Fake Father's Day

We needed to celebrate Father's Day a week early this year so we got to surprise Justin! The kids came in Sunday morning with their cards and piled on the bed to wake Justin up.

Sarah made a menu for breakfast. Since it said choose as many as you'd like, we had biscuits and gravy and waffles with whipped cream, berries, and jam.

Then the kids surprised him with a bag full of treats. I took them to the store a few days before and they each picked out what they thought Justin would like. Then when he pulled them out of the giftbag, he had to guess who picked out what. It was super funny to see the kids try not give it away.

Check out the new tie the kids picked.

Fun fact: Sarah is wearing a dress my mom made for me 25 years ago. My mom stayed up all night to finish it so I could wear it for picture day. I'm not that nice of a mom. Nor that good of a seamstress.

After church we had our Come Follow Me lesson ("Family Home Sunday" we call it) and while Justin rested on the couch, I baked him some lemon sugar cookies with lemon frosting. Then for dinner we went to his parents' house to celebrate Corey's birthday. It really felt like Father's Day.

Justin deserved both naps he took on Sunday because all day Saturday he and Corey were building new back steps to go with the new concrete patio. 

 "Measure twice, cut once, screw it together once, measure again, cut again, guaranteed!" they joked about their slogan if they went into business as carpenters.

Sarah was out there most of the day as well and even used the saw. James gave up on his toolbelt so she was a good sport and put it on.

Ta-da! They turned out so great! And they are super sturdy. I had to go to the hardware store twice for more lumber so you know there's a lot of support there.

After a week of jumping out the back door and James unable to get in and out by himself, all the kids are super excited about the step.

But carpentry skills aside, Justin deserves a great father's day because when Erica had to draw a picture of one of her dad's talents, she drew him playing princesses with her.