ode to daddy...

i realize father's day was a week ago...but i had to post a few thoughts on doug.

here's my boys...dodge looks guilty - which is actually completely normal.

if you don't know doug...HE DOES NOT LIKE CHANGE. even when we dated, i remember him getting all frustrated when they quit making "his" deoderant...or they don't sell a certain brand jean at meijer anymore...the trauma this poor guy has gone through!!

yes, these are his favorite tennis shoes...we don't know how old they are, one can only guess. probably late '80's - early 90's? i've often thought about sending a story to Nike to try and get a new pair...maybe they would get the old mold out and send us a "special" pair! and doug wonders why he has a bad back...he has gotten a new pair of black tennies...after much begging on my part, but if he has a choice, he goes right to these babies!

a napkin holder. did you know this has been a source of tension in our marriage? that might be a little dramatic - but not much! for YEARS doug has wanted one...i hate anything that sits "out". stuff on table/counter = clutter. i finally broke down this past christmas & bought him this wood bowl to hold napkins. so, now i have something to move every time i set the table for supper. who am i kidding? official suppers don't happen a ton around here. and we eat on the deck all summer long...so, happy husband & happy wife.

doug loves honey. really loves it. he is always looking for ways to do something bigger & better. remember "tim the tool man"...cant remember the name of the show, but he always reminded me of doug. he will go through this big honey in a month - easy.




doug is a scavenger. it must be the dutch in him...the things he has come home with after dumpster-diving at work is funny...rollerblades, benches, baskets...perfectly good stuff. (see, theres that word again, i dont like stuff....especially other peoples stuff!) well, he has been wanting a malt maker forever...we've always made them in the food processor, i tried to tell him it takes more time, cuz now you have to do them ONE at a time. well, he picked this contraption up at LOVE inc. (2nd hand store) and we used it once...

well there you have it, some things that make doug who he is...but here are some other reasons we love him:

1. he's funny - his humor has a way of cutting through the worst of moods.

2. he loves to play with the kids...he is my biggest obstacle when i try to stick to a "bed time" he

just wants to keep playing - dirtbiking, basketball, board games, wrestling...

3. thursday nights...the boys look forward to their thursday nights with daddy (this should have

its own post...) watching "michigan out of doors" & "red green" are a HUGE tradition around

here, along with chips & cheese and malts!

4. he flies by the seat of his pants...complete opposite of mom - a good thing. he is a busy body,

always wanting to do something...life would be quite boring & predictible without him ;)

5. he always includes the kids...teaching them about shooting a b-b gun, fishing, snowmobiling...

if he cant see a way of including the kids in the long term...he probably wont get into it.

and doug, if i ever fall into a landslide of money...the first thing i'm gonna do is buy you a race sled & send you to the soo I-500. thats one of the things i love about ya...you ride a purple 2-up sled in circles in the field, cuz it makes the kids happy - which makes you happy.

i got myself a good one! happy father's day doug!




here i am with my dad on father's day...i love this man!