Happy Birthday to Scott!

Scott turned 55 recently! I'm so lucky to be married to him. Here are some little seen pictures of him from the last 15 years when we went digital. Some things I realized making this post: Scott is not in very many pictures because he's usually the photographer--it helped when I got a smartphone. And Scott is always up for any adventure or project.

Turning 40 while Mindy turned 1

Neuschwanstein 2005

A rare date during our time in Germany--an art museum in Munich

Super Dad at Schoenbrunn near Vienna

2006

Visiting the nation's capital after Kent's wedding, 2007

Playing stickball in Nauvoo

Being a dad on Father's Day 2008, looking a little tired

Standing in front of Bergeson Hill, 2009

2010

Talmage's baptism, 2010

Greeting David at the airport 2011 (I was at the hospital recovering from kidney donation)

2012

At Niagara Falls 2013

The new dad and the new grandpa, 2013

On the Green River, 2013

Welcoming Jan home, 2014

Helping Mindy with stilts, 2014

Going to work, 2014

Visiting the Okefenokee Swamp with lots of alligators, 2014

Sending Everett to Hill Cumorah, 2015

Visiting the chilly Oregon coast, 2015

Making a log raft in the Puget Sound, then making sure they didn't float out to sea--we had nightmares that night thinking about what might have happened if Scott had waited too long to tow them back.

Climbing Mt. Timpanogos with me in 2015

Welcoming Garrett home, 2015

California coast after Jan's wedding, 2015

Playing an apostle in Hill Cumorah pageant, 2016

Welcoming Lincoln, 2016

Birthdays, 2016

Climbing King's Peak, 2017

Visiting Louisiana, 2017

Welcoming Everett, 2018

2018

Doing the puppet show, 2018

Anniversary trip to Alaska 2019

Happy birthday, Scott! We're so glad to have you in our lives!

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