Just a Dad

Father's Day 2008 turned out to be a nice relaxing day at home with the family. We had visited with Tara's dad on Saturday in a Utah County marathon (from 1pm to 10pm) and my dad was down in New Harmony. So, yesterday became a day around the house.

Since it was Father's Day we canceled any additional meeting for Church and I actually slept until 7:30 - there's a rare treat! After killing the morning in bed, it was off to church and then home by 2:00 - another infrequent Sunday occurrence. I even got to kick off my shoes and watch the last couple innings of the Red Sox game. Fantastic!

Last night, Tara made a hodgepodge of my favorites including garlic bread and peach crunch dessert. Even better we were able to eat outside for the first time in 3 years at our house, since we recently assembled a new picnic table for the patio. It was lots of fun to sit around the table in the 90+ degree heat...

After dinner, I called my dad through Skype and we tried to talk while all the kids tried not to let us. Kennedy wouldn't talk to her Papa, Alex can only say Papa, and Liam / Coleton were keeping my dad running around the room to keep them from trashing his stuff.

At the end of the day we relaxed and the kids gave me their presents: some new shirts to wear to work. Alex made a sign in Nursery and Kennedy gave me a bookmark she made in Sunbeams. Those are definitely the best kinds of presents. All in all, it was a great day to be a dad...