OF IT, THAT PART YOU NEVER UNDERSTOOD, YOU PLAYED FOR FUN. YOU LOVED GOING AND DOING, YOU LOVED CAMPING AND FISHING AND YOU LOVED YOUR TWO BIG SISTERS, AND THEY WERE ALWAYS FUSSING OVER YOU LIKE LITTLE MOTHERS, AT TIMES IT WAS AS THOUGH YOU HAD THREE MOTHERS INSTEAD OF ONE. (I'M SURE AT TIMES WHEN YOU WERE OLDER THAT WASN'T ALWAYS A GOOD THING FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW). THE THREE OF YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CLOSE THOUGH, YOU WERE NOT JUST SIBLINGS BUT YOU WERE FRIENDS, YOU COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON EACH OTHER. UNTIL WE MOVED TO OREGON, YOU ALWAYS HAD FAMILY AROUND, GRANDPARENTS, GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, BEING THE YOUNGEST, YOU ALWAYS SEEMED TO GET MORE THAN ENOUGH ATTENTION AND LOVE SHOWERED ON YOU. YOU LOVED GETTING TOGETHER WITH FAMILY AND PLAYING WITH YOUR COUSINS, YOU ENJOYED SEVERAL WEEK TRIPS DURING THE SUMMER WITH YOUR AUNT DEBBIE AND UNCLE FRITZ, YOU AND GRANDMA BEA WERE LIKE PLAY MATES WHEN SHE LIVED WITH US, SHE LOVED YOU SO MUCH, AND YOU LOVED GOING INTO HER ROOM AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER TOO. I KNOW THAT IS WHAT GIVES YOU SUCH A STRONG SENSE OF FAMILY NOW. YOU HAVE ALWAYS LOVED BEING OUTDOORS WITH NATURE. YOU KINDNESS AND SENSITIVITY WAS ALWAYS LIKE A MAGNET, PEOPLE WERE DRAWN TO YOU (ESPECIALLY GIRLS) NO MATTER WHERE WE LIVED YOU ALWAYS MADE FRIENDS QUICKLY. I LOVE THAT YOU TOOK MY LOVE FOR WRITTEN WORDS AND POETRY, I LOVE THE SPECIAL MOTHER SON BOND WE HAVE ALWAYS SHARED, I MISS OUR LATE NIGHT CHATS, JUST THE TWO OF US AFTER EVERYONE HAD GONE TO BED, I MISS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR AND QUICK WIT, WELL PLAIN AND SIMPLE, I JUST MISS YOU. DAD MISSES TALKING CARS WITH YOU, AND GOING FISHING, AND JET SKIING TOGETHER, HE TOO MISSES YOUR HUMOR HE MISSES GUY TALK. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A SWEET BLESSING OF JOY AND HAPPINESS IN OUR LIVES. WE LOVE YOU AND WE MISS YOU AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU. NOW, WITH THAT SAID, WOULDN'T YOU AND MELANIE LOVE TO MOVE TO VEGAS???? PLEASE!!! COME ON SON, FOR YOUR MOTHER. OR HOW ABOUT MOHAVE VALLEY, THE RIVER, FISHING, THE GORGE, CAMPING, MONTY, FELIX, ME, DAD, WE CAN EVEN HAVE HORSES !!! (YES, I KNOW IT GETS HOT) OK, ENOUGH OF THE GUILT TRIP (FOR NOW ANYWAY).

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU GUYS THIS WEEKEND AND MEET TORI, CAN'T WAIT.

HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL, GREAT, FANTASTIC DAY, YOU DESERVE IT! LOVE YA

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NICK I CAN'T EVEN FIND THE WORDS TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO US AND HOW MUCH JOY YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR LIVES. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND THE WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN YOU ARE. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PICTURES IN THE SLIDE SHOW, YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SURROUNDED BY FAMILY, YOU HAVE ALWAYS HAD GREAT LOVE FROM FAMILY AND FOR FAMILY. WE ALL WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WE ARE SO SAD WE COULD NOT SPEND IT TOGETHER.

I DIDN'T HAVE CAKE TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU LAST NIGHT, BUT I DID HAVE CHEESE CAKE FOR DESSERT, I MADE THAT BECAUSE I HAD THE MISSIONARIES OVER FOR DINNER.