I'm so glad when Daddy comes home

Dear Reader,


Have I ever mentioned how great my dad is? I am certainly lucky to have him.

My father follows in the footsteps of my grandparents as a person who is incredibly patient, intellectual, talented and bald (See photo above). Seriously, I can only remember a handful of times where he has lost control of his emotions. Actually the only I can think of off the top of my head is a certain basketball game during a stake tournament. Even then, he wasn't playing. He was the referee and had to raise his voice to a player who was out of line. I feel the need to emphasize that the player was WAY out of line. The main point is that my dad a very patient man. 

He is also very intellectual. He may not seem like it because he doesn't talk a lot, but he is very logical when he thinks and can make a good argument on just about any topic. There was one night that we discussed at length (about 30 minutes) the quality of the numbers 2 and 3. We were trying to determine which was better. Obviously we didn't set very clear criteria, so it was mostly us rambling off the useless facts we knew about each number. Don't get me wrong, though, most of his knowledge is very useful. I don't know where I would be in school if I didn't have him at home to be my personal tutor for algebra and trigonometry. 

I said he was talented too, right? Well, the above photo is a demonstration of his physical talent of wrestling. He wrestled in high school and uses the moves he learned there to take me on. This is our latest clash, during which he got me to the ground and then called it quits after having gotten one good bout in. Needless to say, there will be a rematch. 

His musical ability is also very noteworthy (Bah-dum,crash! Did you hear that music pun? It was the perfect accent to this paragraph. Ok, I'm done with the puns now. You can only compose so many at once. Ok, that one was bad. I'm done now). I am very glad that he raised us kids in a house filled with music. I don't remember a time when we didn't gather around the piano at least once a week to sing whatever we felt like. 

 My father's best attribute is his focus on the family. His entire side of the family has taught about how important it is to work together as a family. He is the perfect example of a father who "preside[s] over [his family] in love and righteousness and [is] responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for [his family]" (The Family: A Proclamation to the World). He and my mother have their differences on a lot of little differences and they don't always speak the same language, but they are always committed to work as a team and figure what it best for our family.

My dad is pretty awesome. He is old and he is bald. But he is awesome. I love you, Dad.