Happy Birthday!

So I've hijacked E's account for tonight because I wanted to let you all in on a big secret, today is her Birthday! In honor of her B-Day here are 28 things that make me grateful that you're mine:

1. Your smile always lights up the room.
2. Your patience with me and the kids is amazing.
3. Your ability to simply listen whenever anyone needs a friend to talk with.
4. Your willingness to always do whatever it takes to make our family happy.
5. You try your best to always make our home nice and tidy, even with L's best efforts to tear everything apart one room at a time, numerous times a day.
6. Your cooking has had negative effects on my waistline, but positive effects on our marriage!
7. Your dedication to the gospel and church.
8. You are always willing to hear me rant on about boring accounting/auditing issues.
9. Your humility and they way you always put other people's needs before your own.
10. Your ability to endure through busy season and not having me around for 3 solid months.
11. Your ability to make do with what we have.
12. Your enthusiasm for the little things in our life.
13. Your devotion to teaching our kids the gospel.
14. Your laugh is contagious.
15. Your ability to control your emotions is amazing, every time you have a baby, nobody believes your in labor because you're always so calm and controlled. SCREAM! Every now and then...
16. Your ability to always see the good in everyone (Except for that one nebulizer billing department lady who we both didn't really appreciate.)
17. Your love of ice cream.
18. Your desire to continue to gain talents and abilities. Unfortunately, I have not gained your cake making ability so I'm sorry in advance for the lopsided carrot cake ;)
19. Your ears (Don't ask...)
20. Your willingness to always scratch my back.
21. Your dedication in taking care of H, even though there are 2 other kiddos vying for your attention and constantly circling you like a school of sharks.
22. Your patience with A and her constant barrage of tiny papers and stapled letters to her 50 or so friends.
23. Your ability to make every penny stretch by finding the best deal for everything.
24. Your drive to ensure that we always eat our vegetables, I think I'm more stubborn than the kids on this one.
25. Your desire to always make sure everyone is happy.
26. Your dedication to always making sure I always have clean clothes.
27. Your willingness to always talk to our kids and make them feel like equals.
28. Your amazingly good looks!

Sorry for anyone who doesn't enjoy public praise, I just couldn't help myself. E is truly the best thing that's happened to me in my life so I wanted her to know how much I love her!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE!