june has been a dream life-especially compared to the craziness of may. bobby and i are both home with all the kids and enjoying going to the pool, library, and lots of hanging out at home. one night when bobby was at band practice i got the kids to change clothes and head up to the meadow for the annual father's day photo shoot-complete with balloons. we started off with 4 and did a count down as one popped, one flew away and one shriveled. anneliese was the only one with a balloon at the end. ben cried most of the time-i sat and fed him a few minutes at a time-trying to get him happy enough for the kids to hold him. at one point-i was sitting in the big wicker chair feeding ben while the other kids sat in chairs next to me. emily asked "why are we just sitting here" and grant replied "we are feeding ben" i loved that it was a group effort-and i stick with my philosophy that i would rather have real pictures than a 'perfect' picture.
father's day was a real day too-bobby insisted that a day at home is all he wanted-but we made it to church and then out to his dad's for some fishing. in the middle there was a lunch that he served while i fed ben. i was apologizing that he was serving himself leftovers on fathers day. and like he always does he said it was his kind of perfect day. this is what being a dad is about he said.
i love you :)
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