Father's Day

For Father's Day Eric told me not to do anything extraordinary this year. Let me tell you that my love language has never been and will never be "gifts". I wasn't planning on taking a trip to Hobby Town to buy him something that he probably didn't really want and would be returned eventually anyhow. Instead of material things, the kids and I planned a special day just for Eric. It started off with Sam waking up early and bringing into our bedroom home-made presents he helped wrap the day before that were hidden in his closet. Sam & I snuck downstairs to make coffee, waffles, and scrambled eggs for Eric to enjoy in bed. After forcing Eric to eat loads of food, we went on a family run and poor Eric ended up pushing the jogging stroller the whole time in extreme humidity. Next, the "boat moms" and I organized a Dads on the Lake afternoon for Eric and the "boat dads" to be on the lake without kids. (It sounded like they didn't quite know what to do with themselves without the kids in tow though.) Finally, we had a delicious summer meal of sirloin kabobs with grilled vegetables for dinner. Unfortunately, I'm not that great at the grill so Eric had to do all the grilling. As the sun was setting and the kids were playing in the play house (actually Sam was working on the play house roof), it was evident that it turned out to be an extraordinary day because of an extraordinary dad.