{early} Father's Day

Geoff had to work on Father's Day….so the Thursday before we decided to do a little something for the man in our lives that does so much for us.

We decided to play "Restaurant"….we were going to make him dinner, do a little decorating, and serve him.  The girls LOVED this idea and were so excited.  I was, too.

Around 3pm that afternoon- we sent him to the office and told him not to come out until we came to get him.  Nolan was down for a nap…so we had to get busy to get the restaurant ready.

The girls colored a brown paper sack (each colored one side but I didn't get a picture of Grace) in which to put some candy we had picked up earlier at the store.

They cleaned off the kitchen table.

Put on the table cloth.

 Parker made the menu and named our restaurant Lasagna House.  Which I thought was perfect.



Love this picture of them.

Table is set.

Nolan woke up about the time that we were ready and so Geoff got him…then the girls got them.

Greeting him at our restaurant door.

Taking his order.

Bread and salad for an appetizer.

Lasagna for dinner.

We eventually all sat down together to eat.  :)

Taking his dessert order.

Sharing his candy that we gave him with the girls.

Cheesecake for dessert.

And one of the things that makes him such a great father….
…helping me clean up after dinner.



Love my family.

On Father's Day we went to church and the girls brought these little treats home for him.

And after we ate lunch- I snapped this picture to send Geoff and told him we love him.

new specs

A couple of weeks ago I took Parker back to the eye doctor for her check up.

It was our best appointment, thus far, for several reasons:

1) we didn't have to wait at all- and were there probably a total of 10 minutes.

2) she did not have to get her eyes dilated

3) AND her eye was not turning in at all!

All of this means we don't have to come back for another year and her prescription stayed the same.  He mentioned again that she might eventually grow out of this so that's what we're hoping for.  But if not…then I'm still thankful that it's glasses she has and not something more serious.

This is the face of a happy girl who didn't' have to get her eyes dilated!

We ordered her a new pair of glasses and picked them up on Friday.  Just like when she got her first pair of glasses…I made her take a few pictures.

When I uploaded these and saw them…they just took my break away.  I got a pit in my stomach, a lump in my throat, and tears in my eyes.

She's just beautiful.  And just getting so grown up.