Father's Day Fun...

Since I wrote earlier about my special day, I thought I ought to post about Father's Day too. There is something extra special about Father's in my opinion... and I don't think that they always get the credit that they deserve. I mean women EXPECT to be treated like royalty on Mother's Day - breakfast in bed... some sort of kitchen gadget... and even a flower at church... (although our ward hands out O'Aggie Bars which I much prefer over the flower... so now we EXPECT that!) But Father's have very few expectations... I'm sure they are hoping for some sort of token gift... poor Shane usually gets new "work clothes" (no difference this year) but he also got a camelback for all those long hikes we take together... or might someday. (we gave him other stuff too, but I can't even remember what they were so... maybe they weren't that great of gifts!) But they certainly don't expect to receive a gift at church. This year our sweet young women passed out microwave popcorn with a cute little note about being our "pops" to all the men... totally caught them by surprise of course... I bet they appreciated it even more than us on Mother's Day!

I have the greatest dad ever and I am so thankful for him and all of the things that he sacrificed and did for me to make me happy growing up. I now enjoy watching another awesome father (and husband!) help me raise our beautiful daughters. One of the most fun time for me is seeing him interact with our girls and seeing the joy in their faces at the love they feel from him. He is everything that I could have dreamed of!












We had a family BBQ that night - something that we seem to do lots at our house during the summer. (Shane and I both love it and are glad that we have a house and yard that can fit us all!) We cooked up tin foil dinners in the fire pit - (Jeff's idea) and they were delicious. We followed that up with banana boats - a new favorite treat thanks to Steve and his girls. The cousins that were here had fun playing together and the adults had fun with Jeff's new "Bocce" set.



My Daddy and my girls "Poppa Tony"













Paige, Saige, Tara and Tayler - we are all pumped to have Tara and Paige here for the WHOLE summer! Lots of fun times between these four!!

This is great - Shane always asks Jadyn if she wants to "pet the buffalo" this night she very willingly took him up on that, and headed right over to Dan's beard.

GOOD TIMES!!