WHO WILL WAKE UP AT 5am TO GO SHELLING WITH YOU SO THAT YOU CAN BE SURE TO GET "THE GOOD STUFF" AND SO THAT YOU CAN ADD TO THE MEMORIES THAT WILL BECOME STORIES TO SHARE AROUND THE THANKSGIVING TABLE WHEN YOU ARE ADULTS?




WHO IS ALWAYS UP FOR A "WRESTLING MATCH".. OR "SUPER MAN?"

WHO WILL STAND OUT IN THE COLD(AND I MEAN COLD, WITH FREEZING RAIN), IN THE MUD, IN THE WIND, FOR 12 HOURS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A FRONT ROW SPOT TO SEE THE FAMILY's JOY WHEN TY SHOUTS.. "MOVE THAT BUS"????

WHO IS ALWAYS THERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY NEW THINGS, TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF, TO NEVER GIVE UP AND TO ALWAYS GIVE YOUR BEST?

WHO WILL SPEND HOURS HANGING OUT, DOING SPECIAL PROJECTS WITH YOU ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON?

WHO IS ALWAYS THERE FOR A SNUGGLE WHEN YOU NEED IT?

WHO WILL PUSH YOU IN THE TIRE SWING FOR HOURS UNTIL HIS ARMS FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE GOING TO FALL OFF.. ALL THE WHILE LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT?

WHO WILL SPEND HOURS PATIENTLY TEACHING YOU HOW TO RIDE YOUR BIKE, AND WHO WILL CHEER FOR JOY, RUNNING ALONG SIDE YOU , SHOUTING .. "YOU'RE THE MAN!!", WHEN YOU RIDE ALONE FOR THE FIRST TIME???

WHO ENCOURAGES YOU TO THE TOP OF THE "SPIDER MAN LADDER" WHEN YOU WANTED TO TRY BUT WERE JUST A LITTLE SCARED(and mommy was too).. AND WHO CELEBRATES WITH YOU WHEN YOU MAKE IT TO THE TOP AND LETS YOU KNOW JUST HOW PROUD HE IS OF YOU AND MAKES YOU FEEL SUPER COOL??

WHO WILL BE THERE TO JAM WITH YOU DURING FAMILY DANCE PARTIES?

(and would have rocked out on a guitar if there were any left, and if he weren't too busy doing the funky chicken to make you laugh?)

WHO WILL TEACH YOU TO GO "WAY HIGH" ON THE "BIG GIRL SWING, WHEN MOMMY WOULD HAVE SURELY KEPT YOU IN THE BABY TEDDY BEAR SWING FOR LONGER THAN SHE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE....?

WHO WILL SPEND HOURS UPON HOURS FOR DAYS AND DAYS IN THE POOL WITH YOU TEACHING YOU HOW TO SWIM?

WHO ALWAYS LOOKS FORWARD TO SPECIAL "ONE ON ONE" TIME WITH YOU??

WHO LOVES YOU BEFORE HE HAS EVEN MET YOU AND PRAYS FOR THE DAY WHEN HE CAN HOLD YOU, AND HUG YOU, AND HAVE SPECIAL TIME WITH YOU, AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO THE TOP OF THE "SPIDER MAN LADDER", AND MAKE YOU LAUGH, AND JAM WITH YOU AT A FAMILY DANCE PARTY,AND TEACH YOU HOW TO SWIM AND RIDE A BIKE AND SWING IN THE BIG GIRL SWING, AND WORK ON YOUR SPECIAL PROJECTS, AND MAKE MEMORIES TO SHARE AT THE THANKSGIVING TABLE WHEN YOU ARE AN ADULT, AND SHOW YOU THAT YOU ARE LOVED TO NO END....

THE WONDERFUL MAN THAT OUR 6 CHILDREN ARE SO BLESSED TO CALL

"DAD!"