Happy Birthday Michelle

July 17th was Michelle's big Two-Seven birthday. I thought posting 27 things you may, or may not know about her would be nice.

1. She likes having her back popped. If she could have it popped every hour on the hour she would. I hate popping her back because I have some unknown fear of it causing damage or whatever. I try to keep it to a minimum like once or twice a week though.

2. Chocolate. I know this won’t come as a surprise to most of you, but she loves chocolate anything. She is still trying to convince me that Oreos are chocolate, but I am still not convinced. Sometimes she will go a whole day with nothing but a piece of chocolate cake, or row of Oreos.

3. Michelle loves being alone by herself. I know she loves us, or at least hope so, but when I ask her if she could have any gift or present she usually just wants time to herself. It really doesn’t matter if she is going running, to the bookstore, getting groceries or what, she just loves being alone.

4. She loves snowboarding. She even bought a new board, new snowboarding pants, matching coat, goggles and gloves this past winter. She even used it twice! (she looks good in it too)

5. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love showers, but Michelle especially loves to shower. Sometimes she will go for over 30 minutes. Maybe this has something to do with item #3. Also, the water must be very, very hot!

6. Michelle doesn’t like noise. I like having the radio or tv on all the time. Especially the news channel or having the radio constantly playing quietly. She prefers to have it off. Even in the car, she prefers to have the radio off.

7. Michelle is quite photogenic. She always looks beautiful. Even in the morning when she wakes up she still looks great.

8. Some women love being pregnant. Michelle does not. In fact, she formed a habit of throwing up daily during both pregnancies. I doubt if she went 7 days the entire pregnancy without throwing up.

9. Michelle makes great pastas. My favorite is her Pesto.

10. Michelle drives a stick shift and is a great driver. Knock on wood, but she rarely gets pulled over and hasn’t had an accident since being married.

11. Her favorite beverage is hot chocolate. It doesn’t matter if we are at a nice sit down restaurant or gas station, she loves getting hot chocolate. Along with HC, she loves winter. Nothing makes her happier than sitting in the kitchen or living room looking outside at the white, fresh snow. Nothing disgusts me more.

12. I don’t know many people that don’t like being massaged. Michelle is no exception. In fact, her back is always in need of massaging and her shoulders are always tight.

13. Michelle loves to furrow her brow. She will have wrinkles soon I am sure.

14. Michelle loves folding laundry with me. She knows I love folding laundry and so she saves it in piles on our bed. I am grateful that she puts it on our bed so that when I come home at 11:30PM I don’t just crawl into bed and fall asleep missing the activity all together. (unfortunately, the past year or so my wife has forgotten this hobby of mine, and does all the laundry herself and that is ok, I will just find other hobbies)

15. Michelle enjoys serving and participating in young women at church. She loves her friendships with them and even texts them at all hours of the day and night.

16. When she dances, she dances with her mouth open. It is really cute.

17. Michelle volunteered in orphanages in Ecuador for OSSO. She loves those kids and would love to go back again.

18. She doesn’t run that often, but can go months without running and complete a 15-mile run with ease.

19. Sometimes she will wake up in the middle of the night giggling hysterically. She never remembers it either.

20. Michelle loves Smallville. I am not sure, but I think the guy that plays Clark has something to do with it.

21. Her favorite fast food is the McDonalds Big Mac, and least favorite is Taco Bell.

22. Michelle’s favorite yearly vacation is Education Week at BYU. I am not sure exactly why, but it may have to do with #3 again.

23. Michelle is a highly skilled Bunco player and never misses an opportunity to play with her monthly girls night out group.

24. Michelle hates SpongeBob Square pants.

25. My wife loves moving as much as possible. She takes great pleasure in packing and unpacking on a regular basis. She has become quite skilled and very efficient. (Just joking of course)

26. Her ideal car would be a minivan. I don’t think she even cares what kind, just a van. I am afraid that if we get one, I will be stuck with driving it most of the time. I hear that most people get one love it though.

27. Michelle graduated from BYU in Public Relations and would love to go back to graduate school.

Happy birthday Michelle!