dear father,I love remembering how excited I was when you came home from business trips
I loved the doll bunk beds you brought home for me once
I loved playing shark with you in the pool. I honestly thought you were the strongest most fish like man in the world
I love the memory of you baptizing me in our indoor swimming pool. the smell of chlorine always brings me back
I loved going to NYC with you. I forgive you for not having film in the camera
I loved you buying me new pink reeboks when I kicked my shoe off in the middle of times square
I love the world of food you have shown me...chocolate souffles, bread pudding, oso buco
I loved sitting on your feet as you climbed the stairs at bedtime
I love the stories of potty training and how I would wait ALL day for you to help me. weird
I love when I was a baby and I would call you mommy and mom, mama. double weird
I loved being able to go on the road with you for work
I loved feeling like a seminar celebrity when you would call me up on stage
I love all your "dadisms" around the dinner table, "a thorn among roses..."
I loved watching alias, survivor, star trek the next generation and jeopardy with you
I loved how you told me if I ever made in on a reality tv show you would pay me $10,000 NOT to do it. offer still good?
I love your handwriting, with your european sevens and signature loops
I love the big white trucks/suv's you always drive
I love how much you loved the "jewel" cd when it came out
I love remembering how you had to call my boyfriends to tell them not to bring me home late anymore. so embarrassing!!
I love getting "upgraded" with you
I love you for teaching me how to "work the system"
I love being able to come to you when I really need help, knowing all you want to do is help me
I love how you are my biggest photography fan. you believe in me and that helps me believe in myself
I love making fun of you! you're our dad! it's too easy!..."fudge brownie, 7x7=49"
I love you for all the sacrifice you've made for our family
I love you for trying so hard
I love you for your confidence
I love you for serving such an honorable mission (even when it meant you had to miss my wedding)
I love you for being my dad
happy father's day! I'm so grateful for you.
and happy father's day to all of my other "dad's"...lloyd, hugh, grandpa porter, grandpa peter's, grandpa thurston, grandpa henriksen, grandpa smoot and matt smith.
AND, happy father's day to the future father of my children, leo. just kidding... GRANT MITCHELL PORTER. you're going to be such a great peroxide and bleach dad. xxoo.
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Dearest Rachel: WOW, this is this first blog comment I have ever posted! What a computer whiz I am becoming. All those years working for IBM have really paid off. I'm sure my children don't realize this, but many mornings here in the mission field, after checking the LDS Church news, I check their web or blog sites. Imagine the wonderful surprise to see your Father's Day comment. (I had no idea you were ever awake at 6:00 am in the morning.) Your memories made me smile and cry at the same time. Such fun experiences! Please know and never forget how much you and Grant and all our children and grandchildren are loved both by me and by their Heavenly Father. XOXO Dad
leo!
dad-
awesome first post! now people will believe me when I saw my dad stalks my blog! I wish I was there to fix you breakfast...maybe some eggs benedict? have a fabulous fathers day! xxoo
jon- I could have meant your "leo" (he's pretty fly)..but I was kind of making reference to leo dicaprio. I've always crushed on that guy..even though my mom thinks he's girly.
I get the leo crush and dadisms (oh, do I ever get those), but matt smith?!
And I'm triple weirded out that you waited all day so dad could take you to the bathroom.
I love our lunatic padres.
And grant is going to be that way cool dad that your daughters' friends will have crushes on.
anna, matt smith is heather's husband and a great father figure. he's been "dading" us for years and now he has another muse (olive juice).
"Thorn among roses" happened every time President sat at the sister table at zone conference. Oh how happy that makes me :) PS your dad called me and sent me to your blog to stalk to. You have him to thank for my relentless comments now.
love this list.
love dads. and papas. (mine is papa : )
and grant will be such a fabulous dad. i hope i get to see him again/meet you finally one of these days...
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