Father's Day

Father's day was a crazy day! I was soo tired! It started off with me getting up at 5:30 in the flipping morning to make Shaun breakfast in bed. (That lucky bum!) I thought that giving myself about an hour to make and serve breakfast would be plenty of time. He has bishopric meetings every Sunday at 7:30, which means he has to leave our house by about 6:50/7am. I made him some french toast made with a french loaf and my special batter, homefries (my secret recipe), bacon, and some fresh sliced strawberries. The homefries are what takes the longest to make. The first time I made these it took me a few hours to peel, cut, season and cook them. Keep in mind that I was in Junior High. Consequently, my cooking skills or should I say my chopping skills were lacking. Plus I was using a really dull knife, which sucks when you're trying to cut potatoes. The homefries were done by about noon that first time I made them. So, now my dad makes fun of me all the time about it. Anytime I tell him that I'm making homefries for breakfast, he laughs and says "Oh great! We'll be having breakfast at about noon!" And then he'll mock me by pretending to slowly cut potatoes one cube at a time with an oblivious look on his face and his mock buck-toothed grin. I tried to keep the time in mind when I was making them this time around. Since I rushed on making the homefries, they didn't turn out quite as good as usual. But everything else turned out really good. Unfortunately for Shaun, I was still running late. He patiently waited in bed because he didn't want to get up to start getting ready and spoil my excitement of getting him his breakfast in bed. So, by the time he got his food, he had to inhale it quickly and hurry to get ready. Luckily, his ride was a little late so it wasn't too bad. He did end up having to go out barefoot since he didn't have time to get his shoes and socks on in the house.

I decided to stay up instead of go back to sleep. I ate some breakfast, got my primary stuff together, got our stuff together to go to my parents' house right after church, got the cards and gifts ready, and got myself ready to go. I only had Landon that day, since I wanted him to go to Primary in our ward. So, my parents took Caden instead on the previous night. I would have gotten him up to help with breakfast, but it was way to early for him. Landon is the easiest to get ready since he can pretty much get himself ready. So, we ended up being a few minutes early for church! That doesn't happen to often. We're lucky if we can make it to Sacrament by the opening prayer!

The primary kids sang in Sacrament. They sang "My Dad" and did really well. I'm always so proud of them after they sing for everyone. They never let me down. Even though they are small in numbers, they always manage to sing their best...but only for when they are singing for everyone which is just fine with me. A couple of the nursery kids who had been practicing the song with us came up too. (Well, technically one of them should be in Sunbeams, but he is the only one so they let him stay in Nursery until Michael (Landon's best friend) and Landon move into Sunbeams with him.) Jo-Jo went up with his older siblings and Michael ran up there by himself. But when he got up there, he disappeared. We looked for him for a little bit and someone on the stand pointed out that he was hiding under the Sacrament table! It was too funny. I don't think that his parents had realized where he went. Shaun (who was sitting in the row in front of them) didn't know where he went either until I told him. That kid is funny.

For the remainder of Sacrament, I was having a rough time trying to stay awake. The last speaker was a little monotone so that made it worse. Somehow I survived church...although I don't remember too much of it...it's all a blur!

After church, we went straight to mom and dad's house. Shaun made some sausage, egg and cheese sandwiches for everyone for lunch. Landon ate 1 and a half sandwiches!! He ate half of mine, a few bites of one of Shaun's two sandwiches, and stole half of one of my dad's two. I was surprised that he ate it and liked it.

After lunch, I gave dad and Shaun their Father's Day cards and gifts. I got them each three pairs of dress socks. (Bostonian had a sale on their socks. They are normally 3 for $18, but I got them at 6 for $20! They're great socks too. They're made from bamboo, but are really soft and are antibacterial. So, they don't stink AND they have a lifetime warranty. If they get holes in them, you can take them back and they'll replace them for FREE!!) We also got dad a gift card to Borders. I had picked one up for Shaun's dad too and sent it out the day before...a little late, but at least I sent it out!

For dinner, Shaun and dad grilled up the steaks and the corn. We also had some lobster. Mom and dad only bought two lobsters but they were at least 4lbs each. They were HUGE! The four of us were only able to finish one. But it was sooo good....All in all, I think that it was a fabulous Father's Day.