Happy Father's Day to the Toolman

This picture of my dad just makes me happy. I titled this post "Happy Father's Day to the Toolman" because my dad can seriously fix anything! I don't know how he does it. Anytime anything breaks at my house I call him and he knows what to do. If one of the kid's toys breaks, I take it to him and it magically gets fixed. Even Ethan says, "Take it to Papa. He can fix anything!" It is nice to have a dad who will drop what he is doing and take the time to help fix whatever is broken and to teach Mondo how to do it for the next time. :-)

My dad has such a gentle spirit. He is so sweet with the grandkids. He watches Toy Story, Baby Einstein, and superhero movies when he'd rather be watching something else. He sits outside with them when they swim while he sweats to death. He comes to all of their school/church performances. He blows bubbles for Caleb until he runs out of air. He plays light sabers with Ethan even though he has a bad back. The grandkids love their Papa!

I haven't put much thought into it before now, but I am blessed to have a dad who attended everything that was important to me. He came to all of my orchestra performances, sat in the bleachers of every game I danced at in drill team, and he attended all church related activities. Not every dad feels the need to go to these things and I never realized how lucky I was that he did.

Happy (Belated) Father's Day to you Dad!