"F is for family
A is for awesome dude
T is for time
H is for humor
E is for eternal father
R is for revelation
F is for family. My dad has always put my family first. He’s always made it a priority for my family to be very close, by putting together activities and trips for us to spend time and get closer. He’s dedicated his life to his family and we owe many of our success to him. he’s been a good example, helps us make high goals and he believes in us to make them, he loves us for who we are. I know that there’s nothing more important to him than his family and that’s what makes me feel so lucky.
A is for awesome dude
My dad is fearless. My dad likes to raft, snow ski, water skis on stilts, bungee jump, skydiving, marathons whether practiced for or not, one scripture describes him.. my father dwelt in a tent. He loves to camp, loves to bike, he’s strong – he can lift anything and He can fix things. He’s a fish in water… He scuba dives, swims for miles, floats pretty much the whole deshouts river with out a boat, he water-skis barefoot.
T is for time
Most all of my dad’s time is
Working for my family
Spending time with us
Or fulfilling a calling
He takes time to gather us to read scriptures and have fhe. Before dinner he stops us to choose some one to say a blessing on the food.
He even took the time to make up some individual nick names – mine being hey there hi there ho there as happy as can be there.
He’s took time to teach me how to roller skate and how to swim and he even jumps on the trampoline with me.
he’s made me know how important I am because I feel like his time is dedicated to me.
One thing that that I struggle with is waking up in the morning…and my dad has decided to take the challenge and wake me up. He sings to me every morning ether “way up in the sky where the little birds fly” or “oh what a beautiful morning.” Really loud! And if that doesn’t work then he starts dumping water on me. This has helped me out so much so I can get to the places I need to be. When I went to college.. I got a present right before and he got me a alarm clock that’s on wheels so when I wake up I have to chase it down. and still on top of that While I was at college he even took the time to call me every morning to make sure I wake up.
H is for humor
Dad is the funniest guy I know. He can make anyone laugh. He makes a good monkey. Any time us girls are dancing he jumps in and imitates us. He’s filled with fun sayings like when its time to go he says “lets split or at least come apart of seams.” whenever I say “ah shoot” he says bang!
E is for eternal, he set a goal as a child to go on a mission and to the temple and even though his oldest brothers choose another way, he stuck to what he knew was right and wouldn’t waver. He wouldn’t have gotten married any other way then in the temple. And because of this we are sealed together as a family forever. His testimony runs deep and we have no question of his testimony.
R is for revelation. He has a strong relationship with heavenly father and has used his priesthood to bless us in many ways. One time when I was little I was feeling sick and I ask my dad for a blessing and he dropped everything he was doing and did it. He for as long as I can remember he has given me a fathers blessing every year before school started. He baptized each of us until he had sons old enough to have this opportunity. He confirmed me and I can remember the good feeling that I had, knowing that my dad in partnership with heavenly father was doing this for me.
I have other fathers in my life like my grandpas, home teacher, our bishop, and heavenly father.
I have been lucky to have 2 grandpas around and each is a patriarch of a big family. Grandpa Dickinson always took me out to eat for my birthday and never missed a hug. And grandpa hedman always had the homemade root beer floats and plays pool with me. And is an example of regularly serving in the temple.
Brother Kinsley is my home teacher. He even loves our dog. He’s always so interested on what’s going on in my life. And has a message for us bringing the spirit in to our home.
The father of our ward is our bishop and I appreciate his strong testimony and kind way in serving us.
I know I have a father in heaven who loves me and wants me to return to him. And I am so thankful to him for all the blessings which I have.
Some day I will find a father for my kids and I will look for someone who can be a strong foundation for my family like my dad.
On fathers day today my message to you dad is a ditto of the card u received in the mail from Tammy which says..
Dad, I love you for more reasons then there are stars in the sky, grains of sand on the beach, hairs on your head… okay maybe not that last one so much. But I love u so much happy father’s day!
In name Jesus Christ amen"
A is for awesome dude
T is for time
H is for humor
E is for eternal father
R is for revelation
F is for family. My dad has always put my family first. He’s always made it a priority for my family to be very close, by putting together activities and trips for us to spend time and get closer. He’s dedicated his life to his family and we owe many of our success to him. he’s been a good example, helps us make high goals and he believes in us to make them, he loves us for who we are. I know that there’s nothing more important to him than his family and that’s what makes me feel so lucky.
A is for awesome dude
My dad is fearless. My dad likes to raft, snow ski, water skis on stilts, bungee jump, skydiving, marathons whether practiced for or not, one scripture describes him.. my father dwelt in a tent. He loves to camp, loves to bike, he’s strong – he can lift anything and He can fix things. He’s a fish in water… He scuba dives, swims for miles, floats pretty much the whole deshouts river with out a boat, he water-skis barefoot.
T is for time
Most all of my dad’s time is
Working for my family
Spending time with us
Or fulfilling a calling
He takes time to gather us to read scriptures and have fhe. Before dinner he stops us to choose some one to say a blessing on the food.
He even took the time to make up some individual nick names – mine being hey there hi there ho there as happy as can be there.
He’s took time to teach me how to roller skate and how to swim and he even jumps on the trampoline with me.
he’s made me know how important I am because I feel like his time is dedicated to me.
One thing that that I struggle with is waking up in the morning…and my dad has decided to take the challenge and wake me up. He sings to me every morning ether “way up in the sky where the little birds fly” or “oh what a beautiful morning.” Really loud! And if that doesn’t work then he starts dumping water on me. This has helped me out so much so I can get to the places I need to be. When I went to college.. I got a present right before and he got me a alarm clock that’s on wheels so when I wake up I have to chase it down. and still on top of that While I was at college he even took the time to call me every morning to make sure I wake up.
