Happy Father's Day!

I just wanted to take some time and say Happy Father's Day to all the awesome dad's out there! And to also say Happy Father's Day to MY dad. :) Even though my dad passed away when I was very young, there are still so many things that I can remember about him that made him the best dad ever! He loved telling jokes and making everyone laugh wherever we went.
He taught us how to garden and all about hard work. It is because of him that I am addicted to Ice Cream! He always made sure we had a freezer full of ice cream, especially ice cream sandwiches. Mmmm. He loved to take us on family trips as much as he could whether it was to Disneyland, Lake Arrowhead, Sea World, Desert Hot Springs, or the beach, it was always good family time. My dad was AMAZING in the music area. He could pick up any instrument and just play. I remember spending many Sunday afternoons around the piano and all sing together while he played.

I was also very blessed to be able to have my father baptize me. Beth was able to as well, but Lindsay was not since he died when she was 7.
This is how we saw our Dad most of the time. He LOVED to video tape anything and everything that we did. We are very grateful he spent so much time recording our lives and things we did as a family so that we can watch them and enjoy them together and remember all the good times we had.

Today for Father's Day, Beth and I made sure to go over to the Orem City Cemetery where our father is buried (right next to our grandpa and uncle as well!), and visit his burial site. The cemetery was covered in many beautiful flowers and we enjoyed going there and cleaning off his grave and setting some flowers down for him.