It’s Nathan’s birthday today! At a full three years younger than me, he’s turning 33 today. I sat down with Nathan to do a quick interview so you all could get to know him a little better. 😊

When you were younger, what did you think you’d be when you grew up?

N: How young? Um. An athlete.

L: Like a professional athlete? What kind of professional athlete?

N: It varied. Depending on the season. But that was probably the most common answer I’d give as a kid.

L: At what point do you feel like you had to give up your professional athlete dream?

N: Who says I have?

Most favorite place you’ve ever been?

N: #1 is Bramlage Coliseum when K-State beat KU. (For the non-K-State fans, Bramlage is K-State’s basketball fieldhouse.)

#2 Amsterdam

Place you most want to go?

N: What’s the foodie city in Italy? Bologna?

Do you like people to acknowledge that it’s your birthday? Or are you indifferent?

N: I’d prefer the whole world tell my happy birthday. No. I’m indifferent.

Most unexpected thing to come out of fatherhood?

N: How much I love those little boogers. And also my willingness to suck boogers from a kid’s nose.

What are you most excited to observe/watch as the boys grow up?

N: Watching them become dads.

What’s one thing you’re going to miss as the boys get older?

N: I’ll miss the way they mispronounce words and phrases.

Something that most people don’t know about you?

N: That I’m a Denver Broncos fan.

L: Who doesn’t know that? I say that all the time.

N: Ummm. Ok. My first helicopter ride was a life flight.

L: Do you want to explain what a life flight is?

N: Yeah, that’s when they fly you on a helicopter to the hospital because they don’t think an ambulance will get you there fast enough.

What food remind you most of your childhood?

N: Probably something we don’t have anymore. The food I most associate with us being kids is hamburger pie. Or cheesy chicken.

Longest friendship that you still have today?

N: Any of the DU guys. (DU guys are his fraternity brothers.). So 12, 13 years.

What’s one of your pet peeves?

N: You tell me. Shouldn’t you know? I feel like I’m pretty easy going. I feel like you’re really lucky.

L: You don’t like it when I overfill the trash. I would call that a pet peeve. You like having your shirts folded a certain way.

N: That’s not a pet peeve, that’s just common sense.

L: Or your insistence on putting the toilet paper on the wrong way.

N: My pet peeve is when people cut corners. Do it right or don’t do it at all.

Rapid Fire:

Pasta or pizza? Pizza

Hot or cold? Hot

Cocktails or dessert? Cocktails

Comedy or drama? Drama

Movie or dinner date? Dinner date

Happy birthday!! The boys and I love you so much!!

On a blog note: I’m going to try to have at least one blog post next week, but it’s a busy week for me at work, and I’ll be working most of the weekend. So, I’ll see you guys next week whenever I can fit it in! Have a wonderful weekend!