Whiskerless dad

I took this picture last week or so, to send in with a job application, and we were thinking that most people hadn't seen dad without his whiskers in a while (if ever). before he shaved last year I had never seen him without a beard, so it was totally different, but its nice, easier to see his smile and tell when he's joking. But anyway, just wanted to show you all what he looks like without whiskers. We talked to him for a few minutes this evening. They are in Seattle and he was hoping to get to see Blake but the traffic was so bad that they couldn't get to see each other. They talked for over an hour and in that time, Blake had been able to go 2 blocks, and dad hadn't moved at all. So it was a bummer they won't get to see each other - to be so close and so far apart! We also found out his hours for his new job. He will be working monday through friday 4pm-12 am. It'll be hard to have him on the night shift (and weird too) but i think he'll be glad to have a steady job. I don't think this truck driving thing would be good for him full time. I guess they had some nasty snow storms on the way down there, and he swore after we got up here (13 years ago - half my life, can you believe that??) that he would never drive the Al-Can again, but you do what you have to. So anyway, long story short here's dad without a beard. :) Love you all. Alicia