Fathers Day Weekends

We celebrated Father's Day to it's fullest this year!

It started with Nora & I heading to Summerville with Niki, Buck, & Millie the weekend before Father's Day for an early celebration.  We got to relax and spend some time with my Dad.  Nora quite enjoyed exploring the chickens coop, big backyard, and oh-so-kind dogs.  (Even if it meant scaring chickens by walking to close to them or sitting on the dogs while pulling their hair and/or ears.)  She also got some good swim practice in with Millie.  I must admit, Nora is getting much braver in the water these days!  We ate well (like usual) with pot roast, pizza on the grill, and french toast for "Father's Day".  Nora especially liked the food...G.Viv made sure to have her favorites like puffs, Gogurt, and fresh fruit.  I didn't take pictures, other than the girls swimming...oops.  But we did have  a good time!

Drinking the water...new trick

Splashing

Millie cheesing it, Nora trying to climb out!

Our little swimmers with G.Pa watching

The next weekend, we drove to Georgia to see Aaron's Dad and Dee Dee for Father's Day!  This was our first time seeing their new house and boy is it nice!  They have a good bit of land but the best part is that it's on a big pond.  Aaron loved grabbing a rod and heading out the door several times to fish.  Nora liked all the area to run around.  We spent lots of time relaxing, visiting, and watching movies or Food Network.  Aaron's Dad likes to cook and make us some yummy food!  From his famous breakfast (eggs, bacon, biscuits, tomato gravy) to ribs and stuffed jalapenos.  The only down side was how extremely hot it was outside!  Then, Saturday night the A/C went out and we really knew hot Sunday until the repair man made it!  Whew!  Brought back good old memories of our honeymoon cruise when an engine cut off and so they couldn't run the A/C.  =)  While Aaron didn't get his own Father's Day, I think he still enjoyed it.  It was a special treat to go see his Dad and (don't you worry) we just took his presents there.  Oh the best part for Aaron was probably not having to change any of Nora's diapers!  We definitely enjoyed our stay!

Like father, like son

Nice grass to run on

a beautiful background

Nora  & Mommy sweating outside

Nora & PawPaw on Father's Day

Nora with PawPaw & Daddy on Father's Day

 We are SO grateful for all the father's in our lives.  There are plenty of fathers around us from our fathers, step-father, grandfathers, step-grandfather....we're some lucky kids!  We both have wonderful fathers that we know are the best!  They are great grandfathers for Nora, too.  Nora is one spoiled girl though, because Aaron is a fabulous dad to her!  We (Nora & I) are so grateful to him for all he does for our family like working hard in the boiling heat!  We love all of you soo much!  Happy Father's Day one last time...well, until next June that is.

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Finally a blog catch-up...

ONE. 1 trip to TN for the week to get to know some of Aaron's family while he and his uncle worked on his grandma's house! We had fun and they LOVED Nora! (Was there any doubt...?) It was nice to spend time getting to know them. Sadly, I never took any pictures! We have just be on the go lately and it's not stopping! This week we're home wrapping things up and then we're beach bound until mid-August! Woo-hoo for Nora's first summer at the beach!

TWO. 2 people that love, love, love Aaron! (Well, I'm sure there are more...) Nora and I pulled out all the stops to show Aaron how much we love him for Father's Day! It started with special edition pop tarts (YES! We are too late Sunday mornings to eat a real breakfast!), some new shirts, cookies, and Nora gave him a book about Father's Day. (Nothing too great...just lots of thoughts!) Oh yeah, Nora wore a special outfit that said "Daddy Loves Me" too! We did eat diner with my family and had a meal he likes--mini meatloaves. Each of the men had their own desert of their choosing too. Aaron chose a strawberry cheesecake ice cream cake.

Aaron is the BEST Dad! He loves even the diaper changing because Nora smiles and shows him how much she loves him too! Aaron did a great job speaking at church about fatherhood and does a great job taking care of us every day! He works hard all day and then often works hard at home fixing up the house! I love him so much and am so happy with the great man he is!



THREE. Nora is now 3 MONTHS OLD! Can you believe it? She is growing like crazy and it is so exciting as she begins to do more and more on her own! She absolutely loves watching people and sitting up to be a part of things. (Yes, she also enjoys the tv. Our poor girl will bend her whole body while eating to see the tv!) She can play on her own with her play gyms for a long time now! (Woo-hoo!!) We've also been working with her on a new trick. If we howl, she sings along!! I haven't decided if that's to get her to love dogs or Team Jacob. =)





FOUR. The 4th of July. We had fun celebrating for two nights. Nora looked super-cute in her outfit my mom made her! Her cousin, Millie, had a matching one but sadly we never got a picture of them together in it. Good news: Aaron didn't even get hurt shooting off fireworks this year! (I'm always nervous!)