Jim Critelli

My hero is my dad. He started to have to go down to Denver every summer so I get to go with him, because I work for him, and while we are down there we do things that I don’t think anyone else would do. We got to stay an extra day than we thought we would and went to Six Flags. When we were done, it was about 11:00 p.m., we got to do something I NEVER thought that we would do… at 11:00 at night I thought that he would say “let’s go back to the motel and watch a movie” but he took me to the ESPN Zone instead, where we ate dinner, watched some baseball games, and also played games. I love my dad’s sense of humor because he is always saying something funny or does something to make me laugh.

My dad lives with my mom, my sister, and I in Billings Montana. My dad was born in Billings, then moved to Yellowtail, then my dad moved to Libby, after Libby he moved to bigger places… Forsyth, then when he was 21 to Billings, then he worked in Denver for 6 months working at the Keebler cookie factory, he never saw an elf… so he says… After he left Denver he moved back to Billings Mt and has lived here since. My dad makes a difference in my life every day, from the moment I was born to the moment one of us dies, he will always make a difference!

A fire we had at one of our parties (My dad took it)

My family likes to throw LOTS of parties, and my dad wouldn’t miss one for the world! My families' parties usually have a bonfire so my dad and I spend most of our time "melting bottles" because OUR fires get THAT hot!

My dad may go to family parties, but no matter how late he stays out the night before, he never misses a Nascar race… unless he has to. His quote of the year might be “GO DALE (EARNHADT) GO!!! you stink…

One of the bottles that we melted in the fire (My dad took it)

My dad is very cool and inspires me for multiple reasons, the first, because he works hard at his job and works a lot. I want to be like him, because, like I said he works hard, but he also, somehow, he finds time for his family and friends. My dad works at a school studio picture place and manages photographers. I love how he is always there to talk to when I need him. It’s not that my mom isn’t there for me, because she is, but that’s for a different story… I really respect the way that (they/) he raised me, to be respectful, responsible, trustworthy, and honest because I was their first child so they didn’t really know (in a way) “what to do.”

My family and Friends (My mom)

I really like my dad for who he is. Sure, no one is perfect but I think that he is one of, if not the, closest. That is why my dad is my hero. You also now know what he is like and hopefully you get a good idea of “who he is.”