Welcome to the Father’s Day Giveaway Hop! It is hosted by Planet Weidknecht and LeahSay’s Views. From June 1-15, visit each of the blogs listed below, and enter to win fabulous prizes for your dad. Each blogger is hosting a giveaway worth at least $25.
I’m giving away a $25 gift card to Applebee’s. Wouldn’t that be a great place to take your father or husband to eat on Father’s Day?
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My grandfather is my father figure. My favorite memory is when he took me fishing on his boat in Lake Eerie.
I don’t have a favorite memory of my father, but I can say that my husband is a great father and he makes wonderful memories for his kids all the time. They have a lot of fun and he would do anything for them. Thank you.
My dad was sitting at my kithen table playing a “duck” game with my son who was about 3 and I have the cutest picture of them from that moment.
Just like in the Allan Jackson song, my daddy let me drive an old jeep around our farm. I felt so amazing driving that rusty old thing around.
My favorite memory is my dad teaching me how to drive a stick shift pickup.
My favorite memory of my Dad is when he and my Mom renewed their vows, and my Dad after being married to my Mom for 30 years wrote such a heartfelt message to my Mom. It brought tears to my eyes!
My favorite memory is when my dad would open the pool in the summer and go swimming with us.
I loved camping and fishing with my dad. He was a great man and I miss him dearly.
I remember playing basketball with my dad as a young kid.
My favorite memory is when he read bedtime stories to us
My favorite memory would be when he and his friend built a large garage by themselves. They worked very hard but afterwords they both simply layed down on the living room floor and slept for hours. We have so many pictures.
It’s simple really but his smile. Quick to temper and quick to smile.
My favorite memory of my dad is when all 5 of us kids were younger and it was in the 1990’s in Sothern California. We had a huge earthquake and there were big aftershocks for hours that day. We were all very scared and huddled together on the couch. So my dad had the idea to take us up the hill to the mountains so that we couldn’t feel the earthquakes anymore. We were relieved and it took our minds off of it completely. We had a great time exploring, shopping, and boating on the lake. I have always remembered that day. My father the hero.
When we went on vacation, we camped. He always used to wrap us up like mummy’s to stay warm.
My favorite memory is the first time he took me fishing. He put the worms on the hook for me so I did not have to touch them lol
Long conversations with my dad, riding in the truck.
My favorite memory of my dad is the year us kids chipped in and bought my dad a puppy for Father’s Day. It’s one of the very few times I’ve even seen him cry. It was so sweet and special.
my favorite memory is going to the drive in theatre
Yeah I will save this thought for the therapist.
My Dad was in the Navy, and was never home. But the first time he surprised, he was in the audience for one of my dance recitals. He had flowers, and I was so happy.
MY FAVORITE MEMORY IS CLEANING OUT THE BARN WITH MY DAD. I WAS ABOUT 4 AND NOT IN SCHOOL YET.
My favorite memory of my father is meeting him. I didn’t meet him until I was 27 and get ready to have my second child.
One of my many favorite memories of my dad included when we went raft riding on the north side of Oahu, in a great big Navy raft at Bellows in Hawaii, was a ball, miss him
My favorite memory is when I met him for the first time…my twin lol
Memories of my dad there’s a lot I loss my dad when I was 21 which has been 26 years ago I remember him teaching me to drive to fishing, going camping, boats rides and trips to my grandma’s and grandpa’s. Dancing on his feet. And now I’ve had step dad who has been a wonderful dad and papaw to my children and a great grandpa to my grandchildren. I been very lucky to have two great men in my life and children’s.
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I would say my favorite memory of my dad is how silly he is. He always wants to make you laugh.
My favorite memory of my father is him wearing he’s overalls.
My favorite memory is when my family would get together and my dad would play the guitar
Going fishing with my father is a favorite memory I have of him.
My favorite memory of my father was camping up north in the summer.
My dad had a stroke when he was 83 so I had to go every morning to help him get dressed fix his breakfast, give him his medicine, etc. My best memory was how appreciative my dad was that I could do so much for him.
My favorite memory of my father is when he gave me my first cabbage patch doll when i was young. I was so happy and thought he was the best dad in the world. He spend the day playing with me and my doll and it’s something i will never forget.
Riding around in his convertible listening to Styx, Toto and Evanescense!
It’s so hard to choose 1 but my favorite times with my dad were our camping trips. He always to me on float trips.
When he taught me how to ride a bike and how he helped coach some of my soccer teams.
I’m the oldest of 9 kids, back when there were about 5 of us we would go to the pool all day and Dad would pick us up after work. (Mom was with us). When we got home we would all pretend to be asleep and Dad would carry each one of us in the house. So sweet of him!
he would make up stories for me and my sister at bedtime
My favorite memory is when he gave me away at my wedding.
My favorite memory is my dad teaching me out to drive manual!
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My favorite memory is of my Dad and I planting flowers and vegetables in the garden.
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My favorite memory is his fishing trips where he would bring in a large stringer of fish.
Teaching me to ride my bike
I have great memories of my dad ..But I always remember him taking us fishing or looking for sharks teeth..
