{unwrapped}

{five special fathers}

 
Since I would be spending the day AFTER Father's Day celebrating my own sweet father (pics and blog entry coming soon), a few of my girlfriends decided that we would honor 4 special fathers that we knew would not be able to spend Father's Day with their little ones. Sherri, Jess, Deanna and I cooked a fabulous Father's Day dinner of roast, potatoes, rolls, corn, veggies and desserts for these 4 special Dads...our dear friends....Michael, Grant, Frank & Don. These four guys are so amazing and we are so blessed to call them our friends. What an HONOR it was to HONOR them on their special day. (I have SO much to tell you about this amazing group of friends that God has blessed my life with. A blog entry dedicated SOLELY to this group of friends is coming VERY VERY SOON!)
 
 
 
After dinner, two of our guys (and Sherri...helping SLIGHTLY..LOL) carried one of her couches down into the living room so that we could ALL squeeze together for a fabulous FATHER'S DAY MOVIE NIGHT! And what was the Feature Presentation? "FATHER OF THE BRIDE," of course! LOVE that movie!!
 
 
 
We had SUCH an amazing night together (SO many laughs...LOVE US)...and made SURE that our guys knew how much we loved and appreciated them...and did our best to PAMPER them on their special day. What a blessing to be able to spend the evening with four wonderful fathers...and RIDICULOUSLY fun friends!

So you're probably wondering why this entry is called "FIVE Special Fathers" when we only had 4 fathers for dinner that evening. :-) Earlier that day (while my little ones were with their Daddy) I was able to attend church with another amazing father who wasn't able to be with his kids during the day on Father's Day....my dear friend who I have been dating as of late (not exclusively, but dating nonetheless...).
 
What a gentleman to always get my door...and a good sport, to stand out in the pouring rain and pose for these pictures. LOL! (I'm so thrilled that I caught the picture just below with him biting his lip. LOL..that sounds so funny, but he always does that when he REALLY looks at me..and I love it... SO happy that I caught it on "film.")
 
 
What a great Father's Day I had....spending the morning getting my kids ready to spend the day with their Daddy, attending church with this good friend and amazing father (and awesome grandfather..lol..but we won't go into that) and the rest of the evening and night with 4 other wonderful fathers and a group of friends that have weasled their way right into my heart. SO blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful friends. LOVED this day!

{father's day}

 
It was the day AFTER Father's Day that I actually spent time with my Dad....so until I have all of those fun pictures edited, I thought I would blog quickly about Father's Day for my little ones. :-) The night before Father's Day, the kiddies and I worked on a special gift for their Dad. I found this amazing print at Seagull Book and knew that Chas would love it (being the world's biggest Cougar fan). When Kaden saw it, he said, "MAMA..THAT IS SO AWESOME!!!!! Daddy will LOVE IT!" Yay! The night before, the kids took time and wrote and colored on the back of the print for their dad. When they finished, and I read what Kaden had written, I felt a tug at my heart. What an angel he is...such sweet words for his Daddy that he loves so much. In addition to this print, we prepared cinnamon rolls and Daddy's favorite juice (as well as Bit-O-Honeys...Daddy's favorite treat) for Father's Day breakfast.
 
 
 
We woke up bright and early to get ready to deliver breakfast and Chas' gift, so that they could make it to Daddy's early Sacrament Meeting and still have time to eat beforehand. The kids were so excited to get there and see him open his gift. Seneca almost had it opened before she got to the door. :-)
 
The rest of the day and overnight, the kiddies were with their Daddy to celebrate his special day. How grateful I am for Chas. Having been single now for over a year, I have heard so many challenging stories from those that I have come in contact with in the "single world." What a miracle and blessing it is, that I know my little ones have a father who loves them so much. I know, without a doubt, that not only are they physically safe with him (I am learning that that alone, is SUCH a great blessing), but that he does all he can to be the very best father for them. I love that. On this special day, not only was I grateful for MY wonderful father (whom I will blog more about at a later date), but for the wonderful father of my two greatest miracles.

{lamesauce}

I just spent a good 30 minutes (which doesn't seem like a lot, unless you know how fast I type) updating my blog and the internet just cut out on me and lost my entry. Hit it with your flute. *sigh* Between just losing my blog entry today, and not having the internet at my house for almost two weeks (don't get me started), this is how I am currently feeling about the internet....
 
Monsieur Internet....you. are. lamesauce. **PPPHLLLLLPTTT!!!** Have a blessed day!