Daddy's Day

Daddy.

Dad.

Father.

Pop.

The special man in our lives.

The first man we loved.

My children helped me make a special Father's Day gift for their dad.

I saw the idea on a blog, but I could not remember which blog.

So, I did what any blogger would do.

I GOOGLED it!

Very simple.

Three paper lunch bags folded in half.

Using a hole punch, punch a hole in the middle at each end.

I used scrap paper from my stash.

Letter stickers from any craft store, also from my stash.

Pictures printed from computer.

Each of the kids had their own page.

A special picture, a saying from the internet and wording.

They loved going through all the photos looking for a special picture.

Each one of the kids wrote a special note to dad.
We tucked the notes into the three open ends of the bags.



After all the pictures were finished, I just tied a ribbon through the holes,
 and tied a pretty bow.
I also made a special envelope, also tied shut with the same ribbon.

Mr. M. really liked his DAD book.

Zero dollars.

Brought dad to tears.

PRICELESS!

We had a wonderful day.

Our annual Father's Day breakfast at a neighboring firehall.

A little work around the yard.

A bike ride with the kids.

Then we went and had dinner with my dad joined by my brother and sisters.

 I hope everyone had a wonderful Father's Day too!

It's That Time of Year AGAIN!

BASEBALL

Opening day.

I spent the whole day at the park.

The kids had fun.

This will be the only picture of a clean uniform.

At least my daughter is excited.

She is the one with her hands up in celebration.

Mr. M. was supposed to be there.

He is their coach.

He had to work out of town.

My oldest was there is support only as you can see!

I was able to get him to wear his team hat but not the uniform.

He had his first game on Monday.

The little guy still gets a little bored in outfield.

I caught him dancing again.

The two pizza shop sponsors played against each other.

I didn't ask who won, they may ask whose pizza I like better.

My daughter dressed in style.

PLAY BALL!

Dinner's Getting Cold

Dinner's getting cold.

This is a picture of a cold dinner.

A fireman is late for dinner.

Mr. M. ran off to a call before he even had a chance to eat.

He is out helping a family in need of assistance.

This is a picture of a family waiting for their dad to get home for dinner.

There are many nights that dinner sits waiting for dad to get back from a fire call.

In fact, this night, dad had just enough time to get home, eat his dinner and then run out to another fire call.

This is not an unusual occurrence in our daily life.

If you are a family member of a volunteer fireman, you know what I mean.

This particular dinner is special, we are eating chowder that Mr. M. helped make this past weekend to sell at the field days.

It was his volunteer fire companies field days weekend.

We all go and help support our firemen.

We love to go to the fire company parades.

We love our Fireman!

The Man Cave

The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter.

We have one layer of drywall on the walls of the garage (man cave).
It is a huge 4 car garage and we are doing the work ourselves.
The hardest part is the ceiling because they are almost 12 high.
We still have 44 more sheets to hang.

But.

We are half way done.

I have started thinking of what colors I am going to paint the garage.

Of course I am!

Don't worry though, I plan on asking Mr. M. what color he would like first.

Although he does threaten to use every color from the EXTRA selection I have in the basement. Ha ha.

Mr. M. is a huge FORD man.

I would love to paint him a sign on one of the walls.


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In fact I love all of these signs.

Some artwork would look nice too.

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I am thinking of a nice light grey with the Ford blue in a couple of vertical stripes.

colors found at Home Depot

He even said I can paint the floor if I do it with some nonslip paint.

I want to include some of Mr. M.'s fireman plaques and extra gear, along with old baseball jerseys too.

I want him to know how much we appreciate and love him for all that he does for us.

This is where he is king.

As long as I get to use his tools too.

He has also been on the look out for an old Ford truck for us to work on together.

For the future, for when the house is done.

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We both have the ability to see great potential in old beat up things.

And we know that paint can really make a difference.

The sooner we can get the garage done, then we can move up to the master bedroom.

Busy, busy, busy.

And how about you?
How is your summer going?

Time for a New Wreath

I hate to admit it but.

I just replaced my winter wreath.

Even though the color had faded from dark green to light brown.

None of the needles fell off.

So, I left it alone.

Until today.

You see, I like to let my boxwood's get all bushy.

It makes for lots of good trimming when I need or want to.

Today I wanted to.

In fact.

I made two!

This is the small one.

I hung it on a cabinet knob for now.

I have a feeling it is going to travel the house until I find the right spot.

The second one is large.

Huge!

It is hanging in the front entrance for now.

Not sure where it may end up.

I love my new wreaths.

I know why I didn't make any until now.

Time.

I have a little extra now that baseball is winding down.

Last game for the kids is on Saturday.

Oh, don't worry though.

I'm not done with baseball yet.

Mr. M. gets his turn now.

Starting Tuesday, we get to go and watch him play.

I can handle that.

Once a week.

Pure baseball heaven.

And.

I get to see him have fun like a kid.

Thanks for stopping by.

I hope you are having a great summer.

Time to catch up on my weeding.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Dad is Great!

Gives us chocolate cake  pie!

 

He's a great dad.

The kind of day who would give you pie for breakfast.

Our Father's Day tradition is to go to a neighboring Fire Hall and have Father's Day breakfast.

My husband enjoys going because he gets enjoy breakfast with his family,

 but also he sees so many of his fellow firemen.

It is supposed to be a partly rainy day, so we will watch a family movie together and then head outside for walk or bike ride on the path.

Time together!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

A Day in the Field

Baseball.

I spent the day watching two of my kids play baseball.

Each of them is amusing to watch in their own way.

This is my youngest caught in the act of dancing in the field.

You may not notice, but his hat is inside out.

In this picture he is doing exactly what his coach told him to.

Get dirty.

 Slide.

Only he was a tad too short on his slide to first base.

BUT, he did listen to his coach!

He enjoys the game and makes you laugh.

My daughter in concentration.

She is fun to watch because she has a passion for the game.

My little girl was recruited to 11U this year.

She makes us all proud.

I caught her in the act of leading off each time the pitcher threw the ball.

She pays attention.

Watching the girls pay softball is much different than the boys.

They celebrate each other and the team.

They celebrate the game.

My oldest was around, here and there, playing with his friends.

He plays on different days.

I enjoy that he is becoming more responsible.

He is growing up.

I did get some pictures of him at bat from this weeks game.

Now that the game has kid pitching, it makes it is harder to hit the ball.

In fact they tend to not even swing in fear of getting out.

I told him to swing anyway.

You would rather get out because you tried, than for just letting the ball go by.

He enjoys the game, but I think it is time with his father he enjoys more.

Whether Mr. M. is coaching his own team or assisting the other kid's coaches.

This guy is always on the field.

This is the most important part. 

Sometimes even he gets to play ball!

So far he has only played once this year.

His time for playing will come again at the end of summer.

After the kids play.

Such a great dad!