I loved when my dad took me fishing.
Driving me to school in the mornings.
My favorite is of us going fishing together.
I have so many fun memories of my dad! Some of my favorites are playing sidewalk tag at a park near our house. There was a small garden with intertwining sidewalks and we would play tag but you could never leave the sidewalk. It was so much fun!
My favorite memory is all the fun places he used to take us in the summer(he had summers off since he is a teacher) while my mom was working.
My dad always gets a box of See’s Candies and he always shares, so I get to eat the one I like.
My favorite memory of my father and me was when I was little and I used to lay on his belly and watch cartoons with him.
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My favorite memory of my father is him taking our family fishing on the weekends with our cousins.
What is your favorite memory of your father?
although im not a father..i would say watching the us open with dad
One of my favorite memories with my dad was sharing a bag of candy fishes 🙂
I remember my dad taking me boating and fishing as a kid and we use to go to yard sales as a teen. He was a great guy.
I loved playing basketball with my dad!
Favorite memory…when my dad, my sister, and I broke my mom’s rocking chair and laid in wait until the next time she sat in it. We all got into trouble when she fell onto the floor. Haha
My favorite memory was actually on my big sister’s birthday. She was having a sleep over and didn’t want her little sis there to cramp her style. My daddy took me out to eat and to the movies to see Pocahontas and we had a great time.
When after school he’d take my sister and I to the bakery and we’d get bread to have with tea & he’d buy us a cupcake to share on the way home. It was a time of bonding with him and I cherished it a lot! 🙂
My favorite memory of my dad is when he used to throw me up in the air and catch me.
My favorite memory is when we would go to Knott’s Berry Farm as a family.
When I was little he used to let me push him into the pool, and I thought that was the greatest thing ever =D
My favorite memory of our dad is his taking us fishing at an early age.
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One of my favorite memories is going to my first Yankee game with him and my sisters.
My favorite memory is fishing with my Dad.
My favorite memory is working in the garden with my dad. He was an organic gardener and taught me to be one too!
The memory – his piercing eyes staring from the car mirror while he is driving.
I didn’t have a relationship with my Dad so sadly there are no memories, but I had a wonderful Mother and enjoyed our road trip to Seattle before she moved away.
The times that we lived in Germany and got to take vacations around Germany to see all the castles and other interesting things about Germany. We had a lot of fun over there so the whole experience was awesome. Maybe not so much for Dad who was in the military, but the kids had a ball!
Playing football in the front yard.
My favorite memory of my father is of him grilling burgers out back. He loved doing it.
My favorite memory of my Dad is all the times he would take me to the park, and other special places when I was little. He made our weekends together fun!!
My dad is very conservative. When I was in middle school, late one night while I was supposed to be sleep, I heard music and looked in the living room, to see my dad dancing to a Sam Cook record. I loved seeing dad in a different light.
I have 2 favorite memories… one is going fishing with him, and the other is going to the beach with him. He loved being near the water and so did I, so we had a great time together.
When my father taught how to ride a bike is my favorite memory.
Driving from California to Minnesota with him & my 2 kids-fun trip
I don’t have any positive memories of my own father, but I have so many now of my husband being an amazing father. Watching him play with our children is amazing.
My dad has been gone since 2000. I loved seeing him with my kids when he was here.
When I was 5 and our car broke down on the side of the road. I didn’t know it at the time, but we were too poor to have it towed or have someone else fix it. My dad had his toolbox with, popped the hood, and fixed our car.
My favorite memory of my Father is playing softball/kick the can with him outside! I remember those fun summers spent outdoors with my dad!
My favorite memory is of us going to a dancehall where their friends were playing in country band and my dad had my sister and I dancing with him while standing on his feet.
My favorite memory of my father is how alive and outgoing he was when I was younger. As he is getting older, it is hard for me to see how fragile is today. I missed his energy.
My favorite memory is we go camping and fishing every year for fathers day. We have been doing it for years.
I loved the games he would make up and we would play together.
I remember my dad letting me drive our boat on the lake – such a cool feeling
One Sunday, I woke up to find out that my dad was sick. Nothing serious. It was just a cold or flu, but my dad was the type of person who jogged 10 miles a day normally and only 4-5 miles when he was sick. For my dad to skip jogging and church because he was sick meant that he was really not feeling well. My mom never went to church when my dad was sick. She would always say she needed to stay home and take care of him so my dad being sick meant no church for any of us. I was disappointed because I was looking forward to going to church. When my dad saw that I wanted to go to church, he got dressed and took me to church. My dad showed me that 1) church is important. I know that he wouldn’t have done that for just any plan. 2) I am important to him. Oddly, my dad and I went to church alone that Sunday. My mom and sister stayed home. I love my dad.
Spending time together.
My favorite memory was when I was little, my dad worked alot and always got home later. One thing we did…was he took us girls out for something special once a month. My favorite was when he took me to a Christmas display …and we went Christmas shopping for my sister and mom. Was so fun and such a special memory for us!
