surprises and afros {happy father's day}

to the father of my children {a.k.a. Sean}:

remember that one time i surprised you for our 10 year anniversary,

and you had the same surprise date planned for me for the next night,

{but i made my mom lie to you, and she REALLY didn't want to, 

so we could go out on our actual anniversary},

but neither of us knew that we both planned the same surprise date for each other 

one day before and after each other?

that was so cute of us:)

i'm so glad i chose you.

i love with you.

happy father's day.

our children are the luckiest ever.

love,

emily

...

"Let the bough break, let it come down crashing

Let the sun face out to a dark sky

I can't say I'd even notice it was absent

Cause I could live by the light in your eyes

I'll unfold before you

What I've strung together

The very first words

Of a lifelong love letter

Tell the world that we finally got it all right

I choose you

I will become yours and you will become mine

I choose you

I choose you

There was a time when I would have believed them

If they told me you could not come true

Just love's illusion

But then you found me and everything changed

And I believe in something again

My whole heart

Will be yours forever

This is a beautiful start

To a lifelong love letter

Tell the world that we finally got it all right

I choose you

I will become yours and you will become mine

I choose you

I choose you 

We are not perfect

We'll learn from our mistakes

And as long as it takes

I will prove my love to you

I am not scared of the elements

I am under-prepared, but I am willing

And even better

I get to be the other half of you

Tell the world that we finally got it all right

I choose you

I will become yours and you will become mine

I choose you

I choose you 

I choose you."

...

and to my daddy,

who taught me how to love a man 
{a.k.a. papa, a.k.a. silver fox, a.k.a. P.}:

{my babies have my baby face and bulldog cheeks. they come by it honorably. 

squish! i want to squish and kiss my very own baby cheeks. gimme!}

you had the coolest afro ever.

i love that you wore a suit the day i was born,
or was it the day you and mom 
brought me home from the hospital?

i love your rosy cheeks,

our hot chocolate dates,

your texts about american idol,

and your political email forwards.

i think of you every time i hear our songs 
"somewhere out there," "apple of my eye," 
and "baby beluga." raffi for life. holla back.
i remember listening to them in baby blue with the top down in the fog and the heater blaring, on the way home 
from giant's games with you. who knew candlestick was the only stadium on the entire planet with garlic fries?
also, i'm still scared of your "sigh."

let's go SKI{ing} in a snow storm again soon.

i love you pops.

happy father's day:)

ode to the PAPA's

SEAN

i love how you come home from work and drop everything to play with the kids.

i love how you play ball battle in the big room so i can make dinner in the kitchen without any helpers.

i love how you take the kids on daddy day trips.

i love how you teach brennan to work hard.

i love how you treat max like a princess.

i love how you hold chase while you grill so he doesn't cry while we get dinner ready.

i love how you wake up with the kids every morning so i can sleep a little bit longer.

i love how you treat me like a queen.

you are my numero uno baby daddy.

i love your most adorable smile and contagious laugh.

but most of all, i love your sweet kisses and your deepest of all deep big brown eyes.

especially when they're looking into mine.

i love you.

................

{9.6lb chase in my belly, delievered 6 hours later}

{my dad is funnier than yours. ok, it's not a competition, but really, he is.}

DAD

i love your rosy cheeks.

and silver hair.

and that you water ski on one ski.

and do more tricks on the wake board than i can.

even though you're not supposed to.

{sandie, i swear he doesn't do anything really naughty.}

i love it when you come stay at our house for ski trips.

the bed in our guest room is called "grandpa's bed." it's been dedicated. for realz.

you make the tastiest bacon brussel sprouts on the face of the planet.

and going out to eat a steak dinner is a let down after having your grilling delicacies on the weber.

you are the cutest grandpa.

i'm so lucky that you are my dad.

i love you.

......

great men are hard to come by,

and i feel honored to have come by these guys.

{man breakfast father's day menu: bacon, salsa eggs, homemade hash browns, strawberries,
apple juice, and freshly picked roses the my bushes out my back kitchen door.}

is this what your father's day morning looked like?
yeah, us too:)

HAPPY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY 

to you and your dads:)

pa-pi

{shopping with the kids for father's day gifts}

.....

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

to their dad

my dad

and

my grandpa's/grandfather's

a good dad is hard to come by.

i'm so glad i've come by them in "lots."