My One and Best Dad

10. Daddy is always ready to listen. Even if it's boring. Even if it's about the 10th guy that year, and it's only July. He even asks questions like it matters. He's actually usually the first person to find out about a crush. This fact alone makes me feel so loved. He listens to everything I say like it is so important.

9. He LOVES his family. He's excited for all of the good things that happen in your life. Whenever something great happens to me, I can't wait to tell my dad because I know that he will help me relive the excitement all over again. He loves to watch his kids succeed.

8. Not only does he celebrate with us, he mourns with us. You don't get a "Cowboy up" speech from dad. You get real sympathy. Sometimes that's more important.

7. He's funny. Not only does my dad make us laugh, but I think we all love watching him laugh. He laughs really hard and makes the best faces. He still seems so boyish when he laughs.

6. He's a show-off kinda dad. I want people to know about him and meet him because, well, he's pretty good-looking. It proves that I have good genes. He still jumps on the trampoline everyday. He works out. Still has tons of energy and no glasses (even though he needs them).

5. Daddy taught us the Gospel and has high expectations for us, but still loves us when we don't live up to them. He doesn't ever give up on us. And he assumes the best.

4. He still dances with my mom.

3. If someone has to wake me up in the morning, I want it to be him. My mom used to flip on the light and yell my name. My brothers would hit me with a pillow. I wasn't yet grumpy when my sisters still lived with us, so I don't remember. But daddy would come quietly start talking to you. At first you wouldn't say much, but then you'd start answering his questions, and before you knew it-tricked! You were awake.

2. He has never-ending excitement.
1. He makes me feel like I'm his favorite. I don't know if I am or not. He might make each us feel that way, but whether it's true or not, it matters more that I feel like it.