Father’s Day 2011

We had a great time this Father’s Day celebrating our Father’s.  We are both so grateful for our great dad’s and the example they are to us!  We love them both so much! 

I am also grateful for my sweetheart who is the best daddy to our kids.  He is a wonderful support to me and our family!  I am so grateful for how hard he works for our family.  I love being able to spend time with him and love to SPOIL him on his special day!

The girls each had a special gift for dad that they made in Primary.

Michaela drew this picture of Jason, but she said she messed it up.  (It looks kind of like a horse!  Too cute!)

Jared gave daddy THE most ADORABLE tie EVER!!  It had a stud muffin little picture of Jared on the bottom and he got to decorate the rest of it with stickers! 

Jason got his Father’s Day gift (a new laptop) a few months early, but we wanted him to have something on his day, so we gave him socks, new clothes and a new grill cleaner.

We let him relax and enjoy his day.  Savannah and Michaela even gave him a foot rub!!

I wanted dinner to be super special.  I usually ask him what he wants, and we end up with Papa Murphy’s pizza.  (Which we all love, so that’s great!)  But this year I wanted to do something a little different, so I didn’t even ask him.  After opening gifts, he asked about dinner, and I told him I was so sorry, I had completely forgot!  I had meant to ask him what he wanted, but kept forgetting.  I could tell he felt a little bad about this, but I told him I would come up with something, like maybe a pasta salad.

He went and watched a movie with the kids, and I worked on dinner.  Of course, I didn’t really forget, I had a secret that had been sitting hiding in the fridge for two days!  Over Memorial Day, my brother-in-law Alan made us some AMAZING BBQ chicken, and Jason has been raving about it and telling me I really needed to get the recipe.  So I did! 

Even though he is the MASTER GRILL CHEF at our house, I didn’t want him to have to do it on Father’s Day, so I stood out in the DOWNPOUR with my little umbrella grilling up his chicken!  It was so crazy and fun at the same time!

I even bought him his favorite drink, COKE that I NEVER buy.

When he sat down, the first thing he saw was his Coke, and he was excited, realizing that maybe I hadn’t COMPLETELY forgotten about him.

Then he saw the container of chicken.  Let’s just say he was BEYOND thrilled!

SAVORING the flavor!

I also made a pasta salad and corn on the cob.  It was a very yummy dinner!

For dessert, I took the easy, but yummy way out with Root Beer Floats.  Of course, with his beloved Coke in the house, Jason opted for a Coke Float.

Happy Father’s Day babe!!!  We love you so so much!!!!