July 8, 1983 was a red letter day in our family! After a brief (but wonderful) pause to have a girl, we returned to the "baby boy" business. What a great reward we had in Joe! Happy birthday to a happy, easy going, delightful son. Happy birthday to you!
I like Joe because he is interesting,
because he works hard,
because he is the best computer guru at Provo Staples (and in our family),
because he is such a good brother (especially to Anna!!!),
because he helps me with difficult birthday gift choices :),
because he wants to do what is right,
and because I think his picture looks a lot like me!
Love,
Dad
PS. Mom loves the external hard drive. She will love it even more when I figure how to get her computer to talk sense to it...
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I love Joey because
He is interesting
He loves the most diverse music - in 7th grade, the principal saw him with headphones on in the library...he came up behind Joe and removed the headphones to listen and found to his great surprise and delight that this little 7th grader was listening to Glenn Miller.
He likes to study and learn about specific interests. I remember his middle school study of Glenn Miller and of Nintendo Corp. He and I spent hours in the yard weeding and talking about the birth of Nintendo after Atari.
He is the best gift giver. He always strives to give a gift that is "perfect" and he is always successful.
He is loyal to the family.
He is a computer whiz kid and has saved me from weeks of computer torture with his calm help that is spoken without a foreign accent.
He is true to what he believes.
He is patient.
He is an old fashioned gentleman.
He is appreciative of anything he is given.
He loves great literature and is one of the most well read people I know.
He is willing to learn from his experiences.
He was thee most beautiful baby as well as the most even tempered.
I love you Joe....Happy 24th birthday. MOM
I like Joe because:
He is a genuinely good person.
He is always makes great conversation.
He doesn't make me feel stupid when I ask the "simple" Star Wars questions.
He is GREAT with kids...and kids think so too!
He is very intelligent especially when it comes to computers.
He cares about others' feelings and wants to include people (I saw this in high school).
He is a happy person.
He tries hard in whatever he tries to do.
He is a great brother-in-law to have.
Happy *24th* Birthday, Joey!! :) We miss you up here in Portland, but look forward to when we'll see you again....soon! :)
-Ann
I like Joe because:
He is extremely kind
He is a wonderful example
He is amazingly loyal
and an example of humility
He is happy to listen to me and laugh at/with me when I tell him about switching out my motherboard (I will send to computer to him with a few hundred when it comes time for the fatherboard).
He determined
He's not a complainer, rather he's a doer
He's a reader who gives wonderful recommendations
And I like him alot! (I had to use the classic ending)
I like Joe because:
He is generous with his resources
He is determined
He is kind to and loves our kids
He is the lone Cougar, holding down the fort on campus!
He is fun to break down the computer industry for me.
He gives me the inside scoop on Intel perceptions.
He gives good advice on movies and books.
He is a hard worker.
He does what is right.
He keeps Anna going toward her MA.
Love you Joe!
I like Joe because:
He is the funnest movie buddy
He is so easy to share the car with
He enjoys talking about books
He (as mom said) is the best present buyer I've ever known
He is such a fast reader, and is so well read
He is super generous
He is thoughtful of others
He buys me presents for no other reason than that he thinks I'll like it (which I always do)
He can recite Shakespeare
He knows everything about computers
He is handsome
He is super intelligent
He slipped me peppermint patties in the MTC, and saw me off at 5am to New York
He SAVED MY BUM when he rescued my thesis and all of my files
He let me borrow his computer
He moved all of my boxes
He helped me bring all of my boxes to Don's house
He spends hours getting my computer all set up and transferring my files
He fixed my printer
He is so fun
I could cry that we won't be at school together anymore. I don't even want to think about it. I love you--thanks for being SO GREAT, and SO GREAT to me. I can't believe you're 24! Happy Birthday.
love,
Anna
Your Grandma and I love you dearly. Wow! I won't even try to compete with your folks, your brothers and sisters, and your sister-in-laws in listing all your wonderful traits. We now have your birthday on our calendar and won't forget in the future.
Joe, you are a prince of a person! I'll never forget the time you took Nathan around in a stroller while we all shopped in the outlets just outside of Seattle. You bought him a black and white stuffed doggie with your own money. He loved it and he still sleeps with it on his bed. Thanks for being so wonderful!
Love,
Wendy
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