thank you all. today was a good day. raining this morning when we stood outside for an hour before D's soccer game for pictures. none of her team showed up until the game. she was cold and wet. as soon as the whistle blew, she was running her little butt off doing her best. proud dad moment number one. got home and my son doesnt have any pants here since he grew and all the new pants i bought him i sent to his mom's because she doesnt have any for him. now she does. so i told him, liam.. we are going to get you some pants. he said dad.. you dont need to. it's your birthday. buy something for you. i'll be fine. proud dad moment number 2. so we went and got him some pants and came home. i started getting the ribs and potatoes ready. almost done and liam and makayla came into the kitchen. they made me birthday cards. liam said dad since i dont have any money we made these for you. i could have cried. i told them that this means more to me then any store bought gift ever could. proud dad moment 3. my friend and his wife came over. she brought me a cake. my first cake in 19 years. that meant so much. almost started the house on fire! lol.. then the best part.. my kids begging to go to the hockey game! proud dad moment 4. it was an inter team scrimmage. still so much fun. the atmosphere. the smell of the ice. the sound of skates on the ice. the sound of sticks hitting pucks and bodies slamming into glass. my favorite place in the whole world is the hockey rink. thats where i feel at home. the look on my kid's faces when they saw their favorite player! i had a blast! clay
