fathers day 2013

happy (belated) father's day to all the wonderful dad's out there!

to my own dad, who has been the greatest possible dad a girl could ask for. who has spent countless nights up late working on homework with be, gone out of his way to make it to every sporting/cheer/dance event, and traveled countless times to come visit me up at school. he has taught me so much and is the most selfless person i know. i love him more than anything and especially now love watching how much he adores my son. 

and to my husband, i couldn't have picked a better person to be sam's hero. seeing how sam's face lights up every day when ben walks through the door speaks for itself. ben is so hands on with sam and there isn't a thing he wouldn't do for our boy. as soon as he gets home from work, before he even has a chance to take his tie off, he gets down to sams level and plays with him for at least a half an hour. he is the first one to jump out of bed at night when sam starts crying. and he will willingly carry around sam and my girly diaper bag for hours while out shopping when sam isn't feeling his stroller. 

i can't count the number of times i have walked in on ben reading the scriptures to sam to get him calm and ready for bed. it is the sweetest thing and i love watching the relationship between these two grow. i know that it is only a matter of time before sam wants nothing to do with mom and will favor his dad and want to be just like him. and i will happily stand on the sidelines. 

we love you, ben. and we wouldn't trade you for anything in the world. sam and i are pretty dang lucky to have you. 

we spent the evening at ben's parents house for dessert and played around outside till it got dark. i love summer nights!

{impossible to get a picture of these three all looking at the camera}

homework break, a few late words to the fathers

i hate that i haven't had a free second since sunday to give a shout out to my amazing dad, father-in-law and husband in honor of fathers day. 

and simply typing down my thoughts on a blog seems extremely inadequate. 

but here it goes. 

 

i truly have the best dad on the planet. 

and no one can convince me otherwise. 

every single dance recital, soccer game, mock trial shin dig, everything; he's been there. 

he gives the BEST advice and i know that i can always come to him with anything. 

he always puts others before himself. 

i can't even tell you how many times my dad has stayed up with me until 2 or 3 in the morning to finish a school project. 

he's a worthy priesthood holder and his testimony of the gospel has always been evident through his actions. 

and i am so grateful or that. 

i love you, dad. and have no idea what i would do without you. 

ker-bear.

about 6 months ago i acquired another father figure. 

i've said it a million times but i seriously lucked out on the in-law situation. 

kerry is an amazing father as well. 

and i am so grateful for that because ben would not be the man he is today if it weren't for his dad. 

plus he's hysterical. 

and he teaches at byui and sometimes takes me out to lunch on campus. 

awesome. 

benny.

although we don't have children yet, i constantly fear that our children will love ben more than me. 
he's that awesome.
i have no doubt ben will be the best dad. 
i can already see it in the way his nieces and nephews adore him. 
i think fatherhood will look great on him. 
i'm real excited.