"I'm Really Glad That He's My Dad"

Most of Jason's Father's Day was spent with each of our four children clamoring to be close to him, eager and happy to celebrate with him.  He sat through sacrament meeting with four Disney baby princesses carefully stuffed into his front shirt pocket as he listened to the three boys sing with the Primary choir about how he is their favorite pal.  Well, there's no denying.  We think he is pretty special.  Happy Father's Day, Jason!

At his request, it was fresh fruit and cinnamon rolls with 

cream cheese frosting from Shirley's Bakery for breakfast.

The children were all so eager for Jason to open his gifts.  I think

 it was because they knew he'd likely share his treats with them.

I love that in the picture above Jason looked so surprised, 

especially when he told me that he wanted the exact same thing

 we got for him last year: a superhero kit (free printables found HERE).

Par for the course.

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Not All Heroes Wear Capes...

...especially if Edna from The Incredibles has anything to do with it ("No capes!").

We have one of those cape-less wonders in our home, so it was nice to spend a day to honor his daily acts of heroism.

You know something special must be going on if I'm up and making breakfast in the morning.  For Jason's Father's day treat, we had pumpkin waffles with buttermilk syrup.  I threw in some fresh fruit so that there would at least be something remotely healthy on the menu.

Once we ate our breakfast, the children couldn't wait to give Jason his gifts which included a hero care package.  I think they just couldn't wait to share his treats with him.

Here is a closer look at the contents of the package.  (Can you believe someone would be generous enough to put all these cute labels online for the printing?  You can find them here.)  I only added the hero and sidekick uniform tag to adorn the box that had every one's matching ties inside.

Here's our hero with his sidekicks, although I think Spencer is making a face that seems more suited to being a crazed villain:

Well, he's off to save the day!

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"He Can Do Anything. He'll Fix Your Bike or Fly Your Kite"

He'll give you a buzz cut if you request it or spike your hair up with gel before church.  He'll make sure to get up early enough to get a majority of you ready fifteen minutes early, leaving plenty of time for picture taking before going to sacrament meeting at 9:00 a.m.  He'll be okay with warming up a sweet roll for breakfast that was made the night before because at least it isn't cold cereal on his special day. He'll change his tie when he realizes you gave him a new purple one.  He'll let you play his new Wii game after church ('cause who was that gift really for anyway?) and he'll also allow everyone else to eat more Granny B.cookies than him ('cause who was that gift really for anyway?). 

He'll watch you with excitement as you sing with the rest of the Primary, "I'm so glad when Daddy comes home!"  He might even smile in agreement as you follow up by singing, "My Dad's the nicest guy of any guy in town!"  Well, maybe he won't, but he should, 'cause he is pretty nice.  And this is just Father's Day we're talking about!  Not to mention all the things he does on every other day of the week.  Yep, kiddos.  You can tell everyone how great you think your Dad is.  They'll likely agree.  I know I do!

Happy Father's Day, Jason!

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I Know...It's Been A While.

I practically had to dive into the photo archives in order to find images for posts that remained....well....unposted.

Oh NO!  I did not give a shout out to the cyber world about how amazing my husband is on (or around) Father's day.  Shame on me!

I'll spare everyone the list of reasons why I think he's groovy.  Suffice it to say, we've been married for thirteen years now, so there are plenty of things that I like about him, one of which is this:  Jason is the only person who can manage to pose with our three boys and get a decent smile out of everyone.

As they say, the proof is in the pudding (whatever that means)!  Did I mention, happy father's day?

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