June 17, 2007

Happy Father’s Day Dad!

Happy Father's Day to my Dad…

Who does adventurous things like ride to the bottom of the Grand Canyon on a mule.

howard johnson grand canyon

And rides his motorcycle to Alaska to see the bears.

dad motorcycle

Who spends hours and hours every week volunteering at the school where he taught for about 30 years doing various things, including mowing the lawn which (I think) is 13 acres.

dad mowing at school

Who takes time to visit and play with his grand daughters, even getting down on the floor to play games and color with them.

emma dad tessa

And who comes over to fix my fence when the wind blows it down, nails new shingles onto our roof when the wind blows them off, helps us install a utility tub, paint the house, and put in a new bathroom floor (among about a million other things) and never asks for anything in return.

roof dad

Thanks for always being willing to help out.  Thanks for being willing to come along on trips to the park, camping trips, and even the pediatrician or grocery store.  Thank you for coming to church to help me wrangle my kids during the service.  Thank you for your prayers.  Thank you for being generous with your time, money and energy.

howard johnson 2

Thanks for everything.  We love you very much.

Filed under: Family — by laughing mommy @ 7:43 pm

Happy Father’s Day Rogene!

emma rogene tessa

*****Message from Tessa*****

Dear Dad,

Happy Fa-vers Day!  I hope you have a nice fa-vers day.  I like it when you color with me.  You color really nice.  It's fun to play the Wii with you.  You play tennis so good. 

I love you.  Your my best daddy in the whole wide world.

Love,

Tessa

*****Message from Emma*****

Dada.  Ball.  Book.  Mama.  Teh-tuh (Tessa).  Elmo.  Gam-pa.  Gah-ma.   Bay-den.  ABC.  1,2,3,4,5,6,7.  Mo!  All doh-all doh.      

Filed under: Rogene — by laughing mommy @ 10:09 am