bodtcher to bodtcher

I was having a chat a while back with my father-in-law, who complained about me never writing about him on my blog. It sounded like he was hurt and really jealous...

well anyways, this blog is dedicated to my second father.

Randy John Bodtcher is one of my favorite people on this planet. This man is so sarcastic and serious that first impressions always reveal a mean old grump. and then he tells you never-ending mortifyingly dirty jokes and watches lady antebellum music videos on repeat, and you're perplexed about his personality. He can hold a grudge without inching a budge and he can talk about stories about electricity until ... well, you know.

What you don't know when you first meet Randy:
-he loves children. he adores them. His grandchildren are spoiled rotten (including the one growing inside me). he loves playing with them, he loves making them laugh, he loves holding them and rocking them to sleep. he completes he wife.
-he's an honest man. he started his family at a young age, loved and supported them, committed to them, and gave them his entire soul. He co-raised five wonderful, temple-worthy, hardworking children. He jokes about attractive women, but I watch him rub his wife's arm when they watch television and subtlely smack her bum, and I hope to be them in 30 years.
-he's the hardest worker I know. he worked three jobs to support his family. he studied through his children's laughing and playing to obtain his electrican license. he remodeled his house so his wife could have a beautiful kitchen. he paid for three weddings in 2010. he won the family biggest loser last year!
-he knows something about forgiveness. as he taught us in fhe, it's not the easiest thing to do- but you know he's a living example of it.
-he scored a hot wife! (five kids, right?)
-he is a huge part of why my husband is the man he is. Jeremy didn't learn responsibility, respect and hard work by himself. He watched his father's example growing up, and he never forgot. He treats women with respect, he loves his family, he's an honest man, he cooks sunday morning breakfast, he works hard to take care of his family. characteristics that are sometimes so hard to find in men these days. Old-fashioned chivalry passed straight down from his father.

so here's to you, my second father, for living a life so inspiring. Thank you for your example to us.