Happy Birthday to Jared!!!!

Happy birthday to my oldest son, Jared! Today is his 29th birthday. I am not sure if I like this business of my kids getting older because....that means I can't lie about how old I am anymore and say I am 35.  The math just doesn't add up. 


Back to Jared.  Jared has always been such a fun child.  I am so glad he was my oldest, sometimes I think we sort of grew up together. He is loyal, strong, very smart, kind, quite handsome, very tall and has the best sense of humor.  When I am around him and we just talk, I realize how much I have missed his conversation and intelligence.  What a joy to have around.

Happy Birthday Jacob!

I can hardly believe that Jacob is a teenager. My goodness, how time flies! We love our Jacob. He is such a sweet boy. When I am struggling with something, he gives me a hug and then sets me straight. He sees things and situations with such clarity and maturity. We are so blessed to have him in our family.

Happy Birthday Elder Grant

Mark turns nineteen today! He got to go earlier on his mission than he had planned, so this is the first time one of my boys have turned nineteen on a mission. He was so excited when he heard that they were lowering the age that you could leave on a mission. He texted me immediately after he found out last fall and asked what he should do. Like a good mother I told him that he needed to fast and pray about it and get an answer for himself. He did and within two weeks had his mission papers in and then got a quick call to the Washington Seattle mission. He is doing well there. He keeps telling us that we need to do more missionary work and that lord's work is hastening forward. So for Mark's birthday today, let's all pray for some missionary experiences so that we can share the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I just put some pictures of Mark for his mission. Here are some more that are fun!

Happy birthday to Jared!

This is what I got Jared for his birthday. He has always loved words and the English language. This mug made me laugh and I thought he would get a kick out of it. The other pictures are just a couple of my favorites.

Flashback 27 Years Ago!

 Happy Birthday to my Jared!  I can't believe that he will be 27 on Saturday.  Time sure does fly when you are having fun, I guess.  The first picture is of Jared with his cousins Matthew and Kyle.  Love those Robertson ties guys!

 Here is Jared high jumping for the University of Wyoming.  What a talented kid!

This is a picture from his mission.

 Here is a very hairy picture of Jared just after he won an indoor high jump competition. Such a handsome young man.

 This is a reminder to us just how tiny this guy was when he was born.  He weight 4 lbs, 14 ounces and had a hard time not losing weight.  He was six weeks early, supposed to come April third but made his appearance on February 25th.  Talk about not being ready.

Here he is with his cousin Brian.  They were both little tiny guys but now Jared is 6' 6" tall and Brian is 6' 4".  They grew.

 Matthew loved taking care of Jared when we lived in Laramie.  Gwen would watch him for us while we were in class.  That was a fun time.

 Such a cutie!

I love this picture. Anyway, happy birthday to you my dear one!  Have  super week and a fantastic day!

Happy 90th Grandma Grant!

Happy Birthday to Marie Grant!  Marie is 90 years old today and we had a big birthday party for her yesterday.  She had tons of cards and most of the cards had a handkerchief inside.  If you know her, you know that she always has a hankerchief tucked away nearby.

She is Spike's mother and the best mother and mother-in-law in the whole world. I think that the thing that I love and respect the most about her is that she is so non-judgmental.  She accepts everyone into the family and makes then feel welcome and loved.

Just a quick review.  She is the mother of 12 children, one of whom died in infancy.  My Spike is 11th of the 12.  She has 59 grandchildren and I am not sure right now of the count of the great-grands or the great-great grands.  Lots and lots.  We love her lots and wish her a very happy 90th birthday!!!

Happy BD Sparky!

Sparky has always been such a happy baby and child. We waited a long time before he finally joined the family. His brothers and sisters named him before he was born and he even knew his name and responded while in the hospital. He has always been extremely strong and did a push up when he was five minutes old.

Love those dimples!

What a great Pic! Sparky has always loved sports! Don't you just love the smile on his face?

Spark has always been such a good brother. He has been very willing to play with Jacob. :)

Spark while he was taking a break during the Martin's Cove experience. It was great to have him with us pulling the cart.

This past year during football season. Thanks for being in our family Sparky. We love you!

Happy Early B-Day!

I was scanning pictures of Jared into the computer this morning and got carried away. Each one of these pictures brings back such vivid and wonderful memories. Jared has always been a little impatient. He came six weeks early and I will tell you that I was not ready! What a tiny little guy he was. He was born at 4 lb 14 ounces and got down to 4 lb 7 ounces before he started gaining some weight back. I couldn't believe that they let me bring this little guy home.

Jared and Brian in matching outfits. Such little frogs.

Matthew is trying to give Jared his bottle. Best of friends.

Oops! Busted!

Just hanging around in Rawlins. Jared has always loved to climb things. I think he still does!

First day of school.

Jared and Lucas had broken arms at the same time. Two different accidents. Jared was playing flag football and got the kids flag but got his arm stepped on at the same time. Ouch!

I think this is his sophomore year in high school. Merry Christmas!

His missionary photo. I love this picture. Such a handsome man.

Lovely Megan and Handsome Jared!

I absolutely love this picture! Jared looks so happy!

Jared does love his family. This is a picture of the Clark boys, Jared and Lucas after a grueling bike ride from Laramie to Cheyenne.

I just had to put a video on of Jared high jumping for the University of Wyoming.