SPENCER............

SPENCER SHAD....WE HAVE LOVED YOU SINCE WE KNEW YOU WERE COMING TO JOIN OUR FAMILY.  IT WAS FUN TO HAVE YOU IN CHANDLER AND THEN ST. GEORGE DURING YOUR FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS.  WE GOT TO SEE YOU CHANGE AND YOU NEVER FORGOT US.

I LOVE THIS PICTURE....SPENCER HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY EXPRESSIVE AND FUN.  LOOK AT THAT SMILE....IT MAKES ME MISS THOSE DAYS.

SPENCER IS HAPPY TO PLAY ALONE OR WITH A COUSIN OR FRIEND.  WHAT A HAPPY BOY.  THAT SMILE JUST MELTS MY HEART.  HE HAD A LOT OF FUN WHEN WE WERE AT BEAR LAKE TOGETHER WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN.

IT IS ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HAVE A BROTHER AS YOUR BEST FRIEND.  THAT HAS BEEN GREAT FOR SPENCER (AND HYRUM).  I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF THEM HUGGING EACH OTHER.

WHEN SPENCER COMES TO OUR HOUSE....HE USUALLY GIVES US HUGS AND THEN HEADS TO THE TOY CLOSET IN THE BASEMENT.  THAT IS UNLESS IT IS SUMMER AND GRANDPY HAS AN ADVENTURE PLANNED.  HE LOVES TO HIKE AND GO WITH GRAMPS.

DURING THESE YEARS....SPENCER COULD NOT GET ENOUGH OF PLAYING WITH HIS LEGOS.  HE AND HYRUM COULD SPEND HOURS BUILDING THINGS.  I THINK HE LIKES SPORTS MORE THAN LEGOS NOW.

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES OF SPENCER (AND HYRUM).  IT REALLY SHOWS HOW THEY LIKE TO EXPLORE, GET DIRTY, AND EVEN PLAY IN THE MUD.  THEY WERE HAVING SUCH A GREAT TIME.  SPENCER WAS ON TOP OF THE WORLD.

THE SLIPPERY SLIDE WATER WAS COLD, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HIM FROM HAVING A BLAST...I WISH I COULD FIND THE PICTURE OF HIM COMING DOWN THE SLIDE LIKE HE WAS SURFING.  LIKE I SAID...HE IS ALWAYS UP FOR AN ADVENTURE.

NOTHING BETTER THAN GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE COUSINS.  LOOK AT THOSE SMILES.  IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY THAT SPENCER LOVES PLAYING WITH HIS COUSINS SO MUCH!

WHOEVER SAID THE BRADSHAW'S ARE COMPETITIVE GOT IT RIGHT.  SOME OF MY BEST TIMES WITH SPENCER HAVE BEEN WATCHING HIM PLAY SOCCER IN OMAHA AND HERE WITH THE COUSINS.  HE IS VERY ATHLETIC AND LOVES THIS GAME.

SPENCER WAS HERE IN BEAVER ON HIS EIGHTH BIRTHDAY AND IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL ONE.  ALL OF THE COUSIN'S WERE HERE AND WE WENT TO A ZIP LINE AND THE LOOKING FOR GOLD COINS (GRANDPY HAD PUT THERE) IN A BIG STREAM OF WATER.  IT WAS JUST THE KIND OF THING SPENCER LOVED.  THEN IT WAS ALSO EXTRA SPECIAL BECAUSE ALL OF THE COUSIN'S WENT TO ST. GEORGE FOR HIS BAPTISM.  I THINK WILL AND SPENCER ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE HAD EVERYONE THERE FOR THAT SPECIAL OCCASION.
WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED, I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM AS HE LISTENED SO INTENTLY TO EVERY WORD OF THE TALKS.  I LEAD THE SINGING AND IT WAS FUN TO WATCH HIM AS HE SANG AND EVERYONE FELT A GREAT SPIRIT THAT WAS THERE.  HE REALLY LOVED THAT HE HAD ALL OF HIS FAMILY FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE FAMILY THERE.  FAMILY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SPENCER.  HIS BIRTHDAY IS ONLY ABOUT 18 MONTHS FROM HYRUM'S AND AS HE HAS GROWN UP WITH SIBLINGS SO CLOSE TO HIS AGE....HE HAS LEARNED THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF BEING CLOSE IN A FAMILY.  WE LOVE TALKING TO HIM ON THE PHONE.  HE IS SO GOOD TO SHARE THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN HIS LIFE WITH US.  HE LOVES TO TELL US ABOUT RECESS, CUB SCOUTS, AND SPORTS.  WE LOVE TO HEAR HIM.  HE IS ALSO GOOD TO TELL US ABOUT THE THINGS HE LEARNS IN PRIMARY.  WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR HIS TESTIMONY AND THE LOVE HE GIVES TO US.  WE HOPE HE KNOWS HOW SPECIAL HE IS IN OUR LIVES AND THAT WE CAN'T BEGIN TO EXPLAIN HOW MUCH WE LOVE HIM.  MORE THAN HE WILL EVER KNOW!  WE DO LOVE YOU SPENCER AND HOPE YOUR BIRHTDAY IS THE BEST.....WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE IN UTAH!