Happy Father's Day to my Father and the Father of my two boys.

I have so many things I could say about my Dad. He is a really incredible guy that I have so much admiration and respect for. He is ALWAYS there for us. It doesn't matter what we need, he is there to help us without question. He has helped Steve and I in so many ways, so many times, that it would take a book to tell about it all.

He loves his family very much and it is very evident in the way he acts, the things he says and you can see the love and pride in his eyes many times.

He is also a great Papa. My kids love him. I thought it was so cute too, because when Bryce went to sign his name to the card that I got for him and Connor to give to Papa for Father's Day, he asked if he could also draw a picture for my Dad. I wish I had a picture of it, but it was of a man swinging a golf club, and on the other end of the page was a flag. It was the cutest picture and something Bryce came up with on his own because he knows how much Papa loves to play golf.

For everything you are and everything you do...we love you very much Dad and a very Happy Father's Day to you!


My wonderful dad and his baby girl.

My Dad with his three daughters. (His adopted daughter, Lenita, could not be with us due to having to cook three meals on Sunday for all the TLC people).

Just one more shot for good measure. My Dad was enjoying taking pictures with his "three beautiful daughters". His words, not mine.
Then there is the wonderful guy I married, who is the Father to our two boys. I always wanted to marry a guy who would not just enjoy being a Father, but be the kind of Father who enjoyed spending time with his kids, playing with them, teaching them things, being there for the good and bad, and the kind of Dad who the kids would get excited to see when he walks through the door. I married that kind of Father.

The boys just adore their Daddy. You can often hear Bryce say "Dad, you are the best Dad in the whole world" or "Dad will you play with me?" or "Dad why does...." or Dad how does...." and/or one of the hundreds of questions that Bryce asks on a daily basis, and Steve always patiently answers his questions and Bryce asks a lot of questions. They also have a special thing where Steve reads to Bryce often out of the Bible Storybooks. You know those blue Bible stories that used to be in all the doctors offices when we were kids? We have a whole set of them and Bryce loves it when his Daddy reads to him out of those and then that ends with a big question and answer session with Bryce asking more and more questions about the Bible and about Jesus. Steve thankfully, knows a LOT about the Bible and can answer all of Bryce's questions.

Steve also makes a point of spending time playing with Connor. Connor loves to rough house and if he ever hears Steve and Bryce get going, he comes running very excited. It is very cute to watch.

We have been through a lot with Connor and Steve has never once made a comment about why us, or wishing Connor wasn't ours or that his needs were to great, etc. He has been there every step of the way, always supportive and helping me in any way he can.

I am very blessed to have a man who is a great Daddy to his boys.

Bryce giving Daddy the gift from him and Connor. It is a coffee mug with a picture of the boys and I on it. He loved it! (I got him some other stuff besides that, but only got a picture of Bryce giving their gift to Steve).
Bryce wanted to show Steve the card he and Connor got for him and also was explaining the picture he drew for him on the inside of the card.
Chad and Rebekah Boissevain and their kids, Chase and Grace, joined us for dinner on Father's Day. Chase is a very active little guy who was excited to play with all the kids, so I never got a picture of him, but Grace got a lot of lovin'.

She is the sweetest, cutest, happiest little babies I have ever seen. She is so easy and would be a dream to have. My Dad was really enjoying loving on her. You just look at Grace and she gives you a big smile. She is such a sweetheart and I thinks she looks like a mixture of both of her parents.

We were so glad to have the Boissevains join us, as always. They are a great little family that our family loves to join us anytime we do anything. They have become very special friends to all of us, and a happy Father's Day to Chad as well.

Here is one of those big smiles I was telling you about. I wasn't even talking to her, and she was just looking at me and the camera and smiling. Such a sweetheart.

Hope all of you had a nice Father's Day celebrating your Father's and the Father's of your children as well.