Happy Birthday Grandpa Davies!

Today is my Grandpa Davies 87th birthday! I am so thankful that he is my grandpa! He has been a special person to me throughout my life. I have always felt so much love from him and that has been a great blessing to me. I also admire my grandpa a lot for the way he has lived his life. His mom passed away when he was young, he grew up working hard on a farm, then fought in WW2 and when he returned raised 9 children! After retiring, he served two missions for the LDS church with my grandma. And through all of this he has lived his life very honorably. Throughout any challenges in his life I have never heard him complain. He and my grandma are very cute together, I can't imagine them not being together. My grandpa is talented at cross-stitching and has made many beautiful pictures which decorate his house and the homes of his large family. I have a picture that he made in my apartment and it makes me smile every time I see it. I mentioned before that my grandpa makes the world's best cookies and this is true! He will always give you a cookie with a twinkle in his eye when you visit him. On my last visit he gave me a zip lock bag with four cookies in it to take with me on my trip back. It was so great to feel like he was with me on the plane ride and the next day when I was feeling blue and missing my family. Sometimes when I see my grandpa I think I am going to drive him crazy from hugging him too much because I don't know when to stop! :) A few years ago he told me that he knows I love him, that he can tell when he sees me. I wish I would have written down exactly what he said because I can't explain it right now. But it meant a lot to me and I couldn't think of a better thing to hear from him.

Happy Birthday Grandpa! I hope you are having a good day. I love you!