Updated with new pictures! Happy Birthday Dad!!!

The post I did last year for my dad’s birthday continues to express my sentiments towards him though they are even deeper one year later. My parents were recently here for a visit as much for social reasons as to help us out with many and varied repairs that needed to happen around our home. Thanks to his intervention a long plague of rolling, mysterious electrical outages throughout the house is now at an end, my dishwasher is fixed, and my chainsaw is once again with blade. He probably did numerous other things that I am forgetting now. Through it all I was able to visit with my dad, appreciate who he is and the love he has always shown me, and admire his willingness to get in and try to fix anything. If I had half the courage and motivation of my father I would be a much better man.

My dad is a shining example of what it means to be a father to one’s children. I am often reminded of how truly blessed I am to have this man, my dad, in my life. I am so thankful for your continued influence in my life. I hope you have a wonderful birthday and I want you to know that I really enjoyed talking, laughing, playing darts, and celebrating with you last weekend. I love you dad.

He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
~Clarence Budington Kelland

(Mom, Dad and their grandchildren: Elijah, Tori, and Haley)

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And I also encourage you to say a very special “Happy Birthday” to Angela, Sci Fi Chick, who turns 29 for the very first time this year! I have enjoyed another year of talking all things geek with you over the past year Angela and am sorry that for some reason my site chooses to not work for you more often than it works. I hope your day and coming weekend are filled with lots of celebration and appreciation by those you love. Have a wonderful day and remember, this is as old as a woman ever has to get! 😉