Weekend

Happy Summer!

I hope you had a good weekend. Did you all get to celebrate the Fathers in your life?  We did, plus we celebrated two of the grandgirls birthdays on Saturday! 

I made a huge baked ziti, Rachel made a yummy green salad, and we had garlic bread, Lindsay made scones to go with our local strawberries and whipped cream, Kayleigh brought drinks, and chips, and leftover birthday cake from Kamryn and Klaire's joint birthday party on Saturday. Lots of yummy food.

We also played Quirkle and Skyjo all afternoon on Sunday.

I got my dad a mug that said, "Great Job, Dad! I Turned Out Awesome!" It was appropriate! {grin}You can find it here. Remember the tshirt I bought him last month for his birthday? You can see it here. I'm thankful for my dad and his lifelong love of learning. Even at 82, and some memory issues, he reads, watches the news, and stays up to date with what's happening in the world.

Tim and Nate ended up with fun tshirts from that company, too, and Tim also got a mug, and a new drink cooler to take with him when he works. You can find it here.

Tim always says the only thing he wants is to know his children walk in truth. That is still our goal, and how we will pray for our kids and kids in law. 

Our goal with our adult kids is relationship. We want them to want to come for gatherings and celebrations, and they usually do. They are free to have their own plans, for example Wes and Rachel usually go to Tennessee to have Thanksgiving with his family. They usually get to see Emma and her family, too, while they are there. Lindsay and Joseph sometimes are with his family, and sometimes because we all live close they'll spend time at both. 

This coming weekend I think is the pool weekend. We have had to get permits, and it has to be inspected once its up, but then we're going to want summer to heat up so we can swim!

I'd love to hear how your weekend went? Were you able to be together and celebrate?