Another birthday? Make It A Double!

"A years gone by,
How time has flown.
We can't believe how Emmett's grown!
He's such a joy and so much fun
Oh, my our Emmett's turning one!"

It's Emmett's Big day today! Happy Birthday double E, double M, double T, which in another year could also spell trouble!


Emmett was not due on Lisa's birthday.
He made his arrival on it anyway.
He turned out to be a pretty good present, even if he will steal her thunder for the next couple of decades.


Since it IS also Lisa's birthday, we will devote this blog mostly to Lisa.
Emmett can't read.

Lisa was a perfect baby and the cutest little girl. We kept saying how good she was and how she never cried or complained. It was nice while it lasted (sigh) and then she turned two, but that's a whole other story. So for this post we will stick with the facts...


~Lisa posing with that look of determination~

Lisa would not have had to share her birthday with her son if she had arrived the week of Halloween when she was supposed to. Maybe her and E struck a deal in the pre-existence to share the same day.
Determination is one of her traits. Maybe it was a survival skill she learned being the middle child :)
If she puts her mind to something, good luck trying to talk her out of it.
It made for some interesting younger years, but is such a quality as an adult.


Lisa has so many great traits.
She is not a procrastinator and she is very organized. She goes through her closet every 6 months and pitches what she doesn't wear anymore. (Is she really my daughter?)
She isn't afraid to try something new...this year she bought a bike, started training and did her first bike race.


She complained about her white skin when she was a teenager.
I admire how she could care less now. No tanning beds or sunless tanners for this girl.
She doesn't ever try to be something she is not.
She is the real deal inside and out.
She has learned to accept her trials and learn from them.


She is a great daughter, sister and a very loyal friend.


She has angelic qualities.
She is kind, sensitive to the spirit, to the needs of others, and would never intentionally hurt anyone. She is also quick to forgive.


She occasionally surprises us.
We had our dog stolen in Provo one year. She tracked down the thief (long story but the equivalent of finding a needle in a haystack...did I mention determination?) went to the dog snatchers house and asked for the dog back...drove to Butte and set him on the front porch with a sign around his neck that said "Butte or Bust", then she rang the doorbell and hid around the corner :)


Lisa has the longest eye lashes. For many years she wouldn't put much mascara on them because she thought they looked like spider legs! She also has close to perfect teeth (so said a dentist) without ever having braces...and we won't even discuss the fact that she had over a 9lb baby and went back to her pre-pregnancy weight within 6months, eating milkshakes and oreo's.
Lisa is beautiful on the inside and the outside.
We love you! Happy Birthday!!