Father's Day!

Father's Day can get complex - with your own dad, your husband's dad, your children as dads - lots of great dads in our lives!

 

These two photos of me with my dad were found just a few years ago - until that time, I thought there were no baby pics of me with my dad. As it is, I have never found a baby pic of me with my mom!

 For a few years, we thought this was a photo of my dad with Lyn or Joan as a baby - then noticed the pics of Joan in background - at the age she would have been when I was born!

Can't be a dad without a family of kids - a great crew we feel very blessed to have!

 

A pandemic selfie of us - the years march on, don't they.

 

And of course, Harry's great dad - who left too soon, but left wonderful memories for us to treasure.

Happy 100th Robert Clayton!!

Today would be my dad's 100th birthday.  He is shown here in 1945, holding me.  He always held the babies - if he were alive today, they'd probably call him "The Baby Whisperer!"

 

My dad always read the newspaper.  He read the scriptures and the newspaper - we took two for many years - a morning paper and an evening paper. I think I learned to love reading the newspaper from him.

 

My mom and dad after they were engaged.  My dad always wore suspenders!

 

The way I remember my mom and dad best - they always like to sit together.

 

My dad watering the lawn - he always had someone else do the mowing and raking - I guess that's what you can do when you have 6 sons!

 

As a kid, I thought my dad was always at the shop.  And he always wore a shop apron too.

 

My dad was always a family man!

My dad would probably have loved living to 100.  He always liked to say that two important things happened on November 7th, 1916 - Bob Clayton was born and Woodrow Wilson was elected President of the United States.

Happy Birthday Dad!! Maybe you and Mom are having a little celebration.  I would always like to think that!