Daddy Day

There's no doubt in my mind I married the best man in the entire world for me and me alone. He's such a keeper, and he's proved that even more so as he's developed and grown into being a wonderful father. What a blessing his creativity, dreamer-attitude, encouraging words, free flowing affection and hardworking spirit are to our children. He encourages their faith, their dreams and their courage so that they will face life with gusto and courage knowing they are loved and strengthened by our one and only Savior. His children are seeing him live out his faith with incredible generosity and time invested in others' lives. His incredible patience with my antics, ideas for training our kids and my sometimes stressed out self is a priceless gift. I am blessed. 

He claims he had the best Father's Day weekend to date though I don't think I can take much credit for it. Saturday was spent on a large Angus farm picking out new cows for our growing herd with Doug (our farm partner) and Geoff's parents. We had a great adventure taking trips in the Gators (think farm-like golf carts) into the cattle pastures, only to be surrounded quickly by dozens of cattle. We were on a hunt for certain cows, so we ventured around looking at ear tags for specific numbers and felt we'd won a prize when we found them. We returned home, had lunch, the guys worked on the fence and put and won a bid on a tractor we've been needing for a long time. It was a big farm day! With Grandma and Grandpa in town, we were able to escape for an evening out to use some gift cards that had been waiting patiently in my purse for several months. A dinner at Bell Cafe followed by a movie in the theater called Belle (highly recommend it!) - we were quite satisfied and grateful to have some uninterrupted conversation at an hour other than 5-6am. 

After church on Sunday, we put the kids down for naps and ventured out on the 4-wheeler to work on some fencing. Well, actually, I sat on the 4-wheeler and he worked. I was simply there as a companion. Once the kids woke up we piled in the car for an evening at Busch Gardens. We had a great time with minimal lines and the Food & Wine Festival in high gear. We rarely eat while at Busch Garadens but on Father's Day, eating out one meal is a must for Geoff. So, we enjoyed some delicious food, kept the kids out way too late and decided we were ultimately ok with that decision since we just thoroughly enjoyed being with one another. 

So, here's to a wonderful man I am blessed to journey through life with!

Gifts from Mary-Michael.

These are her answers to questions when I asked. Most are right on point! Others? Well, not so much...