Monday, June 23, 2008

Word from Angela

~ Dan ~

Dan is a great father and a loving husband. He loves to play and get imaginative on the floor with Benji and his friends. Sometimes they play “bucking bronco.” Dan gets down on all fours and tries to buck Benji off his back until he says the magic words “Hi-ho Silver” except for some reason he can’t get the phrase right. He mixes up the words and we all end up rolling on the floor laughing. Dan also has a great ability to teach children on their level while making it fun. He recently taught Benji to hold his breath and go under the water in the pool even though Benji had refused to do so in his swimming lesson.

Dan is an accomplished musician and grew up playing guitar and piano, and in fact played guitar in rock bands all through high school and college. Dan is the optimistic visionary and I am the detail oriented realist. He can see the end results and drives toward it often without thinking of the steps along the way. He is good at lightening the mood with little jokes and when presented with a task he is not afraid to get down and give it his all.