Celebrating Fatherhood

We kicked off Father's Day Weekend with....DATE NIGHT!!!!  We were so grateful that our friends offered to watch both our kiddos so we could spend some quality time together.  Justin decided he just wanted a low-key night at home, so after a nice quiet dinner at Arnie's we hit up a local redbox and watched a movie on our couch...just the 2 of us.  It was wonderful!  Sunday, we made Justin breakfast in bed....bacon waffles with a side of...well, bacon :)  The perfect Dad breakfast.  Justin then opened gifts and we headed to church.  That night I made him a homemade strawberry pie with our fresh picked strawberries and Justin used his new Weber grill fish basket that Ethan got him for Father's day, to grill us some delicious lemon dill (from our herb garden) grilled fish.  Then we had our traditional Family Home Evening that included family puzzle time and strawberry pie.  We followed that up with some "steamroller daddy", "ride the daddy horse", and "climbing the daddy hill"...well Ethan did anyway, while Claire and I just laughed at their silliness.  What better way to spend Father's Day, than being silly with your kids.  We topped the night off with family snuggles while watching Harry Potter in Mom and Dad's room per Ethan's request ("Snuggle, watch Harry Potter" is what he says.  So sweet.  Don't worry we skip the scarier parts).  All and all, a great way to celebrate what an amazing Father Justin is.  I amazed daily at his ability to work so hard on so little sleep, without complaint, and still manage to spend quality time with his family...especially silly playtime with Ethan.  I am so grateful for him, everyday.  I'm grateful that he puts his family first, I'm grateful that he's willing to sacrifice "nice things" so I can be at home raising our children, I am grateful for what an amazing Father he is...I know Justin truly understand the divine, eternal calling of Fatherhood!   XoxoXoxo

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."

~Neil L. Andersen 

Bacon Waffles with a side of bacon for breakfast in bed...I made them with  wheat flour and canola oil at least :)

Opening presents...Justin's only half awake & can't really see yet, but he really did like his gifts :)

Ethan enjoying the Father's Day card he picked out for Daddy.

Getting Ethan ready for church.

Claire, helping out in her Johnny Jump up

Ethan "helping" Mommy make Daddy's strawberry pie.

Justin using his new fish basket from Ethan and his new  grill tool holder from Claire.

Family Snuggles, watching Harry Potter.