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:)