Happy Birthday Dad!

Dylan and I made cupcakes for my dad's birthday. When Dylan found out it was his birthday he went right to the kitchen to make cupcakes. He wanted green frosting with sprinkles and Diego cupcake liners, so that is what we did. Here Dylan is tasting the cupcakes before we baked them! What a yummy treat!

Helping with pouring in the ingredients! Notice my new mixer...my sister got it for me for Christmas! I LOVE it! Thanks Ash!

Wednesday was my dad's birthday...and no Dylan doesn't think he's old, Grandpa is

smart Dylan says (and sometimes cute!!). Aunt Ashley is still the old one!

If you have been reading my blog for a while you know that I like to do something special for my loved ones birthdays! Sometimes they are a couple days late, but oh well!!

My dad...as a lot of you know I am very close to my dad (and my mom!!). My dad and I have always had this special bond-we just get each other I guess!!

Some of my favorite dad moments...

When I was younger my dad jogged a couple miles everyday-Ashley would always ride her bike with him...it took me a long time to get the hang of the bike thing, but when I did I joined them too. One of my favorites was when I wasn't on my bike though! It was a snowy winter day and we went on our favorite bike trail, my dad was jogging and he was pulling me in a sled and we hit a bump...I swear (we swear) I flew 10 feet up in the air! I can remember going home and telling my mom and sister about how high I flew!

Playing outside...we loved playing outside. We lived very close to our school so we would walk up there on the weekends and play! One of our favorites was HORSE! My dad would also throw a ball over the house and my sister and I would try to catch it-so much fun!

Surprising him with HOMEMADE spaghetti! Ashley and I decided one night to make my dad homemade spaghetti. The pasts was VERY thick and the sauce was VERY thin. I am pretty sure my dad ate every single bite!

Long talks...when I was in high school and would wake up Saturday or Sunday mornings I would sit at our bar at the kitchen while my dad made me breakfast and we would just talk and talk and talk, OK maybe I would talk and talk and talk but my dad always listened. I loved those mornings. Mom was sleeping and Ash was at college, it was just a time for the two of us.

Our songs..."my wings are wet my wings are wet my wings are wet..." "I'm goin to the Jack-O-Lantern and I'm gonna get married..." and the best "green acres is the place to be..." that last one was the intro to the song we danced to at our wedding! I knew my dad would be nervous so I asked the DJ to play a few seconds of the Green Acres theme song, my dad had no clue I was doing that, but when it came on I know he was a little more relaxed!

My dad as a grandpa...I have never seen a more proud and loving grandpa! My dad loves Dylan more than just about anything in the world. At times I have to get after him because of what he lets Dylan do, but man he loves him. It is so special and I know that Dylan and my dad will forever have a very special bond-I love to see it and it reminds me of how my dad and I are...they just get each other, just like my dad and I get each other!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

I love you!