One of my favorite memories of my Dad is when I received a bouquet of flowers at work from him. We shared a bathroom and being a Ret. Col . he did things the same way every time. It drove him crazy that I did not change the toilet paper roll after the old one ran out. Inside on putting a new roll where the old one ran out I would grab a new roll and I would then leave it sitting the sink instead of replacing it to its proper place. My Dad saved all the rolls I didn’t change and had a bouquet of flowers made out of them and sent then to me at work. Of course I was completely embarrassed because everyone wanted to know why I had empty toilet paper rolls in a flower bouquet. This is one of my favorite memories of my Dad because it really showed what a great sense of humor he had. This is one of my favorite memories of my Dad because we both laughed about the way he taught me to change the toilet paper roll.
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Instead on putting a new roll where the old one ran out I would grab a new roll and I would then leave it sitting the sink instead of replacing it to its proper place.
i loved fishing with him. his patience with me must have been tried!!
this one time I put frosting and sprinkles on a dog biscuit to see if my dad would eat it…he did
My dad not in my life, but my grandfather raised me and I love going out to eat with him.
Going to the drive-in movies when I was a little kid
watching cartoons together
my favorite memory was us always going fishing
One of my favorite memories is catching my first fish with my Dad. He was so ptiennt, and taught me how to reemove thee hook myself.
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One summer, before I was old enough to be home alone, my dad was laid off. Bad news for him, but it kept me out of daycare for the entire summer. We went to either the beach or fishing every day it didn’t rain. Best summer ever.
My dad worked a lot when I was growing up, so my favorite memories are from when he was home and let me “help” with whatever project he was working on, because there’s always a project. I’ve helped hang Christmas lights, re-side the house, pour cement, paint, etc.
I’ll never forget riding in my dad’s old blue truck when I was little. I would sit in the middle and we would go to my Grandma’s house. I always wanted to go with my dad.
One of my favorite memories of my dad is him taking us camping and taking us to the go-cart track to drive the go-carts. My sister and I had tons of fun with him when we were kids.
My favorite memories of my dad is when he would take me fishing as a kid
He would take my brother and I to Wisconsin Dells. That was so fun
We would watch soccer games on Sundays on tv.
Some of my favorite memories were being a kid with him and watching him do the demo derby each year. Sometimes I still enjoy going to each year at the fair even tho he’s passed away!
My favorite memory of my father is of him taking me to Cedar Point a few times every summer growing up.
My favorite memory was watching WWE Wrestling with him on Saturday nights.
My favorite memory of my father is when he would play guitar & sing country songs.
My favorite memory is when I was six years old and at swim lessons. We were learning to go off the diving board and I was terrified. He had just got off work (he worked third shift) and he walked up to the fence behind the diving board and said “Heather Marie.. you can do it” and I got the courage to jump. I remember that 30 years later!
Dad had to work on the road before he retired but he always found time to spend time with us. We would go camping and fishing on the weekend if he was home.
My favorite memory is when just he & I used to go shopping together. I used to make him hold on to my purse when I was in the dressing room LOL
My favorite memory of my father will always be his piano playing.
My favorite memory is going to Canada with him when I was little.
I remember him teaching me to drive. (he got off much easier with me than with my younger sister!!!)
My favorite memory of father is all the time we spend together, even worked together for a while.
My favorite memory was my dad taking me and my sis fishing with him !
My favorite memory of my father is his love for his grandkids.
I just miss our talks and when I was little he would always take me to the park.
My favorite memory is when he walked me down the aisle for my wedding 12 years ago!
My father was always supportive and always humble. He used to describe himself as common as an old boot.
Renting a vacation house down at the beach for a week and going crabbing.
Probably helping my dad in his wood shop! I learned so much from him. Things I still use and build on today!
My favorite memory with my dad was building a snow bear family. The “papa” bear was about 6 feet tall and the “baby” bears were probably around 3 feet tall. Our snow bears ended up getting put into the local newspaper.
My favorite memory of my dad is when the two of us would go to the grocery store when I was small. It was a time we spent alone.
My favorite memory is when he coached all of my softball teams. He passed away last year and I miss him so much 🙁
My favorite memory of my father, at least this is what I am told happened, I christened my father during my Christening:)
My favorite memory of my dad is him waking me up with a super soaker filled with cold water.
My favorite memory is playing hide and seek with my dad and sister.
i always loved going fishing!!
My favorite memory of my father is watching UNLV basketball with him in the late 80s and early 90s.
My favorite memories of my Dad are of us sitting on the boat on the river in the early morning hours fishing. Those were the times I loved most because I had him all to myself.
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I do not have really any memories of my father. He passed away when I was young so I never got to know him.
Going to the lake every weekend as a kid…
One of my favorite memories is watching and learning about football. He would teach me the game and we would spend hours passing the football. Our dream was to go to the Super Bowl and we did in 2004 when our Carolina Panthers was in it, so much fun, even though we lost. 🙂
My mother was my father figure and her teaching us girls how to check oil and change a tire was priceless!
Going fishing every Sunday!
My father is a great role model for me. I can’t give him justice. I’m so proud to be his daughter.
mini water gun fights inside the house =)
My favorite memory is playing ball with my dad.
Meeting him for the first time!