My dad's birthday is November 29, so we get a second opportunity to celebrate with family a few days after Thanksgiving. This time, we let mom be the hostess. We had a delicious pork roast dinner, with delicatta squash, apple sauce, green beans, and salad.
I was in the kitchen with my dad and sisters and wanted to take a picture of the four of us. Then the little kids saw us taking a picture so they joined in, then the bigger kids, and it ended up being almost a family picture.
Dad and my boys
Opening presents
Corey and her boys made this for Dad. She's always so creative. He loved it!
It says, "My Grandpa is a BIG HUNK. Sometimes we call him SUGAR DADDY and he calls us his SUGAR BABIES. When we go to visit him U-NO you will have MOUNDS of fun and a GOOD & PLENTY time. He likes to pretend he is a JOLLY RANCHER when he works with his bees. If he's lucky he'll get a BIT O'HONEY from them. We love to LOOK for bears with him down the ROCKY ROAD or along 5th AVENUE. When we work with Grandpa it is...
always a PAYDAY. If we scoop up enough TOOTSIE ROLLS we might earn 100 GRAND. Even though Grandpa is getting old and sometimes calls NERDS WHATCHAMACALLIT, he's no DUM DUM, he's a real SMARTIE. He never gets mad at us, he just says, "OH HENRY!" and then "CHUCKLES." So Grandpa, for your birthday we hope you TAKE 5 and enjoy your day. We love you!!"
Group shot!
Jeff, Nate, Brad (standing)
Hyrum, Tif, Ryota, Mom, Dad, Jonah, Jillian, Tad, Mariko (sitting on the couch)
Corey, Landon, Kylie, Ben and Me (sitting on the floor)
Grandpa and "Cake Boss" (Yes, she's also the "Pie Princess!" She's very talented!)
Grandpa loved his cake and was so happy to have us all there to celebrate with him.
I have the best dad. He loves to be with his kids and grandkids. He's always busy helping someone or working on a project, usually with one of his kids or grandkids. He knows how to do just about everything, and if he doesn't he'll figure it out and then teach someone else how to do it. I love you, Dad!
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