Happy Birthday Randuman!
Today is my dad's birthday. The girls and I surprised him yesterday by driving and spending the night at Chez Martz. It was great - I wish you could have seen the look on his face. He was up to his armpits in grease fixing Christopher's car, and we rolled up. As Laine aptly put it, "his eyes were the size of tires!" Luckily, mom spent all morning sobbing over the miners from Sago, or they wouldn't have been home. So, we cried about it together and decided it's good to be empathetic and big bawl babies. We had tacos and taco salad for dinner, watched some movies in the home theatre (dad and Christopher have created it with a tablecloth, x-box, and projector) and of course we enjoyed ice-cream cake from Dairy Queen. This morning Randy made pancakes, some of them with tic-tacs in them for the girls, and I think Louisa ate more than everybody combined. Albeit a short visit, it was a good one!

Sometimes I worry that my dad doesn't know how much I love him, and appreciate him. So, just in case...

... I love you Dad!