OUR ETERNAL FAMILY: THE UNBELIEVABLE.....MADE BELIEVABLE!!

THIS SWEET DETERMINED FACE HAS GROWN INTO A YOUNG MAN THAT KNOWS HOW TO DO HARD THINGS.....

HE SET A GOAL TO READ THE ENTIRE BOOK OF MORMON IN ONE MONTH AND COMPLETED THAT GOAL A FEW WEEKS AGO.

THIS PLAYFUL AND FUN LOVING BOY SAT AND READ ON HIS OWN FOR THAT LONG...IN THAT SHORT OF A TIME PERIOD.....WE ARE PROUD BEYOUND WORDS.

THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HE PREPARED HIS OWN TALK FOR SACRAMENT MEETING AND HE GAVE HIS TALK TO US ON THE PHONE. IT WAS AWESOME!!

SPENCER WAS BORN AS THE THIRD CHILD OF JUSTIN AND TASHA AND HE CARRIES HIS GRANDPA SHAD'S NAME AS HIS MIDDLE NAME.

WE WERE ACTUALLY IN ROCHESTER, MN TO SEE WILL FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE RECEIVED THE NEWS THAT SPENCER SHAD HAD BEEN BORN....AND I CRIED TEARS OF JOY. TASHA HAS SOME COMPLICATIONS IN THIS PREGNANCY SO THEY HAD JUST MOVED TO CHANDLER AND WE WERE SO THANKFUL THEY WERE BOTH OK.

THAT TOUGH TIME PRODUCED MORE JOY THAN WE COULD IMAGINE...WE LOVE THIS BOY!!

HE LIKES TO BE OUTSIDE AND GO ON HIKES WITH GRANDPY.

HE LOVES TO BE WITH HIS COUSINS!

HE LOVES TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY!

HE LOVES BABIES AND HE IS SO GOOD TO THEM!

MOST OF ALL.......HE LOVES TO RUN....AND RUN....AND RUN (AND HE IS VERY FAST)!

BASKETBALL ISN'T HIS FAVORITE BUT AS WITH SO MANY OTHER THINGS IN HIS LIFE....SPENCER IS A GOOD SPORT AND PLAYS WITH HIS BROTHERS. HE HAS LEARNED TO ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES WHICH IS A LIFE LESSON HE WILL BENEFIT FROM FOREVER. THIS YEAR IN HIS NEW SCHOOL HE WAS PICKED FROM 700 STUDENTS AS THE STUDENT THAT BEST REPRESENTED WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD DO....IN THAT....GETTING GOOD GRADES...SITTING BY SOMEONE WHO IS SITTING ALONE....MAKING NEW FRIENDS...SUPPORTING SCHOOL ACTIVITIES...HELPING OTHERS...ETC...ETC.... IN FACT EACH TEACHER SAID THEY WISHED THEY COULD HAVE A ROOM FULL OF STUDENTS JUST LIKE HIM. HE HAS ONLY BEEN THERE A YEAR AND THAT IS THE IMPRESSION HE HAS MADE. GOOD FOR YOU SPENCER! YOU ARE ONE IN A MILLION!!!
THE INTERVIEW:
FAVORITES:
COLOR: RED
GAME: FOOTBALL
FRUIT OR VEG: CHERRIES
MOVIE: WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL
TO EAT FOR LUNCH: SUB SANDWICH
SNACK: FRESH FRUIT
ANIMAL: TIGER
SONG: SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS
BOOK: THE BOOK OF MORMON ( THAT THRILLS ME)
FRIEND: ETHAN IN FARMINGTON (BUT HE HAS BEST FRIENDS ALL OVER.
CEREAL: CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH
TO DO OUTSIDE....RUN...OF COURSE
THING TO DRINK: GATORADE
HOLIDAY: 4TH OF JULY ( BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY GOODIES AROUND)
USED TO TAKE TO BED: TIGER AND A PUPPY
FAVE BREAKFAST: YOGURT AND GRANOLA
BIRTHDAY DINNER: HOME/SALMON...EAT OUT STEAK OR HAMBURGER
WHAT HE WANTS TO BE WHEN HE GROWS UP: RADIOLOGIST OR ORTHODONTIST
IF HE WERE INVISIBLE: GO TO THE MALL AND SCARE PEOPLE (I LIKED THAT)
HE IS PROUD BECAUSE HE IS A GOOD RUNNER
IF HE WERE THE PRES. HE WOULD MAKE MORE DRUGS ILLEGAL
HE WOULD BE AFRAID TO GO SKYDIVING...THANK HEAVENS HE HAS SENSE!
NAME ONE THING HE DOES REALLY WELL: RUN ( I COULD NAME A LOT MORE)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GOOD FRIEND: LISTEN AND HELP ( SOME PEOPLE GO THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AND NEVER FIGURE THAT OUT)!
HIS FAVORITE TIME OF DAY: MORNING
THE BEST DAY OF HIS LIFE: THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL (THAT MADE ME LAUGH)
HE SAID...CLIMBING A TREE IS FUN.
HE WISHES THERE WAS A LAW THAT SAID MORE DRUGS WERE ILLEGAL.
HE IS SAD WHEN HE IS NOT WITH HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY
HE IS HAPPY WHEN HE IS WITH HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY
IF HE COULD FLY HE WOULD GO TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE
HE WOULD NOT WANT A DIFFERENT NAME....HE LIKES HIS NAME!
IF HE COULD CHOOSE TO GO ANYPLACE ON VACATION....HE WOULD CHOOSE THE CARIBBEAN.
HIS FAVORITE PLACE FOR VACATION IS LAGOON (THAT IS NICE SINCE HE IS 5 MINUTES AWAY).
HIS FAVORITE THING TO DO WITH HIS MOM AND DAD IS RUN (OR HAVE THEM WATCH HIM RUN).