David's 32 Birthday

This guy turns 32 today. He's the most wonderful person a family could ask to have as a husband and father and we feel so so lucky to have him.

Some of his biggest accomplishments/activities from the past year are: 

-Came in 2nd Place in the Peaden Family March Madness Bracket. 

-Chosen as one of 15 Knowledge Coach Trainers nation-wide (22 offices) for Eide Bailley.  Received special training, then went back to the assigned offices he was over to train them on the new program.

-Joined the mini-van-dad club after purchasing a 2014 Chrystler Town and Country.

-Planned an executed an incredible family vacation to the Oregon Coast.

-Received the Rising Star award for the Salt Lake Eide Bailly office, recognizing his efforts at work and the incredible job that he is doing. (Super neat award with some cool recognition attached.) 

-Succeeded in maintaining his "Best Father in the World" award for the fourth straight year in a row. 

We're so proud of David and so grateful for how hard he works, how much he loves us, and the fact that we're the ones that get to be with him every day.

*Update* 

For David's birthday this year, we celebrated in chunks because he was out of town for most of the week. (Including his actual birthday.) We started his birthday week off before he left with some yummy breakfast, treats, and balloons. Lydia and I snuck into his car the night before he left for his trip and filled it up with more balloons and some presents to open while he was away. (Lydia loved this SO much! She still talks about it all the time.) Then when he got back from his trip, we surprised him with a few small gifts and a ping pong table! The next day we got to go out on a birthday date where we played racquetball and then ate an incredible amount of pizza at Pizza Pie Cafe. 

I asked Lydia and Austin to say something about David. Lydia said " I love Daddy because he's so nice." (In a teary choked up voice.) Then she added in a bright cheery voice "And he likes to play!" Austin said "Daddy!" Ha.

We sure do love this guy and there aren't enough good things to say about him and how much he does for us. More than anything, he never lets us forget that we are the most important thing to him - and I'm increasingly aware of how rare that is and how lucky we are.

Happy 32nd David!