Little Known Facts

Today MyMike and I played a piano/organ duet in church. Mike arranged the hymns Jesus Once of Humble Birth and He is Risen into a lovely duet we could both play together.

We met working on a piano/organ duet many years ago - over 24 to be exact, so this was fun, and only the second time we have performed together like this since.

Anyhow, most people listening today didn't know Mike arranged this, and then tonight when the two youngest had a youth fireside, BigBuddy, MyMike and I all played Wii pictionary, and Mike was fantastic! He beat us both badly! Anyhow, I thought it would be fun to list some of his talents, because he's such a quiet guy and easily stays in the background of life, but in our life, he's the one that makes things happen the most.

1. He has a wonderful singing voice, and fills our home with songs that he makes up regularly.
2. He is a pretty good artist and musician, and totally supports me in all my artistic and musical endeavors.
3. He is totally fluent in French and still reads his scriptures in French, but now on his Palm.
4. He always does the dishes on big holidays when the mess is the absolute worst, and cleans the whole kitchen to perfection. I love that about him for obvious reasons :-)
5. He is super disciplined and has been exercising every week of his life since he was fourteen. His favorite things to do has always been swimming.
6. He built our last basement, put in a stone patio, and can do any project he sets his mind to.
7. He's neat and orderly and his desk is always clean.
8. He does math and physics I have no inkling about, understands it all, and wants to learn more.
9. He is constantly trying to improve himself personally.
10. He makes great waffles and anything I give him to cook on the grill, he cooks to perfection.
11. He has a good sense of humor and remembers and tells good jokes.
12. He understands principles from a lot of different disciplines and can converse about many subjects easily. I have learned a lot from him.
13. He loves to ride his dirt bike, and has promised he will ride it more in Colorado.
14. He handles any issues we've ever had with neighbors with great diplomacy, to the point that they always afterwards consider him their friend.
15. He is level headed when someone is injured and usually accurately assesses what is needed.
16. He knows how to work on cars and computers and all things mechanical and technical.

Now, while he has a lot of great talents, he would be the first to admit, he is far from perfect, and I'll just leave that at that. But, it was fun to share and be the beneficiary of one of his talents today. . . . Now I just have to work on my drawing skill on the Wii. . . . rematch coming up! :-)