Happy Father's Day!!!!

Happy Father's Day, Dad!!!


Hello all! It is father's Day. I hope you have all celebrated your father's today!!! This ENTIRE post will be dedicated to the BEST dad around!! MINE!!! I will start by showing you a picture....my MOST favorite picture..... of me and my Dad, EVER! (In my opinion!) Now, before I begin, I must tell you that there is the VERY REAL possibility that I might be SERIOUSLY INJURED for posting some of the pictures here or in the smilebox.....but Dad, YOU ARE WORTH IT!! MA and P, have mercy!!!

This was taken at presentation in the fall of 1991. I pledged a sorority and our father's "presented" us to the chapter after our pledgeship ended. I just love this picture...not sure why, it's a little dark I know....but it is my FAV!!!
My Dad is not only a great Dad, but ALSO a GREAT grandfather!!! He is loved a bunch by 6 kids who call him Poppy!!!

The rest of these pictures are out of order. I have never figured out how to move pictures around on Blogger, so bear with me!!!

My senior year my Dad and my older sister Perry chaperoned my senior high youth group ski trip. OMG! You might think.....but I was thrilled and we ended up having SUCH a great time together...and it was nice to have Dad there to hit up for money when I'd spent all of mine!!! My Dad is a little different in terms of the age groups of kids that he likes interacting with. For instance, I have no real memories of him playing much with me when I was a little girl.....nor do I have many pictures of us together when I was little.....he was usually snapping the pics of us. Now, don't get me wrong....he was always there....just not a big get on the floor player....he prefers kids when they get to that age where no one else can stand them! Jr. High and up. He taught my Junior High sunday school class and everything. It was fun. I loved it!

Here we are, Dad, Me and Perry at the top of the ski mountain at Monarch, Colo.

Now, brace yourselves.....this is a picture of the same man who did not technically get down on the floor and play with us......on the floor playing with Allie!! Actually, he married Allie!!! What a difference 35 years makes!!!

Allie LOVES playing Barbie with her Poppy!!! She thinks he is super cool!!

This is the earliest pic I have of us together (in my possession). There are probably others somewhere...I was the youngest of 3 daughters. I was taught to fish, play soccer, and do all sorts of stuff!! Dad coached my soccer team at one point!!!

Here we are again at Christmastime!

We had a blast at Six Flags with dad's sister Natalie (Aunt Natalie) and her family!

On to skiing....when I was in 4th grade my parents decided to take us on our first ski trip to Park City and Deer Valley, Utah!!! It was soooo much fun!!! Too bad they didn't teach us about exiting the ski lift in the ski school you sent us to in Houston, Dad! You see, the very first time up the mountain...I had no idea that you should keep your poles to the outside of the ski lift chair. I was riding with my Dad having a grand time and it came time to ski down the ramp. Having a pole in both hands, my arms went flailing around and I smacked my dad right across the bridge of his nose! Bummer! Hey Dad, do you think that bloody handkerchief is still buried up there in the hole you dug for it?? I don't have a picture of the two of us together on the trip so this will have to do.

Dad would swim with us in the pool....and dunk, splash, torture us too! Good times!!! I LOVED having that pool in our back yard!!

Now that Dad has a bunch of grandkids, he tries to teach them about important things like "How to enjoy nature while standing like you are a cool cowboy!"

My Dad has ALWAYS been there for me! Yes, I have tested his patience NUMEROUS times FOR SURE! But when push comes to shove....he's there. He came and rescued me in Midland without a second thought and managed to rope his friend ( and mine) Jack into helping him pack and move my ENTIRE house! Thank you Dad!!! Now, after raising three TOTALY AWESOME daughters, (if I do say so myself).....he is raising 4 kiddos AGAIN!! Well, ok,.... "helping" to raise 4 more kiddos. Thanks Dad! I couldn't make it day to day without you and Mom!!! Allie has never known any other life than being with her Meme and Poppy every day!!

This next picture is WAY out of order.....but it is priceless to me.....here is MY DAD, proudly celebrating HIS, uhmmmm....MY science fair project winning 1st place in the 8th grade science fair. HA! You did all the work and I got the ribbon!!! Ok, I helped a little....(a very little :-) )

Here we are again....on top of the world in Colorado!!! Can't wait for the trip back to Colorado in July!!! (courtesy of Perry, if she'll still let me come! Ha!)

There are soooo many other pictures that I wanted to share so I made a smilebox to share them.

Happy father's day Dad!! I love you bunches!!! And yes MA, I stole some from you!!! Hey, we need to update the anniversary album! It's been 5 more years (almost)!!!

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