Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear Niece

Happy Birthday to you!

47 things about Niece

1. She is the oldest child in our family (I am the youngest)
2. She is 6 years and 8 months older than me
3. She has 3 brothers
4. and 1 sister
5. She was born in Mesa AZ
6. She has been married 27 years
7. She got married in Spokane WA
8. In our backyard
9. Her and her husband were sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple
10. They were sealed 51 weeks after they got married
11. They had to get special permission to get sealed early
12. She has 3 children
13. Her oldest son served a mission in Cleveland Ohio
14. Her daughter is serving a mission in Salta Argentina and today is her half-way mark
15. Her youngest son is serving in Indianapolis, Indiana
16. She has a dog named Itsy
17. Itsy is a Chihuahua
18. Itsy poops in my house every time they visit
19. She has always had pets. I can only remember them not having a pet when they were first married
20. They had a goat for awhile
21. She lives in Idaho
22. Her backyard is the Snake River
23. She wants to be buried in her backyard
24. She is fascinated with cemeteries
25. To the point of being almost freaky
26. She has a lot of pictures of headstones of people she doesn't know
27. She does genealogy
28. She has taken over the role of Grandma for my kiddos
29. They love her - A LOT
30. She is a wonderful Aunt
31. She had her first heart attack when she was 42
32. She has had more than one
33. She has a defibrillator/pacemaker
34. Her pancreas was damaged when she had her first heart attack
35. She is a diabetic
36. She doesn't have her spleen
37. or her gall bladder
38. or her uterus
39. She had a hysterectomy when she was 28
40. She LOVES lemons
41. She likes to drink Diet Coke with fresh lemon and lime
42. She REALLY loves lemons
43. She likes to stay up late
44. Really late - to the point of being early
45. Since she stays up late she likes to sleep in
46. I am her favorite sister
47. I love her alot!