Ok so my sister is waaaaay better at this blogging thing, and I loved what she said about my dad on his birthday, so I just copied and pasted it hahahaha I stole it right off your blog!
Pam I Love your GUTS!
Happy Birthday Crapaw!!
Happy Happy Birthday Daddy Dear
Happy Days Will Come To You All Year
If I Had A Wish Then It Would Be
A Happy Happy Birthday To You From Me!!
Happy Days Will Come To You All Year
If I Had A Wish Then It Would Be
A Happy Happy Birthday To You From Me!!
Today is my Dad's 69th birthday.
Here are some things about him to make him feel old.
Here are some things about him to make him feel old.
1. His oldest child is 43
2. His youngest child is 34
3. He has 13 grandchildren
4. He was married to my Mom for 37 years before she died
5. It would have been 45 years this year
6. He's graying and bald...but has been for as long as I can remember
7. His grandkid's call him Crapaw
8. He is Santa Clause...and we all know how old Santa is
9. We've always told him he's older than dirt
10. He thinks dork and geek are terms of endearment because his kids would NEVER call him anything mean or bad or unloving
2. His youngest child is 34
3. He has 13 grandchildren
4. He was married to my Mom for 37 years before she died
5. It would have been 45 years this year
6. He's graying and bald...but has been for as long as I can remember
7. His grandkid's call him Crapaw
8. He is Santa Clause...and we all know how old Santa is
9. We've always told him he's older than dirt
10. He thinks dork and geek are terms of endearment because his kids would NEVER call him anything mean or bad or unloving
Here is a poem my sister Danene and I wrote to him during Sacrament Meeting on Father's Day in 1985. I was 14 , my sister was 16...
"To test and try his child's endurance
And give his child car insurance
To raise them right, but give them lenience
At the child's own convenience
And give his child car insurance
To raise them right, but give them lenience
At the child's own convenience
To help them grow and learn to be strong
To drive Dad crazy all the day long
To help them be what they want to be
Which usually isn't what he wants them to be
To drive Dad crazy all the day long
To help them be what they want to be
Which usually isn't what he wants them to be
To be understanding when the child is wrong
And not to punish them for too long
He shares his thoughts and candy too
When the child is feeling very blue
And not to punish them for too long
He shares his thoughts and candy too
When the child is feeling very blue
He buys them clothes when their closet is bare
So they don't have to stay in their underwear
He taxis his child to their favorite place
And does it with very happy faces
So they don't have to stay in their underwear
He taxis his child to their favorite place
And does it with very happy faces
All these things are what Dad's are for
And makes his child love him more!!"
And makes his child love him more!!"
Side note on why the grandkid's call him Crapaw. When my nephew, Wesley, was little he couldn't say the G sound. He substituted it with a C or D sound...whatever came to him at the moment. So my Dad ended up as Crapaw and my Mom ended up as Damaw. They both thought it was so cute so it stuck.
Happy Birthday Crapaw!!
1 comment:
What a great tribute! How are things going now that everyone is back in school? What are you doing to keep yourself busy?
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