Happy Birthday Travis!

Today is Travis' 28th Birthday! What a big boy he is now. Well what can I say about Travis? Natalie asked what I was going to say about Travis because she is afraid that I have nothing good to say about Travis. Wrong Natalie is I have a lot of good things to say about my brother Travis.

I do have a lot of stories that I could share both good and bad, but I would like to share some of my favorites.

I'll never forget the time that Travis:

*Taught me hurdles in track he was determined to make me the next Track star.

*Would make me sit down and play Chess, video games, and Hero Quest.

*Would attack me with Nerf guns the second I walked into the house.

*Built forts inside and outside of the house. He even made an Igloo outside one Winter.

*Sleep outside in a tent with full hookup's so he could have a TV and play his Nintendo all night
*Would wrestle us like we were on a wrestling team. No matter how hard I would cry he would just pin me to the ground and poke me in the chest until Mom would pull his hair to get him off me.

Many other fun stories come from him. We has so much fun growing up even though he teased me ALL the time. Travis always had a game for us to play or an adventure to go on.

Travis is a great Brother and I love him so much. I have learned so much from him. From a very young age I've learned from Travis' example I learned to wake up early and get my chores done so I could play sooner. He showed me how to be brave when I got hurt and to "Suck up my pain". The best thing I learned from Trav was how to be strong in the Church. Before his mission everyone would call him the Prophet, but he was the best example for me growing up.

Another thing that I love about Travis is any time you mention a Vacation or just a family get together he gets so into it. If you ever do something with Travis you know how excited he gets about things. He loves to turn Sunday dinner into a night of video games and a bunch of trash talking. He loves challenge and competition. He is such a joy to be around these days and he makes me laugh so hard.

Travis is such a great Daddy to cute little Addison and a wonderful husband to Natalie. I wish Travis that all his dreams will come true! Happy Birthday Travis! I love you!