Happy Father's Day!

it's hard to believe that the year is half way over and that Father's Day is already here! of course i couldn't let the day go by without highlighting some (not all!) of the fathers in our lives.....

this is my grandaddy and me when i was about 18 months old. i love this picture - it was taken out beside our house in minter city. my grandaddy died 6 1/2 years ago and i miss him every time i get to come home.....

this is my pap-paw chrismond. i don't know his exact age in this picture, but i'm guessing about 18 months or so (i'm on an 18 month kick, huh?). i just had this framed on wednesday and i can't wait to hang it. such a sweet picture of him. he died a few months before i turned 2 years old. i wish i could have known him and had memories of him.....


this was this past Easter of me, mpb and my daddy. in my home church. i love going to church there and just soaking it all in. the wooden ceilings. the old pews. the stained glass windows. the pulpit. the lanterns hanging from the ceiling. it all brings back floods of memories that are precious to me. this is the church that my daddy and i both grew up going to.

my daddy is still precious to me and i am so fortunate to have him in my life - as a daddy and as a friend. i love you, daddy!

and this is my precious father-in-law. billy (as most of you know if you've been reading my blog for a while) lost his battle with cancer 6 1/2 years ago (just a month after my grandaddy died...). he was an incredible man and he/tommy were so close. there are still nights that tommy and i will just start crying and it's because we wish that he was still here.

and this is the youngest daddy of those on my list! tommy is such a good father to mary peyton. i could go on and on about how much he helps (and has always helped) with her, but those of you who know us already know that.

he said from the beginning that whenever we had our first child, he wanted a girl. and he got her. she is the apple of his eye and can melt his heart with a smile. she is daddy's little "monkey" and she has so many characteristics that are very much from him. o.k. - and some from me, too. but she will fight you down for her daddy and he would do the same.

this picture was taken at one of THEIR (yes, she loves it as much as he does!) places - oxford - during double decker this year.


we have so many other fathers who have been influencial in our lives.....and we are thankful for all of them. we are who we are because of you.

happy father's day.