One Year Older and Wiser Too...

Christopher had what he calls his 1st 29th birthday a little over a week ago. He wanted to keep it simple, so that's what we did. That morning Dawson and I headed out to do a little shopping and brought back Star Trek from the redbox because Chris has been wanting to watching it. We pretty much hung out that day and took it easy, just how we like it! That night we headed out to dinner with Christopher's parents, his sister Jen, her hub Jeremy, and his sister Heather. We dined at Texas Roadhouse and got our fill off of rolls, salad, steak, and potatoes...yum! We sang to him, ate Coldstone ice cream cupcakes, and he opened his goods which included some games, fishing stuff, golf stuff, Rock Band stuff...pretty much all guy stuff. The kids and I are so lucky to have such a great Dad and husband in Chris...he is always right there supporting us and loving us. He works hard so I can stay at home and he is right there helping me with the kids when he is home. We love you!




Here are a few random things about Christopher that you might not know about him!
1. He has a love for mullets. Thanks to the lovely invention of camera phones my husband tries to photograph a "good one" on the sly. I take the "do I know you?" approach when he does this.
2. He accidentally blew up a toilet on his mission (he thought the best way to extinguish the lit firecracker in his missionary apartment would be to put it in the toilet bowl water. It didn't go out, and instead blew up.)
3. He makes great ribs and chocolate cookies. Outside of that he isn't allowed in the kitchen because he gets too experimental. Ask him about his Mexitalian dish.
4. He got hit by a parked car on his big wheel in a parking lot when he was little. Gave him a fat lip and everything! He still blames it on the car.
5. When he was 16 he made his car float by driving it into a huge puddle in the school parking lot. Turned out to be a lot deeper than he thought. He had huge waves on each side of his car and knew he was in trouble when water started pouring into his car. RIP Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.
6. He has a ridiculous fear of bees. I always joke the guy will take a bear for me but not a bee.
7. Christopher has never had a job outside of health care. He got his CNA when he was 16 and has been wiping...I mean...helping people since! He currently has his RN and wants to go into nurse anesthetist.
8. He has never broken a bone. Which is surprising from the stories I have heard of him when he was a child.
9. Christopher can pack down food like a 6 foot 200 pound guy. He can eat 28 wings, has his picture on a wall at a mexican restaurant for eating a 3 pound burrito and hopes to be the next hot dog eating champion.
10. The only kind of movies that will bring a tear to his eyes are "touching sports films." Rudy gets him every time.