So this week I'll be able to see
your faces and talk to you for realsie. So I`m not going to write too much
about my week.
Just know that it was awesome. I
really enjoyed it. We worked SO hard. I got a super bad migrane and threw up my
apple. Why is it always carrots, haha quote.
Today was our Christmas activity.
We went to an old folks home and sang about 1000 christmas songs. And got sun
burnt. Then we ate the most delicious lunch I've ever had at a function like
this.
Dad, I wrote you something. Couldn't remember exactly how old you are....so I wrote 43 things I love about
my Dad. And my comp wanted to add one. So here you go: (Yes, he turned 43)
1. Your smooth feet.
2. Taking 18 years to get your associates degree. You`re my
example!
3. The gap between your teeth.
4.When you double layer your socks, which I do now. It`s more
comfortable.
5.Your pancakes. And your secret ingredient, I think it`s cinnamon...
6.Your love for the group Black Eyed Peas.
7.How well you dance. You taught me all I know.
8.Your enthusiasm to read the Book of Mormon. And the strength you
draw from Nephi.
9.Your love for sports talk radio.
10.
Shooting about 200 baskets out front
with me when I was trying to make the team.
11.
Hugging me when I didn't. (make the
team.)
12.
Picking me up from school at the Trax
station.
13.
Trying to teach me how to drive a
stick shift. Trying to stay patient. Apologizing when you weren't.
14.
Letting me type your work or school
project.
15.
Letting me fix your shirt collar
before church.
16.
You make me laugh. You really know me.
Except when we`re playing Apples to Apples.
17.
That you know how to pour cement.
18.
You taught me how to loose.
19.
Your polygamy shirts.
20.
When you call me Meggy PooPoo Head,
even though it`s slightly embarrassing.
21.
When you eat pickles with your
eggs.
22.
Trusting me enough to drive the family
van to Oregon. "DO NOT PASS".
23.
teaching me how to love classic rock
like Queen, Scorpians, AC/DC, Def Leopard, etc.
24.
when we cleaned out your old boxes
from the basement and got to see the treasures you`d preserved all these years:
old, smelly, dirty, classic Nikes, lighter fluid, truck rims, baseball cards,
etc.
25.
being worthy enough to baptize me.
26.
going through the temple with me to
take out my endowments. I remember thinking about how handsome you looked. I
realize how blessed I am to be able to go to the temple with both of my
parents.
27.
Marrying mom.
28.
Working so hard. I don`t know what you
do exactly, but I know you do it to provide for your family.
29.
That weird bump inside your eye.
30.
That look you give us when we`re
acting up.
31.
Your favorite foods like frito bean
dip, tortillas and peanut butter, which I've totally done here-a lot, mint
chocolate chip ice cream.
32.
How much you love baby girls.
33.
your log benches.
34.
How much you love your STIHL chainsaw.
35.
Telling me not to watch the Simpsons
but watching it with me anyways, haha Bart your dad`s a looser.
36.
Watching Little House on the Prarie
with you. Thank you for being my ¨Pa.¨
37.
THE WAY YOU WRITE IN ALL CAPS.
38.
When you'd cut my fingernails so
short.
39.
your salt and pepper hair. I still
think you should dye it.
40.
Looking at your old report cards and
seeing how proud you are. Also, I love finally finding a ¨C¨.
41.
Camping trips. Your tower of logs to
get the fire started. Your dutch oven potatoes with onions, bacon, and salt and
pepper, mmmm!
42.
Playing hide and go seek-flash light
tag with you and our family.
43.
Being my Dad and raising me to be more
Christlike. I LOVE YOU!
Okay bonus one from my comp:
Something that I like about you
is....that you sent me your greatest treasure, your daughter. She is very good.
And I love her a lot. Thank you for being her father.
So there you have it. Happy Birthday, Dad.
To my family, I LOVE YOU!!!
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