Today is my dad's 60th birthday.  Here's to a man who...

was a good grandson


is a good brother


is a very good son and now a grandfather himself


is a good husband and a good sport


as well as a good sportsman


and is a mighty fine fisherman


here's to a man who has a terrific fashion sense


and is the only dad I know who would lure our friends to the house by offering to take them ice fishing, snowmobiling, let them drink whiskey, smoke cigars and shoot guns


here's to a man who said that only REALLY handsome guys can have long hair... and look at the style on this one.

You are a great role model to follow - as a husband, father, son, and friend.  Of course, after 60 years of practice you ought to be pretty good.

Happy birthday, dad.  I love you.