Happy Birthday, Dad! - Swimming Through Life

Happy birthday to the world\’s best dad!!!!! In honor of his birthday, I\’ve decided to share my favorite memories with him. Unfortunately, for some reason I couldn\’t find very many pictures of me with my dad from long ago. Most of the memories I have were made in the last few years. Maybe you were right, dad, you DO start getting cooler the older I get! 😉

\"\" — Just a couple of cool cats getting ready for the Breast Cancer Race in Sioux Falls back in 2010. Was this our first selfie?? I\’m glad we\’ve gotten better since then!

\"\" — I could only find a picture of us with dad at ONE of our high school formals. What was up with that??? Either way, we all look pretty smokin here

\"\" — My dad thinks he\’s pretty hilarious, and SOMETIMES, I\’ll admit he can be! 😉 He gave Zeus this giant bone one day and told me to take a picture of him pretending Zeus ate his leg haha!

\"\" — Don\’t know if either of my parents were ever really thrilled about me moving to VA for school, but we sure did have a lot of fun exploring when they came to visit!

\"\" — I even surprised him with a tour of the white house on one of their visits. He\’d been wanting to do this for years, and I\’m glad we could make the memory together!

\"\" — We even took a trip to Jamestown on one of their trips and had some fun exploring that as well. There was always something to do!

\"\" — It was a long way to travel for my parents to come visit me while I was in school, but they tried to make it out there at least once or twice a year. I\’m glad one of those times was to celebrate my graduation with me!

\"\" — Both of my parents have always stressed the importance of exercise, but my dad has always tried to get me into running – ever since I can remember. It only took 20+ years, but he finally started to wear me down. A couple years ago, he ran with me for my first half marathon!

\"\" — My second half marathon, I ran FOR my dad since he still wasn\’t able to run that far after his heart issues.

\"\" — I\’ve been running a lot more frequently lately – especially since I\’ve moved back to South Dakota- and a lot of my runs are with my parents. It\’s nice to have someone who is always willing to go out and get a few miles in with you!

\"\" — We always find a way to have a bunch of laughs on our runs ha!

\"\" — He\’s a big old softy, and not only loves us kids, but his fur kids as well! This was the first day we brought Dakota home. She spent a lot of that first evening sleeping in my dad\’s arms.

\"\" — But, dad don\’t let anyone live in his house for free! He\’s showing Dakota how to wash dishes so she can hold her own around the house! 😉

\"\" — He\’s the world\’s best fur papi, too! Just ask Dobs! Sometimes I think he loves my dad more than me!

\"\" — This time last year, we celebrated my dad\’s birthday with a trip to the cities for a Vikings game. Wish we could have gone again this year!

\"\" — Glad I\’m able to spend a lot more time with you, daddy!

Hope you have an awesome birthday, daddy! You deserve it! Can\’t wait to make a lot more memories with you!

Until next time! 🙂

Megan Reiffenberger

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