EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GRAHAM...

Your EIGHT-year-old interview describes you well:
Q: what is your name?

A: graham
Q: what animal do you like?

A: white tiger
Q: what is your favorite color?

A: red
Q: where do you like to go?

A: colorado

Q: what do you like to do outside?

A: ride my bike

Q: what do you like to do inside?
A: play nintendo switch

Q: what is your most favorite thing to play?

A: soccer or baseball

Q: what do you like to wear?

A: halloween costume

Q: what's your favorite book?
A: any nathan hale's hazardous tales

Q: who is the nicest person you know?

A: Jesus

Q: who is the funniest person you know?

A: Dad

Q: who is the coolest person you know?

A: Me

Q: who is the smartest person you know?

A: Poppa

Q: what is your favorite tv show?
A: watching football

Q: what is your favorite song?
A: "Despacito Remix" by Luis Fonsi
Q: who are your friends?
A: Theo, George, Brooks, Whittaker, Jak, Noah, Micah

Q: what do you like to do with Daddy?

A: play nintendo switch and baseball

Q: what do you like to do with Momma?

A: hug, snuggle, and love

Q: what do you like to do with Adelaide?

A: play baseball in the front yard

Q: what do you like to do with Mae?

A: play anything

Q: what do you like to do with Grammy?

A: play in stepping stones with her

Q: what do you like to do with Poppa?

A: when he teaches me how to do stuff better

Q: what do you like to do with Chic?

A: when she watches our plays

Q: what do you like to do with Jim?

A: joke around

Q: what do you like to do with Berkeley?

A: pet her and rub her belly

Q: what Bible story do you like?

Q: what do you know about Jesus?

Q: where do you sleep?

A: in the bunkbed room with Mae

Q: what is your favorite store?

A: any store that sells watermelon

Q: what is your favorite restaurant?
A: shake shack

Q: what food do you most like to eat?

A: shake shack hamburgers or watermelon

Q: what do you like to drink?

A: orange fanta

Q: what is your favorite number?

A: 8 and 2, or 82 or 28

Q: what is the hardest thing for you?

A: to hit home runs or complete dad's bets

Q: what is the easiest thing for you?

A: eat

Q: who is your teacher?
A: mr. christopherson

Q: what is your favorite part of school?

A: spelling

Q: what do you want your job to be when you grow up?

A: a professional soccer player 

Q: what do you do when you are eight?

A: play more soccer

You are fun to celebrate Big Man Brother Graham.

We took you and a few buddies to tour Minute Maid Park the morning of your birthday.

We came back to our house afterward for pizza, Astro pops, and played some kickball.

Then we drove out to Warrenton and walked in the Christmas parade with family.

GRAHAM JAMES,

You are a joy to be around.

You are generous, selfless, kind, thoughtful, hilarious, witty, quick to forgive,

intelligent, relaxed, an incredible speller, and point us back to truth.

You love good music, riding your bike, playing soccer, and watching baseball.

You cheered on your favorite team, the Astros, at several games and every other game on TV,

all the ay to a World Series championship. You attended the best parade afterward.

You collect old electronic parts, gems, rocks, pokemon cards, and baseball cards.

This year you navigated hard goodbyes well as you said "see you soon" to two of your best friends that moved away, and "see you in heaven" to Grandmama and Witt.

You make new friends wherever you go and enjoy the company of friends and family alike.

You swam all over the neighborhood pool, played on a basketball team, and a soccer team.

You skied greens, blue, and even a black with confidence.

You played goalie for the first time and made some goals too.

You endured more allergy testing and don't have to carry an epipen anymore.

You learned to write in cursive and began learning multiplication facts.

You appreciate the details in life and remember them well.

You are a wonderful creation and it is a gift to be your parents.

WE LOVE YOU FOREVER.

(49/52) SEVEN YEARS OF GRAHAM...

Graham James,

You are Graham Lemon.

You are BigManBubbaGraham.

You are observant, hilarious, and generous.

You are wise, unique, loyal, and loving.

You are a gift to those who know you.

This year we celebrated you with a pizza party a couple of weeks early.

It was great fun to watch you interact with your friends,

and see y'all create your own lunches, play bingo, and laugh together.

Then the week of your real birthday:

Poppa and I enjoyed watching your first grade history project on Abraham,

and Grammy and Jim joined us at your choice of birthday dinner- Shake Shack.

You opened science kits, a geyser tube, walkie talkies, and a volcano lego set.

This year you grew taller and faster and braver.

You tried new things and it's been a joy to cheer you on.

The appearance of your smile changed almost every month,

but the contagiousness of your smile didn't ever change.

Your SEVEN-year-old interview describes even more about you:

Q: what is your name?

A: Graham
Q: what animal do you like?

A: white tiger
Q: what is your favorite color?

A: bluish-green
Q: where do you like to go?

A: Colorado

Q: what do you like to do outside?

A: play on my bike

Q: what do you like to do inside?
A: play with tsum tsums

Q: what is your most favorite thing to play?

A: legos 

Q: what do you like to wear?

A: my under armor jacket

Q: what's your favorite book?
A: that's hard because I love reading,
but how about Dinosaurs Love Underpants

Q: who is the nicest person you know?

A: Grammy

Q: who is the funniest person you know?

A: Marshall

Q: who is the best person you know?

A: Daddy

Q: what is your favorite tv show?
A: tsum tsums

Q: what is your favorite movie?

A: Trolls

Q: what is your favorite song?
A: "Can't Stop the Feeling" Justin Timberlake film version from Trolls

Q: what do you like to do with Daddy?

A: swim at av pool

Q: what do you like to do with Momma?

A: do school

Q: what do you like to do with Adelaide?

A: being silly with her

Q: what do you like to do with Mae?
A: play tsum tsums with her

Q: what do you like to do with Grammy?

A: play the "Grammy's stinky game"
Q: what do you like to do with Poppa?

A: play nertz

Q: what do you like to do with Chic?

A: play games

Q: what do you like to do with Jim?

A: watch tv

Q: what do you like to do with Berkeley?

A: rub her belly

Q: what Bible story do you like?

A: when Abraham is so old and gets so many kids

Q: what do you know about Jesus?

A: that he loves me

Q: where do you sleep?

A: in my room with Adelaide and Mae

Q: what food do you most like to eat?

A: pizza

Q: what do you like to drink?

A: orange fanta

Q: what is your favorite number?

A: seven

Q: who is your teacher?

A: Mrs. Horton

Q: what is your favorite part of school?

A: science

Q: who are your friends?

A: Theo and Whittaker and boy Micah

Q: who is in your family?
A: Mommy, Daddy, me, Adelaide, and Mae and everyone else that's in my family

Q: what do you want your job to be when you grow up?

A: be a policeman

Q: what do you do when you are seven

A: go in my own tube at the tubing hill

We are forever grateful God made you and made you with a purpose.

Our lives are richer because you are in them.

We will always love you, Dad and Mom