lovin’ these Father’s Day quotes: [via real simple]

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap on a rope.

Bill Cosby, Fatherhood

t’s only when you grow up and step back from him―or leave him for your own home―it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it.

Margaret Truman, in an address to a joint session of Congress (1984)

Your father, Jo. He never loses patience―never doubts or complains―but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.

Tim Russert, Big Russ and Me

I’d love to have a beer with you, Dad.

Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane on Frasier

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum

To her, the name of father was another name for love.

Fanny Fern, Fresh Leaves

No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word―father.

Lydia Maria Child, Philothea: A Romance

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.

Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

[He] adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector.

Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

-I agree with Fanny Fern, “the name of father was IS another name for love. My Dad is the most self-less man, and he loves our family unconditionally -always expressing genuine love. He taught us the value of hard, and how important it is to pair that hard work with humility. He’s shown us were faith takes you, and how important it is to have a positive attitude and find strength in the Lord.  He has a tender heart to his girls, and shares his shoulder to lean on. Love you Dad, Happy EARLY Father’s Day!

My cousins are in town from Tucson, AZ – for a WHOLE week. That means you have to become creative with entertainment ideas. Well, nothing beats a Memorial Day Weekend “day at the lake”. We spent well over 6 hours doing a lot of this:

WAKE-BOARDING! 

[the boat driver in training :: andrea]

[the photographer :: me]

When it came to wake-boarding, some of us were professionals. And some of us were newbies.  We definitely used our talent t show off our tricks.

For me that meant making it over the wake. 

For girl boarder #2, Andrea, that meant getting up for the first time, and conquering her fear of that “bump” in the water.  

And for “brother”, it meant catching some air.

…followed by a “hard”, but successful, landing. 

This morning I woke up in complete soreness. A total muscle confusion for my body, I used muscles I never knew I had. Hope you have a Happy, “Pain-free” Memorial Day Weekend!! Off to bake a red velvet cake for a dinner celebration tonight! YUM if it was not 7:52 in the morning! 

This past weekend was school prom for my a girl that has a special place in my heart, my sister. So, I went home to play paparazzi once again. And oh my love of digital technology…I think I took over 200 pictures.

Love you beautiful!