Pictures from Father's Day

Ahhhh, just what every father dreams of for Father's Day .... screaming children, a little sun, and some nice scenery. This is my extra-brief recap of our celebration this past June. (By the way, all of these events were per Jared's request.)

We all played outside on the yard and decided to let Luke and Layne try the slip-n-slide for the first time. Layne loved the cool water. Luke ... well, refer to the above picture for your answer.

Since we are just a couple hours north of Capital Reef National Park, we decided to head out for a day of adventure. We even managed to sneak a few of the rocks home for the flower beds.

We had lunch in a beautiful picnic area full of giant mulberry trees that were ripe and falling all over the ground. This shot of the deer was not taken with a zoom lense either. Apparently, deer are very friendly to this campground, as we spotted several warning signs to let us know that it was harmful to feed them. One of these signs was actually a drawing from a six-year-old that had fed one, complete with a letter at the bottom of the drawing explaining that the unfortunate animal bit the dust after it was fed by the youngster. Yeah, made me cringe too. ANYHOOO, we enjoyed seeing the dear upclose. Kimball really wanted to pet one, but we thought that we'd err on the side of caution. We didn't know if the deer we also into mauling children, but thought it better to be on the safe side.

And there's Dad, being choked by one of his children, holding another two who obviously were not fed enough at lunch and were turning on each other as a source of nourishment. Really, Dad was just a prop in the photo op of Koria and her ad for bottled water. I think it was Dasani, if they're interested in purchasing rights to this photo.

All in all, it was a fun weekend. We saw some scenery that we never had before, discovered that grass makes a great babysitter for Luke, and that Dad's a pretty great dad.