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how did you meet your wife? c: i sold her
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a house. we were selling her
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?s house, and i saw a picture of her, and thought, ?dang, i have to meet her.? i went by their house for him to sign something, and i met her at a family party. i asked her out for coffee, and we talked. that night i told my mom i found the girl i was going to marry. tell me about your children. c: quinn is my mini-me. she is super athletic and in gymnastics. she?s my one who is very determined. emmi is like
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. she can go anywhere and light up the room. she makes people happy no matter what. they get along great together. i love my girls. three words to describe yourself? c: consistent, adventurous, passionate. how do you like to spend time? c: doing anything awesome and finding new adventures with the family. people get caught up doing the same thing. i never want to make life monotonous or stagnant. most recent proud parenting moment? c: quinn wants to run with me every now and then. she was going to run a whole mile, and craig saucier o c c u pat i o n ? real estate w i f e ?
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c h i ld r e n ? quinn, 6 and emmi, 4 h o b b i e s ? skydiving, wakeboarding, and bowling w hen craig saucier isn?t jumping out of an airplane, you can find him spending time with his friends and family, especially his two darling daughters. he may work in real estate, but he is a professional in creating fun and experiencing adventure. though he has skydived over 3,000 times, he gets his biggest rush on date nights with his wife and family fun with his girls. craig?s life is anything but boring, and he works to make sure he and his loved ones live with passion. we made it a half mile, but she tripped and fell. she scraped her knees. we walked it off, and then she said we had to start over because she didn?t do her whole mile. last
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fail? c:
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was gone for two nights, and i cooked tombstone pizza for the girls two nights in a row. i added bacon to make it different the second night. how do you keep it all balanced? c:
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and i work so well as a team. we help each other, so that it?s not all on her or on me. we are very much in sync in supporting the other one. we keep it fun with the
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, and they know their boundaries. greatest thing about being a
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? c: moments when you see the work you?ve put in or the things you?ve taught them come to fruition. for my girls, i am a real life superhero. that?s pretty cool. favorite spot around town for date night? c: anywhere by ourselves. what?s something parents shouldn?t feel guilty about? c: date nights and going on a trip without the
kids
. having a good marriage is important for your
kids
. as a
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of daughters, i want to be the husband who they will want one day. i want to treat
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like she is my queen. the way i help her is what i want them to expect. what good habit do you have that you would like to pass on to the
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? c: being determined. when you want to do something, do it and be passionate about it. always try to have adventure and love life. hardest thing about being a
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? c: being selfless. whenever you want to chill, but you know the
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need your attention so you just have to get up and do it. what would people be surprised to learn about you? c: i am terrified of needles. how did you react when you found out you were going to be a
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? c: nervous, but very excited. we waited five years so we were ready. what?s your parenting style? c: involved. i want to be involved in every aspect of their lives. we bring them to gym, we talk to them about school. i want to be the
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who they can talk to about everything. what?s one piece of advice you often give your children? c: we always tell them that it?s not about the outside, but what?s on the inside. we try to instill in them that the way we treat each other and putting others first is what makes you beautiful. how has parenthood changed you? c: it?s made me more self aware because they see everything i do. if you had 24 hours all to yourself, what would you do? c: i would try to find some kind of really cool activity like go to houston and do indoor skydiving or go learn something new. what advice would you give to other parents? c: put down your phone and be involved with your
kids
. so many people try to discipline their live da d n e x t d o o r by joy holden 3 8 b r p a r e n t s . c o m | j a n u a r y 2 0 1 8
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