their daddy

you do not have to be in our house very long to figure out that my children love their daddy.


they run to the door to say goodbye to him every morning, and they cannot wait for him to get home from work everyday. most evenings after dinner, you can find daddy here...


or here.


daddy lays down the law in our house, and he sticks to what he says. though the kids may not take delight in the immediate situation of being disciplined, i know they love and respect their daddy for the godly discipline he gives them.


even though daddy is gone at work all day, he is far from forgotten! after ethan learned how to write a "y", i told him that now he could write my name! and look what he decided to write instead...


ethan could not wait to show daddy when he got home! ethan and caroline both pile up things (whether physically or mentally) throughout the day that they want to show daddy the minute he walks in the door. :)

and caroline saves up a few of these...


(that picture is my new favorite.)

so it was easy to celebrate their daddy on father's day. it was easy to tell him how thankful we are for him and how blessed we are for the way he takes care of us. because it's true.

brian recently moved into a different office with lots of wall space, and he has mentioned several times that he has no pictures of the kids at work... well you and i both know that i can't let that office be photo-deprived for very much longer! i stealthily uploaded and ordered pics at walmart, ran to hobby lobby (frames not on sale!), michael's, and walmart all on saturday during various parts of the day while brian thought that i was running other errands. (chickfila and the grocery can take awhile, you know!) ;) this was totally a last minute thing because i was sorta busy last week with throw-up and my birthday and all... oh, who am i kidding?! this would've been a last minute deal anyway!

here is daddy after lunch with his present... don't you just love my "father's day" wrapping!??! haha.


he loved the frame with the pictures, even the one where from epcot where he's wearing a viking hat. :) most of the pictures in this post were taken on father's day evening, so i am tempted to replace a couple of pics with some of these new ones...


i can't find his father's day cards... i was hoping to take a picture of them to put on here. they were pretty funny. one alluded to the kids throwing up, so of course i couldn't resist that one. :) but the other one i remember. on the front, there was a picture of a dad and son sword-fighting, both dressed up in pretend armor. the inside read, "you are my knight in dull, plastic armor." i thought it was cute, and brian laughed out loud. :) i love this man. he is far from perfect...as am i. but every day that he gives our children a teeny tiny peek at the love of our heavenly Father, every day that he guides them to that vital understanding of obedience to authority, i fall more and more in love with their daddy... my knight in dull, plastic armor. :)


matthew 7:9-11
which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? if you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!