40 reasons my dad is awesome

1. He drove me to flute lessons in Sugar House for years-cheerfully
2. He is not afraid to embarrass me
3. He loves to provide for my family
4. He loves to travel
5. He trusts me
6. He is good at one-on-one time
7. He doesn't complain about going to work
8. He loves Christmas and Christmas shopping
9. He is good with technology
10. He raises, loves and supports seven kids!
11. He loves my mom
12. He's funny
13. He teases
14. He will willingly drive you wherever you want to go
15. If it's important to you, it's important to him
16. He has lots of energy and a big smile when he comes home from work
17. He brings me lunch at school sometimes
18. He is good at fashion
19. His favorite book is Les Mis
20. He graduated Law School
21. He makes birthdays really special
22. He has a good relationship with his in-laws
23. His closet is really organized
24. He served a mission
25. We had a secret handshake when I was little
26. He wants me to go on a mission
27. He goes to church
28. He is really nice and thoughtful to his parents
29. He made up an outrageous nickname for me
30. He wants me to go to college and tells me I can't get married til I'm twenty-five
31. He's funny
32. He just goes with the flow. (Like yesterday when he came home to sixteen kids at our house)
33. He holds the priesthood
34. He poses for pictures
35. He waited his way through law school 
36. He is planning a trip to New York with Ari and Freestone
37. He's always ready to go to "the ranch" in Park City
38. He bought me an amethyst ring for me on my seventeenth birthday 
39. His favorite color is green and he let me earn money by mowing the lawn at his office
40. He has good taste in music