I know that I don’t say it nearly as much as I should or as often as I can, but I can’t thank you enough for everything you have done for me throughout my life and continue to do for me every day. So, here is a list that is long overdue of all the things that I want to thank you for.

1. Thank you for teaching me the importance of money and continuously teaching me how to be financially responsible in life.

2. Thank you for also teaching me that money shouldn’t be the way to happiness.

3. Thank you for always supporting me in my career path. You always encouraged me to find a career I was passionate about and I’m so grateful for that.

4. Thank you for showing me how a man is supposed to treat a women. I’ve always admired the marriage between you and mom and the respect you both have for one another.

5. Thank you for letting me be a tomboy.

6. Thank you for always coaching and supporting me during all of those long volleyball weekends and tournaments.

7. Thank you for all of your encouraging phrases like, “Whatever you do, try not to suck.”

8. Thank you for showing me the importance of honesty and having a good reputation in not only the workforce, but in life.

9. Thank you for teaching me that if I was going to do something right, I better do it right the first time. I remember having to sit for hours repeating whatever it was you told me to do because I was too impatient to do it right the first time.

10. Thank you for sharing your love of the lake and being outside all the time.

11. Thank you for understanding my stubbornness and sarcastic ways. (Mostly because I inherited both of those qualities from you)

12. Thank you for always treating me like your little princess, even during those times where I wasn’t acting like one.

13. Thank you for telling me that if I fall of the horse to just get back up again. Literally, I fell of a horse and you told me to get up, all while laughing. Thanks Dad.

14. Thank you for all of those same dad jokes and phrases you’ve probably been saying since before I was born.

15. Thank you for showing me what it’s like to work hard for something.

16. Thank you for always being a child at heart, and showing me that you’re never too old to have fun.

17. Thank you for being the best dad I could ever ask for. You’re definitely one of a kind and I’m so glad I was blessed to have you as my dad.

I love you!