1. I love my dad because he is always has a stash of candy and is willing to share.3. I love my dad because he's Steve Martin's secret twin.
4. I love my dad because he's hip and listens to travel podcasts.
5. I love my dad because he loves my mom.
6. I love my dad because he's always been a hard worker and provides for our family.
7. I love my dad because he makes being a Walmart manager classy.
8. I love my dad because he's proud of me even though I'm kind of a loser.
9. I love my dad because he enjoys doing yard work (less work for me).
10. I love my dad because he’s very clean and organized.
11. I love my dad because he's uber intelligent.
12. I love my dad because he loves the outdoors and camping and after many years he's made me love them as well.
13. I love my dad because he's practical.
14. I love my dad because he exercises and eats well.
15. I love my dad because he tolerates us when we get a little crazy at the dinner table.
16. I love my dad because he likes to read.
17. I love my dad because he shaved his famous mustache off.
18. I love my dad because he encourages me to educate myself about everything I'm interested in.
19. I love my dad because he's idea of teaching you how to drive is making you drive his extended cab truck with a shell with almost no previous driving experience in downtown Salt Lake City. In other words he's up for life endangering adventures.
20. I love my dad because he's a movie fanatic.
21. I love my dad because he's a pirate.
22. I love my dad because he's a man of many talents.
23. I love my dad because he's a morning person.
24. I love my dad because he's a good cook or as I like to say a culinary chef.
25. I love my dad because he thinks Ashley is a unique name.
26. I love my dad because he thinks my middle name is Maria.
27. I love my dad because he encourages us to have the Christmas spirit and serve others.
28. I love my dad because he's ever so fashionable.
29. I love my dad because he's had really cool jobs such as working at the Lion House, Jordan River Temple, and the Granite Mountain Records Vault.
30. I love my dad because he owns all the James Bond movies.
31. I love my dad because he made sure I got my eighth birthday wish, to go to the zoo...eight years later on my 16th birthday.
32. I love my dad because he held my hand when I was got my wisdom teeth out.
33. I love my dad because he was the angel Moroni on the Manti Temple one year for pageant.
34. I love my dad because he doesn't get upset when people run his truck into a pole. (Good job Mom and April, you guys are special.)
35. I love my dad because he survived Peter's crazy teen years.
36. I love my dad because he taught me how to gut a fish.
37. I love my dad because he got us a swimming pool.
38. I love my dad because he takes our family on walks to the temple.
39. I love my dad because he's going to take me on a cruise when I get back from my mission.
40. I love my dad because without him I wouldn't be able to go on a mission.
41. I love my dad because my dad's tougher than your dad and he yells louder, my dad's tougher than yours.
42. I love my dad because he's punctual.
43. I love my dad because he always made sure I was up in time for school in my youth.
44. I love my dad because he can pull off gray hair.
45. I love my dad because he is a sudoku master!
46. I love my dad because he takes good care of his Mom.
47. I love my dad because he's Peter and he likes to party!
***And bonus reason 48. He used to be a locksmith, and that comes in handy...like when I lock my keys in my car...and can't remember where I left my spares :)
LOVE YOU FATHA! Thanks for being born!
