Meet our Crown Jewel!

Happy Birthday Lindsay!  Today is our daughter Lindsay’s 30^th birthday!  We want to wish her a happy birthday and let her know how much we love her. She does so much for us; we don’t even know where to begin to thank her for everything. She’s the daughter every parent wishes they had. We feel blessed EVERY day that she is ours.

 

When Lindsay was told that Glenn was in the hospital, she wanted to come see him immediately. She wanted to be with him and was so frustrated at being so far away. As we assessed the reality of the logistics and that our needs while we were at the hospital were being met, we felt it was best she wait to come. It was then that she came up with the idea to start this blog. What a fantastic idea it was! It truly has been a blessing for us and given Lindsay a way to help us everyday. She has been able to communicate for us to each of you in a way we would never have been able to do ourselves. We are so grateful to her. She has always been the “central command center” for our family. She is kind, compassionate, talented, a great friend, and obviously beautiful! She definitely keeps everyone together!

She has lightened our load in many other ways too. Her husband, Jared,---yes we have a son and a son-in-law named Jared, is a graduate student at Penn State. He is studying Healthcare Administration. He has provided us with information and connected us to resources we would not have had the time to research ourselves. They have both taken the time every day to check on Glenn and give him the love and encouragement he has needed.

And, they have given us the cutest grandbabies in the world…but don’t get us started on that!

Glenn and Lindsay have had many wonderful memories throughout the years. Glenn would do anything for her, and she would do the same for him. While Lindsay was a student at University of Idaho, she was president of an organization that was selling programs for the football game as a fundraiser (U of I vs BSU). We volunteered to help sell them so we could all sit together at the game. One of the requirements, however, was that we wear the black Vandal Game Day shirt. Glenn said “No problem!”  After the programs were sold, we went into the Kibbie Dome to watch the game. There were a few comments made from some of the students when we didn’t stand for the school song. At that point, Glenn stands up and takes off his Vandal Game Day shirt. Underneath he had his Bronco orange T-shirt and turned to the crowd and said, “I’ll do anything for my Vandal daughter, but I’m still a Bronco at heart!” The crowd cheered.

Glenn wore his U of I Dad shirt today in honor of Lindsay’s birthday.

A daughter holds your hand for awhile, but holds your heart forever.

There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.
-- John Gregory Brown

Have a happy birthday Lindsay! (Even though I must say I liked it better when we were both 29!) We love you with all of our hearts and can’t wait to see you soon!