father's day

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, LOVE

*** you are the best father.  the best! ***

   ... you teach your boy how to throw rocks into the ocean

   ... you have your son blow out your birthday candle and let him have the first bite

 ... you are the coolest dad because you make the biggest messes in 

our living room and then you play and swim and laugh in it for hours.

 ... you teach our boy how to relax in and love nature

 ... you introduce our son to gross things that I wouldn't play with.  this is a necessary part of childhood.

... no matter how tired you are you always find some way to play with and spend time with your boy the 

second you get home from work.  you must know how much he loves this time with you

... you have established special things that are just the two of yours like eating nuts (pistachios)

 ... you read stories and tell the best stories and Odin really loves the time he gets with you when 

YOU read to him.  btw, you read books much better than I ever could.

... you always share your favorite and new things with your son.  

... you encourage him to play and be cute and he loves the attention you are always willing to give him.

 ... you help Odin accomplish the things he really wants to try.  

... you are always there to teach him and play with him.

... you're always up for taking Odin to awesome things like father-son camp outs when he is barely 2 years old.  

this just shows how much it means to you to be a dad and to a son at that.

 ... you are always excited to take your little buddy anywhere in any condition so you can capture the moment with him and for him to always have.  he must have felt like such a big boy up high with that view from the big boat.  

... you always are wanting him to have the best time possible

... you knew he had to see and pet the horses (he's currently obsessed) so you didn't even worry about capturing the moment.  

you just took him without a camera in hand but lucky for us all, I was able to capture these precious moments on camera.  

... can't you just see the happiness on his face?  you were his hero, as you ALWAYS are.

I'll say it again:  

*** you are the best dad.  THE BEST! ***