And we all know the line....

although Todd rhymes with odd, he was the only one born in an even year!  Of the eight siblings that is.  Just a little Giberson trivia to start off Todd's birthday post.  (I know, it is no longer his birthday in Texas but we have another hour here in Utah so hopefully I will get done in time to post today.)

I always thought this was Todd with me and Dad..maybe it is Mike?



The other piece of the set of pictures at our Owen relatives...
they had them displayed long after we grew up.


Todd was the one who carried Dad's middle name of Creighton which he passed to Niles.  It is interesting to note that Creighton is also a town in South Dakota as well as a university.

Here are Todd and Lea and their younger four kids in 2009 : Lora, Ryan, Kaylee, and Tillie
No shown are:  Jordan, Niles,  David, Sierra and Zech.

Todd and Lea have been married around 13 or so years (I forgot to ask) and parent the largest collection of Gibersons in our family with the total being 9 children, one daughter-in-law and one cute granddaughter.  He works for the attorney general's office as a system analyst, centered mostly around redistricting.  He currently serves as an advisor to the school district involved in redistricting for school boundaries.  And he also serves as an assistant stake clerk over special projects.  And those special projects are:   you guessed it--redistricting of ward and stake boundaries.  (Notice a theme in is life.  It is a great topic of discussion to have with Todd. )

He has many passions including:  religion, politics, and geography.  He follows blogs on these subjects and enjoys commenting on them from time to time.  He also will attend other churches in the area to learn more about their beliefs and lifestyle to expand his understand of religion.  He is the one family member who reads Mike's blog, although I hope to do so soon.  He also follows this blog and often makes comments here as well (which is how we all know he is still alive.)  He also can spell.

Todd trying to prove his point during the "Aunts and Uncles"
game in 2009

He also likes to read, including science fiction and "liberal classics" like Catch 22.  He has kept a list of all the books that he has read since the 1990s (Great idea!).

Favorites:

Color-- blue

Food at home--   spaghetti  (if he is cooking)  He likes basic meals like  southwest chicken,  and shepherd pie   (send recipes)

Eating out  Italian

Movie--        Todd is  a Hitchcock Fan!  At one time he had somewhere around the upper 40s  copies of Hitchcoock"s 54 movies  although some were just taped from the TV to a VHS tape.

TV show     football  and other sports ;   political- Fox news or other political channels.  He has taped the current debates to watch when he has time.

sport. (to play): basketball softball volleyball ;football

professional/college sport teams    BYU Cougars, 49ers, He tends to follows individuals Austin Collie,and John Beck.  He follows the Celtics for professional basketball.

Dessert/snack food  tin roof sundae ice cream; cracked pepper wheat thins

vacation spot   places with pine trees  hope to go back to Brazil  Yellowstone   

Something you are planning to do this year (before your next birthday) :  publish an article in the paper----Unfortunately, it might not be able to accomplish this goal because his work does not allow hi to publish articles related to any topic served by their office.  Perhaps he could find another topic like religion, Richland, or parenting to write about.

Church calling;s  .  An assistant stake clerk over special project  (boundary realignments) he calls this a dormant calling at the moment.  He serves as a counselor in the  High Priest Group Leadership.

One thing that you might not fully appreciate is that Todd has added singing to his new interests.  For years, he saw himself as only a good standing for a Ward choir.  But lately he has branched out and has sung in a quartet for a number of different settings.  He even occasionally will sing a solo part.  Awesome for him and awesome for Mom.  A real singer!

Giberson memory--He remembers the trips mentioned before,  He liked going to cousins to visit each year.  He remembers looking forward to those trips to Oregon.  He also loved our trip to Canada when he was almost 13 years old.

Todd and I had a great conversation which I enjoyed so much.  Like everyone else, I learned so much by talking to him....more than I can put in one post. 

Happy Birthday, Todd, Happy Birthday from all of us! 

PS: And he loves pinewood derby races!!

I had no idea.  He was too excited when I shared the plans of the pinewood derby races at the upcoming Family Reunion 2011.  To get an idea...when Ryan had to build his first car, Todd made cars for Kaylee and Tillie as well.  (Then they took a fast race before the actual race to see which of the three cars was fastest and Ryan picked that one to race for the Pack races).

(Reunion note:  So everyone needs to dig up their old cars or start the building your new cars.  Kits can be found at Scout shops and also Michael's and other hobby stores.

We will probably have a "true Cub" class and an Open where most anything goes!