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My dad used to (and still does) dance to the TWIST with my sister and I. For my father-daughter dance at our wedding, we started off slow and then interrupted it with the Twist.

Also, my dad used to always come home and play a record before dinner (we had an old record player from my grandparents). He had the best collection - Michael Jackson, Abba, Blondie... I love those albums to this day.

My dad was a TV news reporter for most of his career, and I loved when my mom would shush us and turn on the TV so we could see whatever his story was that day. When I was really little I remember getting mad at him because he didn't say "HI!" back when I said it to him (I thought he could see me, too!).

When I was a little older it was definitely outdoorsy stuff. My dad is a pretty outdoorsy guy, but neither of my brothers are really into that stuff. So my dad & I would always go on hikes, or bike rides, or camping trips or river trips, just the two of us.

OH! I also drove from Utah-South Dakota with my dad by myself for 3 summers in a row, those trips were always fun!

my dad used to play restaurant with us on weekend mornings. he'd let us make up a menu & then we could pretend to be waiters and he'd be the cook. he'd make us chocolate milk which i thought was the greatest thing ever! haha. also, he used to sing songs to me & he'd change the lyrics so they'd have my name in them = )

@mrs. bird: that is too cute!

My dad made my brother and I breakfast every morning in elementary school while we watched cartoons. No cereal breakfast either – he made either pancakes or waffles and bacon every morning for us before he went to work.

He also bought me Michael Jackson’s Thriller on cassette (I’m old, haha) which was a big coup because my mom wouldn’t let me have it! To this day; best Christmas present ever.

My dad also used to play this game with us where my brother and I would make up the grossest combinations of food and he would eat them and the whole time he would be like “oh man, this is sooooo good!! Oh, this new combination is my favorite!!” which cracked us up and grossed us out (a pretty idea combo for little kids!). We would make him do combos like a piece of sandwich bread with blue cheese dressing on it, with kim chi on top haha yuck