Shannon, 32 years ago today was the happiest day in dad's and my life!
32 random Things about Shannon you may or may not know:
1. She slept all night every night from the first day she came home from the hospital.
2. She loved her tickle blanket. We still have it.
3. All she ate for the first 16 years of her life was peanut butter, milk, ice cream, round bacon, Mrs. Grass's chicken soup, hamburgers and french fries.
4. She was the last child in the neighborhood to learn to ride a bike.
5. She never liked getting dirty as a little girl-still doesn't.
6. She always loved to dance.
7. She loved our summer vacations with the Johnston's to Cedar Crest.
8. She was always (is) addicted to TV.
9. When she was in first grade she told us she was going to be her class valedictorian. She was.
10. She could catch and hit a ball better than all the boys in our neighborhood, but yet was never a tom-boy.
11. In grade school she went to watch a free-throw contest with her dad and was talked into entering, wearing her winter boots and jacket she won.
12. As a kid she didn't like putting her head under water. (Still doesn't.)
13. She is competitive when playing games of any kind. Gets that from her dad.
14. She was in a bad car accident early on Graduation Day and ended up in the emergency room. An old lady ran a stop sign.
15. She and Jon have been together for 16 years. (Way to Go.)
16. She wouldn't stop wetting her diaper until she found out that big girls wear Ruffle Panties!
17. She is scared to death of spiders even teeny tiny ones.
18. She is
allergic to cats.
19. She loves the
Olympics.
20. When she was four she told her Grandma R. that when she grew up she wanted to marry a black guy with money that jangled in his pockets. (You do the math.)
21. Her first time driving a snowmobile she ran under a barbed wire fence which cut her throat open. She needed stitches.
22. She has been mad at me for 20 years for giving away all her "Barbie stuff."
23. She is afraid of baby dolls and clowns.
24. She doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She is kind to everyone.
25. She loves big loud family get
togethers, the more loud & crazy the better.
26. She loves Halloween & Christmas.
27. She is not crafty.
28. She has texture issues with food.
29. She has a purse and shoe
fetish.
30. She is organized to the "
nth" degree. Type 'A' all the way.
31. She is the best daughter anyone could be lucky enough to have.
32. She is going to be a wonderful mom!
These 32 years have been a complete joy! Happy Birthday Sweetie!
Love, Mom and Dad
