Father's Day Weekend

In our house, Father's and Mother's day is all weekend long. We started our weekend off a bit early by taking Brody to see Toy Story 3 late afternoon last Friday. John was originally going to do a Father/Son outing, but I wanted to see it too, so we got a babysitter for Piper. Since most of our tickets were free from buying the Toy Story Blu-ray's, we bought Brody a kids meal of popcorn, drink and fruit snacks to keep him entertained. He did great and the movie was SO good! We all loved it!

John asked me to plan our Saturday for him since he is usually the planner of most of our outings. He is very selfless and refuses to do anything for himself, but rather always does what I want to do. I know I have a great guy, but it makes it hard for me to do anything for him unless I surprise him. So, I had the whole day planned and he had no idea. We first went to get some breakfast: donuts for the kids, a bagel for me, and then off to his favorite Chronic Taco for their famous breakfast burritos.

The kids loved their donuts and milk.

Then we were off to Nickel-Nickel for some arcade games. We have been wanting to go for a while and I thought that Brody would love it. To our disappointment, it went out of business. It has only been there the last 7 years we have lived here and now, when we decide to go, it is gone? It must have just happened because the website still shows it was at that location and the sign was still up. Too bad. Instead we drove around an area we hadn't ever been to before and dreamed of living in there gorgeous million dollar homes. By this time Piper had fallen asleep, so we headed home to rest, get ready for out next adventure, and wait for the singing telegram. The YW in our ward had a fundraiser for camp and brought the dad's chocolate-covered pretzels, a card from the kids and me, and serenaded them. John said it was pretty awkward being sung to by YW, but loved the gifts.

Brody thought it was funny that Piper was wearing his Toy Story "packpack' There he is in the background. Doesn't Piper look so cute and grownup?!
In the early afternoon, I told John I would be back in a minute, but to be ready to go when I got back. I tried throwing him off by saying I need to stop by a store while he was home with the kids and that we were all going somewhere after. Instead I picked up our babysitter, came back and then we were off on a date together. He may have caught on to what I was doing. He was very excited though when we got to the theater and he saw we were going to watch A-team. Truthfully, I was very excited to go see it too :) It sure didn't disappoint either. We really enjoyed every second of it. Great movie!After the movie, my plan was to go to dinner at his favorite Mexican restaurant Miguel's. We weren't as hungry as we expected after our breakfast, so we went to Claim Jumper instead and shared an appetizer and dessert. After dinner, we came home and spent the rest of the evening with the kids and then just relaxed. It wasn't a big extravagant day, but it was just a fun time together.

On Sunday it was more low key. I made him a big breakfast of an omelet, sausages, and toast. Then he got to open his gifts from the kids and me. He got new work/church shoes, a tie that he is wearing below, and a little monster looking toy that is squishy and lights up. The toy was in the dollar aisle of Target and Brody insisted on getting it for Daddy. Brody was so excited about all the gifts. He couldn't contain his excitement and blurted out when John was opening his tie that he was also getting shoes. Too bad John hadn't opened the shoes yet. I was actually impressed that he kept it in that long. Oh how I LOVE kids!

John with his little munchkins after church. I wanted to take pictures before church, but I was holding us all up and we ran out the door just to make it in time. Good thing we found a padded bench or I could have been in hot water on Father's Day. Since our church gets out at 5 pm, we don't do any big Sunday dinners. I asked John all week what he wanted for to eat, but he never gave me any ideas, so we had . . . . . . . . . .sandwiches for dinner! I thought my breakfast was good enough, but he still likes to remind and tell people that is what he had for Father's Day dinner just to see how I react. I made up for it the next night and made him his favorite, Chicken Cordon Bleu. After dinner, John shared his chocolate covered pretzels with the family and it got kind of messy.The kids are so lucky to have such a wonderful Daddy and I to have the best husband ever! He is a great provider, hardworking, very smart, puts his family first and always there for us, selfless, loves to make us laugh, reliable, helpful, and of course very handsome :). The list goes on and on. We have also been blessed with amazing dads and grandfathers that have and do bless our lives. I am thankful for my own dad that is such a good example to me on how to live my life right. Hope all you dads had a wonderful Father's Day too.