Father's Day

First, I am very thankful for my own father in my life...for his love and support. I am thankful I can go to him if I am ever in need and he will never turn me away!!! I missed him this Father's Day but I look forward to when we can get together....I love you dad!!!!

My very best friend also happens to be the father of my three rowdy rascals!!! If not for him our children would not be who they are today...they are still growing and changing everyday but Jared has helped in so many ways shape who they are becoming.  

He had the best example in a dad any kid could ask for and in that regard I am also thankful for my father in law...oh I miss him so much....

Today in church the Primary kids sang a song called "Dad, You're Awesome!" And it was perfect...Calum looked at Jared the entire time and sang all the words in his loudest singing voice. As soon as they finished Calum walked down as quickly as possible while still being reverent in the chapel and gave his daddy a great big hug!!!! 

Our kids love their dad so much and really want to be around him all the time!!  It is very rare that he ever goes out to check cows alone...yesterday I was away for most of the day at a women's conference and Emry was at a birthday party, so Jared had the boys while he and Dave moved cows down to the sand.  A major inconvenience if you ask me but Jared made the most of it and the boys behaved themselves very well. Jared told them after they were all done he would take them to the beach since it was such a nice day, the boys were beside themselves with excitement....though a few minutes later and after Calum had calmed down a bit he asked Jared if they really were going to go to the beach?  He laughed and said yes of course!!! At the beach they had a blast and it just reminds me how serious Jared takes being a father, his most important responsibility!!!! I marvel at how well he can balance work, cows and family...even though at times when I'm down I do tend to tell him that cows take up too much of his spare time that could be used to do family things!

For Jared's Father's Day dinner we had bbq steak, baked potatoes, asparagus and corn on the cob with a Caesar salad.  To make it a little fun we each had a Dad's Root Beer...the boys were beyond excited to have their own bottle of root beer, so excited in fact we all had to do a cheers, and despite Armin spilling the majority of his, they actually finished them!!!!  And for dessert his favourite, cheesecake with strawberries!!!

A nice day and an especially nice way to give tribute to the men in our lives who make life just a little easier!!!!