Happy Birthday Dad!!

This past Saturday was my Dad's birthday! Now that everybody is in different cities, we aren't usually able to get together to celebrate but we still manage to conference call in and do our Williams (now Williams/Marcey) tradition. For each birthday, we go around and say what we love about the birthday person. We've been doing it for years and it has become a really special part of our birthdays.

 This year, Mom took Dad up to a winery for a tasting and dinner. Mom sent me a picture of Dad during our conference call so we could see him :) It was hilarious.  Here's Dad on his cell phone with me on speaker phone, Jack called in to Mom's phone and was on speaker phone, Jay was going to face time in on the ipad but he got stuck in a review session in Chicago but he still managed to sneak out and call Derrick's phone so we put him on speaker phone on Derrick's phone and Dad on speaker phone on my phone.  Confused yet?

Our tradition is a true example of the impact that Dad has on our family. He is the most wonderful leader of our family and will go to any length to make sure we know how much he loves each one of us. No matter the distance between us, he never fails to be available when we need him or to just call and check in.  I love you Dad and am so lucky to have you as a father. I hope you had the most wonderful birthday and enjoyed a well deserved date-day with your love :) Derrick and I can't wait to come home and see you in a few weeks.