Happy Birthday, Dad!!!

Today is my dad, Steve's, 45th birthday, so I figured today would be a good day to tell everyone a little bit about him. As you can see in this picture, he loves cashews!!! He is an avid coffee drinker and, like me, he loves iced tea no matter what season it is. He has always been the jokester of the family and loves to make people laugh, even strangers. He is a big time family man. Growing up and even now, when he is home for dinner, we eat around the table as a family, no questions asked. He likes roller coasters, scary movies, history and video games. He and my brother, Sean, love to play video games for hours on end!

He and my mom, Leslie, have been married for 23 years and still love each other the same, if not more, as the day they got married. Whenever I go home for Christmas I have to go shopping with him for my mom so he can pick out the perfect gifts. Sometimes we will actually go around the mall 4 or 5 times because he can't decide! It may end up being a long day, but its still a lot of fun!

One of our favorite things to do as father and daughter is go out to breakfast about once or twice a week to the Coney Island right by our house. He orders 2 eggs sunnyside up, white toast, and sausage links...no hashbrowns with coffee refilled about 3 or 4 times. We sit and talk about school, work and the future. He is constantly encouraging me to follow my dreams, get married and have a family. It is our special time together. We also like to rent movies and watch them when I'm home.

I would not be the person I am today without my dad. Even though he is now half way to 90, I can still say I have a young dad compared to a lot of my friends especially since he still runs 10 miles at least once or twice a week. So Dad, thank you for being a great dad! Here's to another 45+ years!!! :)