Let's Make Some Puppets!

Amberly and Trent love to do crafts. Last summer I went out and bought oodles of crafts from my favorite store (Hobby Lobby, which by the way a new one is being built less than a mile from our home! YEA!! (Darin is not excited.) ). We found some leftovers from last summers stash so it was time to pull them out and have some fun. Trent had to make the Knight in shinning Armor and the Unicorn while Amberly made the Princess and the Fairy. It was a lot of fun. I'm now looking forward to their puppet shows.

Dog Sitting

The past several days Trent and Amberly have been enjoying dog sitting for some friends of ours. We have watched him before so that first day we showed up "Oliver" just went spastic he was so excited! He's the cutest little dog and playing with him has been very enjoyable. His favorite thing to do is to run around the yard with the ball in his mouth being chased.

Father's Day Cont..

It was really nice just being able to share a quiet Sunday together as a family. We began the day by going to church. At the end of church all of the men met in the kitchen area to enjoy "Pies for Pops". What a yummy way to end church!! We ended the day by taking a few pictures. Elizabeth and I worked on the poster card for Darin. It was fun coming up with cute sayings to go with the candy bars. (After 16 years of Father's Days I'm really needing some fresh new fun ideas for the day! Elizabeth says I just need to start over and redo some of the same things we've done in the past. So.. we did a candy card!)

Happy Father's Day!

Today was Father's Day and I just wanted to take a moment and honor the Father's in my life.

First, I want to honor my amazing husband Darin. I am so grateful that I not only have a wonderful husband but that my children have a wonderful father. We are greatly blessed to have him in our lives. I'm also grateful for Darin's Dad and the relationship that Darin has with him. I'm grateful that He lives closer to us now so that Granpa Bruce and Grandma Sharon can be more a part of our lives. And Finally I want to honor my Dad. I feel that Mother's Day and Father's Day is kind of bitter sweet without my parents alive anymore. I'm so grateful this day for my Dad and for all he did for me. I don't think we always had the greatest of relationships, but I always knew he was there for me and I always knew that if I ever needed anything he was there to help me. My children loved his visits. Especially Eyn considering they would always go exploring somewhere and stop by the store for a soda pop and a candy bar. I loved to watch him with my children. I know that he is still cheering us all on. I know that he is applauding loudly as Elizabeth competes in a competition. I know he is running right along with Eyn down the basketball court encouraging him on. I know that he is watching my children grow and helping them in ways that he never could while he was on this earth. I also know and am so grateful for the knowledge I have that someday we will all be reunited together as a family and what a wonderful reunion that will be.
How grateful I am for these wonderful men in my life!!

This is one of my favorite pictures! I love the smile on my Dad's face!