Father's Day

With Sunday being Father's Day, we had high hopes and big plans for our day, including going to church and visiting family.

 

First thing in the morning Joe opened a few gifts.

Including a beautiful picture from Claire.

I had to include this picture of Claire just because I thought she looked like a little teenager.  I'm not sure when that happened!

 

Well...soon after we woke up we noticed Henry's eyes were quite crusty and puffy.  Not a good combination.  We mentally prepared ourselves to cancel our fun family plans and stay put for what appeared to be a rather lame day. 

 

Late morning Henry was already tired, so he went down for a nap, which provided a perfect opportunity for Joe and Claire to visit his dad.  We were happy to get at least a bit of family time in.

Grandpa and Claire

 

After Henry woke up from his long nap, though, we were happy to see his eyes seemed better and my brother's family gave us the green light to come over.

Henry ready to slide into summer fun!

Henry and Andrew playing in the pool.

Uncle Mike helping Henry hit his first home run...or something like that.

Boys and girls have their own lunch tables!

Henry and Grandpa

Sylvia reading books to Gracie and Claire

Oh dear!  Now Henry's looking like a little teenager!

This is all happening way too fast.

 

Initially our Father's Day appeared to be a flop, but we ended up having a wonderful day.  It was great to celebrate the fathers in our lives (we had celebrated Father's Day with Joe's Mom's side last week).  We are very fortunate to have three loving fathers in our lives; we're thankful for each of them.  And I am particularly thankful for Joe, who is an incredible father to our children.  Truly, he amazes me with how well he loves and cares for them.