A smile...

This is one of my favorite pictures... ever. Look at all those happy kiddos. But the best part is... my Daddy's smile. I love my daddy; I'm a daddy's little girl, always have been, always will be. Dad has so much to smile about... but he rarely does it for pictures. =) He thinks his smile looks strange sometimes, so he just doesn't smile for the camera. Our family has, literally, hundreds of photographs of Dad not smiling. He looks pleasant, but no smiles, please. So this shot is a rare, rare beauty. That is a true, genuine, absolutely beautiful smile on the face of a man that I love very much. Years from now, when I want to remember what Daddy looked like when he smiled, I will have this photograph. What a gift.