Happy Birthday to my wife and best friend

Today is Shannan's birthday. In honor of my wonderful wife and a magnificent mom I have decided to tell all of you about some of the GREAT things I have discovered about Shannan in the almost 15 years that we have been married. If you know Shannan then you probably already know some of these things about her. Feel free to add this list!

Great things that Shannan DOES:

• Creates incredible meals. Some of my favorites are:




• Zuppa Tuscanna


• Kung Pao chicken


• Pasta Carbanara


• Chicken Picata


• Buckeyes


• Texas Sheet Cake





• Makes our house a home


• Makes peace in our family when there is strife


• Makes time with extended family fun and relaxing


• Picks the best flowers to surround our home and make it beautiful on the outside as well as the inside


• Lets her husband buy strange foods at the grocery store


• Maintains great vegetable garden


• Remembers where everyone is supposed to be and when they are supposed to be there


• Keeps a clean and orderly house with a husband, a teenage daughter, a teenage son, a big furry (i.e. furball producing) cat, and a not quite potty trained puppy, all doing there own things and going in opposite directions at times


• Gladly serves her family day in and day out when we see it AND when we dont


• Always takes care of her family when they are sick and seems to almost never get sick herself


• Tolerates her husbands inclination chase dreams both small and large

Great things that Shannan IS:

• A gift from God


• A great friend


• A loving mom


• An wonderful conversationalist


• Quick witted


• Funny


• Steadfast and tough minded


• My extra set of eyes on the road


• Beautiful and lovely


• The earthly cornerstone for our family


• A lover of great books


• My cliff notes to great books


• A fierce competitor when it comes to board games and Rock Band 2


• The display of God's grace in my life


• My eternal sister in Christ.