Father's Day!

To say that I love Father's Day is a little bit of an understatement. It ranks right up there with Brook's Birthday, and my anniversary. My reason? I love to spoil Brook. If it were up to me every day would be a special day that I could spoil him and give him presents (I LOVE giving presents). So this Father's Day was no different. We started out the day with letting him sleep in until 10:30 (which is practically unheard of in this house), and then we took him his breakfast in bed. The kids got anxious to give him his presents (translation: I got anxious to give him his presents), so we barged in on him while he ate and made him open them! The kids each got to pick out a present for him: Ben got him a movie and a bunch of candy, and Sabrina got him a book on the history of guns (she had a little help from mom picking her present, but the end decision was hers). As for me, I really wanted to get him a grill, but he saw a weed trimmer that he wanted so I ended up getting him that and a patio furniture set (that the dog has already chewed on)!After opening presents it was time to call our dads. My dad was driving back from a week long vacation in Las Vegas and so my conversation with him was pretty short, and Craig was at work so we talked to Brook's mom for awhile instead (Brook got to talk to him for a bit later that night). After that we went on what Ben likes to call a "family date". We went to Target and the book store, I bought another Lalaloopsy and a book, and Brook got a bright orange shirt that fits his personality perfectly. When we got home I did some minor cleaning and made the worst lasagna I have ever made in my life. I don't know why it turned out so bad, but it did. My brother-in-law and his wife joined us for dinner. Everyone ate what was on their plate, but no one went back for seconds and I can not blame them :). After dinner we hung out together outside and enjoyed the beautiful day until my sister got off of work and came over to our house to watch the kids and spend the night. Brook and I were able to sneak off and go on a date. We went to Walmart to get him some motorcycle gloves and me some reading glasses, as well as drop off our redbox rental. Did you know that without kids, it is possible to get in and out of Walmart with what you need (as well as a fair amount of looking at stuff you don't need) in under a half hour? It was amazing. Then, after a quick stop to the gas station to fill up the bike (oh yeah, we totally took the bike, and it was AWESOME!), we were on our way to the bowling alley. Both Brook and I love to bowl, but never get out to do it. Brook is a very good bowler, as he has natural athletic ability, whereas I am the worst bowler on the planet. I ended up with a 59 (my highest game), and Brook bowled a 152. It was a lot of fun! After that, we went and got a late night snack and headed home. It was a great day, and we had so much fun together as a family and celebrating Brook and what an amazing dad he really is. Our kids are so lucky to have such and amazing father, and I am lucky to know that my kids are so loved by their dad (plus, I get the amazing husband to go along). I loved spoiling Brook and I am so excited that his birthday is just six weeks away and I get to do it all again!