Dad with his card that I made. He thought it was funny that I had to look up the sport played by the Kansas City Chiefs to know which stamp to use.
The gift. Mom told me he'd like some sort of flower for one of the billion (okay maybe dozen) flower beds. Perennial, she said. So I went to Lowe's to flower shop. Do you know that an alarming percentage of flowers are pink? And while I know Dad isn't one of those anti-pink guys, it just seemed inappropriate to purchase a pink flower for Father's Day. Finally I found some really cool red flowers - but they were Gerber daisies. That seemed kinda girlish for Father's Day too. Then I saw a rust colored "manly" flower. But when I read the tag, pina colada was in the name. Those of you who know my Dad will know why I had to immediately run in the other direction. At last I found a hydrangea - in white. I decided that was as good as it would get. Shopping finished.
The official father/daughter photo. We're laughing because Mom was trying to zoom, but once again she forgot where the button was on the camera. She used "Mom-zoom" - she kept walking closer and closer. By the time she took this, she was about two feet away.
And while I probably shouldn't admit this, I'm not really that much taller than he is. Heels, you know. But they weren't the highest of heels. On a good hair day (for me...obviously his good hair days are long gone) I am officially the tallest person in my family.
3 comments:
so cute. btw, I really miss you, Bekah! It seems like we never get to catch up! come to Kokomo! we have a Hobby Lobby!
I love the pictures of your dad! He always looks as though he's suffering through photos only because he loves you way more than he hates getting his picture taken. So sweet! (And I don't mean that in the "your baby is so sweet" kind of way.)
Sarah - hobby lobby it is! :) (MOMENT OF SILENCE)
Skyepuppy - Thanks for clarifying that one point. LOL. Dad does put up with pictures just for me. I've developed the "you're going to like this whether you like it or not" attitude with him.
I love this picture of the two of us so much because he actually looks smiley. I don't know whether or not i've posted about this before, but Dad has a facial paralysis that he was born with that won't allow any muscles on his face to move. So he can't raise his eyebrows or wrinkle up his forehead or blink...or smile. And we all are used to it because it's always been that way. But usually in pictures he looks somber - and in that one you can tell he's smiling. Maybe we should have "mom-zoom" more often.
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