Our Thanks Goes to Dad!!!

We are so thankful to Dad for everything he does to enable Mom to homeschool all of us. I know it's not always easy. For the past few days, the four of us (me, Leslie, Austin, and Shannon) have been racking our brains to think of what we could do for Dad.

Yesterday, Dad received a mysterious phone call from me, in which I asked if he wouldn't mind giving us his Friday evening from 6:30 on. The answer was yes. His questions about what, where, and why, were met with ambiguity and vagueness. No, he needn't worry about getting dinner beforehand. No, we weren't going out to Grandma and Pop's. Well, he'll just have to wait and see.

Tonight, we all donned our "church clothes," (as they are termed here in the South) and headed to the downtown waterside for a nice walk and talk. Then, it was over to California Dreaming, one of Dad's favorite restaurants, where we treated him (and ourselves!) to a dinner of babyback ribs, delicious salads, and wonderful potato soup. (By the by, not everyone ordered all of that!)



We love you, Dad! You are appreciated so much! Thanks for your commitment to your family and your desire to stand up for what is right no matter what the cost. Thank you for reading Scripture to us in the evenings after dinner. Thanks for all of the interest you take in our music and for the wonderful encouragement you give to us each and every day. Thank you for your hilarious, entertaining sense of humor. You have the quickest wit of anyone we've ever known! Thanks for instructing us in such a wide variety of subjects, from how to shoot a .45, to how the judicial system works, to what kind of life Paul the Apostle led, to how to cook steaks to perfection, to the history of the Watergate incident. You're wonderful!

Proverbs 4:1 - Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Thanks, Dad, for everything! We love you!