Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and father figures in our lives!

One of my favorite memories of my dad is from my 11th birthday party. I had a "smiley face" themed party, so my pinata was basically a yellow globe with a smiley face on it. All my friends and I took turns trying to break the pinata, and we just could NOT get it to go! We were starting to get discouraged, when my dad stepped in. He took the pinata off of the rope he'd been using to hang it from our backyard patio, and walked over to the edge of the grass. We all followed eagerly, holding our goody bags. My dad took the pinata, kicked a hole in it, and proceeded to kick it around the backyard like a soccer ball, leaving behind a trail of candy for us kids to gather up.

To me, this is a perfect example of the kind of person my dad is: someone who thinks outside the box, especially when it comes to making his family happy.

Happy Father's Day to the best dad ever: mine. Thanks for your blue eyes, for trying to teach me about cars, for helping me with craft projects that ended up to be too big for me to complete alone, and for your quirky sense of humor and love for life. I didn't inherit your obsessive love for baseball, but hopefully you'll forgive me for that!

This past year I gained another father when Jake and I got married, and I'm grateful to say that Mike is (almost) as cool as my dad. So thanks to my dad-in-law for raising such a great son!