Father's Day

Pictorial and brief commentary:

Bill does NOT sleep in.  He was up, dressed, and ready for church while we scrambled around making him breakfast.  In our PJs.  Which is why you will NOT see morning pics of us.

The girls got up early without complaint to help with the breakfast preparations.  I love it when they all help!  Shi made the chocolate chip pancakes and helped Mar finish her poster; Lex made the eggs and set the table; Mar designed and executed the celebratory poster.

After church, and AFTER after-church appointments and phone calls, we convinced Bill that it was time to change his clothes and relax.  We enjoyed our super easy dinner of leftovers from a BBQ the day before (E for effort on breakfast, though), and Bill opened his made-with-love gifts from the fam.

Mauri had been fretting about finding time to make a craft for him.  I'll admit, I dragged my feet a bit as she tossed around a myriad of ideas.  She would need the hot glue gun and some craft sticks.  And time.  She was super stressed about time.  Luckily, Bill had after-church stuff that left her just enough time to bring her vision to life.  

I was impressed with her result... and so was Bill.  She wrote him a sweet note that tied everything together (which the rest of us were not allowed to read).

Mar is a rock collector, so rarely does a gift-giving event go by that doesn't include a special rock or two that she has found.  Bill's bottom nightstand drawer is full of rocks, a testament to what a great dad he really is... treasuring the gift as much as the giver does.  Mar gave a couple of cool crystals, too.

I stamped out a Father's Keyring... kind of like a Mother's Ring... with the kids' names and birthdays, Shi added the phrase, U R THE BEST.  (I'm getting better at wielding a big hammer and metal stamping.  Woot, woot.)  I like a man who jingles when he walks.

We played some Bocce.

Then we had homemade shaved ice (we were able to squeeze grind out just enough, since our ice shaver - a Father's Day gift from years ago - is on the brink) with homemade ice cream while Bill received phone calls from the marrieds, and we made phone calls to our Dads.

The older girls wrote on Bill's FB wall in lieu of cards (so... up-to-date).  Lex put together this cute collage that went along with hers.  I'm pretty sure it brought tears to his eyes.

I concur:  He is the best.