60 FAVORITES ABOUT DAD/GRANDPA

This post is a collaborative effort on behalf of our dad's/grandpa's 60th birthday. Through that amount of time, he has gained a good amount of wisdom, so thanks, dad, for sharing it with us!


1. You took us fishing when we wanted to go.
2. You took us fishing even when we didn't want to go.
3. Dad you know the meaning of hard work and long hours.
4. You quit smoking.
5. Never misses a dance recital.
6. "You bring PEEPS for me to share with my friends" ~Lauren
7. You took us on a trip out west for two weeks.
8. Taught me how to clean my room... putting my clothes in a garbage bag and setting them out by the road. ~Alisa
9. You put up with Trisha Yearwood tapes, nonstop, while traveling west with your two teenage daughters.
10. Goes to baseball games.
11. "He took me to Mr Hotdog and State Lunch after he picked me up from preschool." ~Savanah
12. We had donuts and hot chocolate every weekend.
13. Makes a killer Italian Chicken.
14. You moved in with grandma when she could no longer live by herself.
15. Takes us to Mussle Beach.
16. "He grows plants." ~Grace
17. Built his house with his own hands.
18. Talks to anyone, anywhere.
19. Knows the value of a dollar.
20. Calls Alisa #1.
21. Calls Michelle #2.
22. Taught us when we were camping, if it's cold in your sleeping bag, pass gas and you'll warm right up.
23. Took us to Mike's Dairy after dance class.
24. We could always count on apples and oranges in our stockings at Christmas.
25. "YOU ROCK as a grandpa!" ~Preston
26. You moved Michelle six times.
27. Put us through college.
28. See 21, one more time.
29. Good fisherman. ~Pat
30. You made Jello No-Bake Cheesecakes.
31. Gave me the Escort. By the way did you know Michelle used to steal it with her friends before she had a license?
32. Weekly Friday visits to Ponderosa.
33. Sided Michelle's house and gut her kitchen.
34. You want to live in our barn when you get older. LOL
35. The kids enjoy feeding your dogs.
36. King of the $30-a-week grocery bill. See #11, 15, 23 and 32.
37. For Christmas, you gave us each a bottle of Aquanet hairspray with money under the cap...what more could a girl want.
38. Weekend rides in back of the S-10, looking for deer.
39. "You read me books." ~Ava
40. Helped with every aspect of our extreme home makeover. ~Jason
41. Takes us for ice cream.
42. Attends sporting events.
43. Plants our garden.
44. Cultivates our garden.
45. Harvests our garden....although I will help more this year!
46. Spends time with us.
47. Built a 2-story shed and let us have the upstairs to play.
48. You listen to Pat's fishing sories. ~Michelle
49. Had me practice driving with my permit...through the Rocky Mountains.
50. "You call me short stuff." ~Stella
51. You let Michelle try diving the Escort at 13, almost put it in the ditch, but you let her try, nonetheless.
52. You took us shopping for school clothes.
53. We went sledding together.
54. You bought a manual camera and tripod and learned the art of photography.
55. Taught us the importance of education.
56. You didn't spare the rod, or spoil the child.
57. You showed us how to clean fish, whether we wanted to see or not.
58. Trips to grandma's in the S-10 with dirty laundry piled on top.
59. You introduced us to fried cheerios with butter and garlic salt - which we still eat to this day. ~ Michelle
60. You are always there for us, whether to help or just talk.