H is for humor
Dad is the funniest guy I know. He can make anyone laugh. He makes a good monkey. Any time us girls are dancing he jumps in and imitates us. He’s filled with fun sayings like when its time to go he says “lets split or at least come apart of seams.” whenever I say “ah shoot” he says bang!
E is for eternal, he set a goal as a child to go on a mission and to the temple and even though his oldest brothers choose another way, he stuck to what he knew was right and wouldn’t waver. He wouldn’t have gotten married any other way then in the temple. And because of this we are sealed together as a family forever. His testimony runs deep and we have no question of his testimony.
R is for revelation. He has a strong relationship with heavenly father and has used his priesthood to bless us in many ways. One time when I was little I was feeling sick and I ask my dad for a blessing and he dropped everything he was doing and did it. He for as long as I can remember he has given me a fathers blessing every year before school started. He baptized each of us until he had sons old enough to have this opportunity. He confirmed me and I can remember the good feeling that I had, knowing that my dad in partnership with heavenly father was doing this for me.
I have other fathers in my life like my grandpas, home teacher, our bishop, and heavenly father.
I have been lucky to have 2 grandpas around and each is a patriarch of a big family. Grandpa Dickinson always took me out to eat for my birthday and never missed a hug. And grandpa hedman always had the homemade root beer floats and plays pool with me. And is an example of regularly serving in the temple.
Brother Kinsley is my home teacher. He even loves our dog. He’s always so interested on what’s going on in my life. And has a message for us bringing the spirit in to our home.
The father of our ward is our bishop and I appreciate his strong testimony and kind way in serving us.
I know I have a father in heaven who loves me and wants me to return to him. And I am so thankful to him for all the blessings which I have.
Some day I will find a father for my kids and I will look for someone who can be a strong foundation for my family like my dad.
On fathers day today my message to you dad is a ditto of the card u received in the mail from Tammy which says..
Dad, I love you for more reasons then there are stars in the sky, grains of sand on the beach, hairs on your head… okay maybe not that last one so much. But I love u so much happy father’s day!
In name Jesus Christ amen"
mark car - mark had his 21st birthday and recieved a car! (a nisson pathfinder) and here it is...
templeton - on the last assembly of the last day of our 27 years at templeton, 7 hrs after i returned home from ohio, our family was honored. a giant picture of our 12 kid family was projected on a big screen, and hte principle said there is one person missing from this family thats been here for 27 yrs.. adn this person is...lucy dickinson! will u please come down. she walked up a center aisle as the school cheered her. then our family (dad, me, heidi, luke, andy and lucy) was invited up and i was given 13 red roses one rose to reperesent each child. as previously arranged i said a few words. some of the facts that i shared in my comments are... (words are coming when i find them) 
ohio trip - Heidi, andy adn i flew to ohio for an awesome stay with david melissa and family. the kids greeted us in their armor... pillow for shield, plastic swords and colored undies for helmets! 
for calebs 8th birthday he recieved an awesome bike from a bike shop! which he rode so fast that david had to sprint to keep up. from both grandmas he got a marble maze kit which he put together into a monster marble maze. By calebs request he wanted a turnup for his birthday for dessert and here it is.
The next day David was honored with fancy dinner by doctors, nurses, and staff of the hospital. there were slide shows singing and talks all dedicated to David. (we will be inserting these videos soon)
The highlight of the trip was seeing Calebs big smile as he came out of the water at his baptism. He walked out of the door in his new suit and tie that matched his dads. He became comfirmed, he recieved a beautiful blessing from his dad, and was instructed that he can find any answer in the scriptures. Calebs eyes sparkled as he jumped high in the air to be caught by his favorite adults to give them each a big hug. Hyrum explicitely and with enthusiaum gave a heart felt talk about baptism and how happy he was that Caleb was getting baptised. It reminded me of when David gave a talk about his admiration and love for Larry D. at Ld's mission farewell.
we were lucky to be with ruth on her 2nd birthday. her eyes lit as she opened a unbrella, cute hat and farm animal talking machine. ruth and i hit it off as she often sat on my lap and let me read storys to her, now we're buddys forever. sunday i enjoyed taking nearly a row with andy heidi me and david melissa and family. ammon was so excited to give a talk in primary that in sacrament meeting he kept waving his talk in the air trying to get the bishops attention so he could give his talk there too. in primary he explained that his mom and dad go to the temple so that their family can be together forever. and they do this because they love him so much. he spoke boldly with his stage voice and a big smile.
dodgeing cicatas we went to the library on monday and read books and books and books. several attacking heidi especially. we went to a mexican resturant and afterwards caleb tryed to smuggle a handful of 2inch cicadas into his pockets to take home. they we were treated with the one and only chicken movie. this is a "must see" and you will know everything you ever wanted to know about chickens. the night before david won us all in ticket to ride, so that night we played a second round. andy slaughter us all big time, and david who risked all or nothing, lost with a record breaking low score of 15.
it was hard to say goodbye to david melissa caleb hyrum ammon and ruth. they are an incredible family and we'd enojyed every minute of our time together.
Memorial day - we went and visited both grandmas grave site. grandpa hedman -already has his name on his tomb stone next to grandmas and he chuckled and suggested that we take a picture of him laying on the ground reaching over and putting his arm on grandma. 
Starlight parade - heidi, larryd, spencer, linsey ran the whole parade, lucy joined us as we ran past her. heidi dressed as a byu student. larry d says he will use his same costume next year cuz he drew alot of attention in darth vader outfit pushing a stroller. and it was amazing that spencer ran most of it and enjoyed giving hundreds of people high fives in his skeleton outfit.
Soccer - lucy finished her first year of indoor soccer and because of her fearless nature was one of the stars on the team. lucy added life to her soccer party with her ingenious ideas.. such as putting frosting on ur face. 
