summer flashback: father's day

we celebrated father's day this year at brian's parents house! adorable sign courtesy of my amazing sister-in-law. :) my kiddos are blessed to have a daddy, a pappy, and a papa who love them like crazy and think they are pretty awesome. the feeling is mutual, i can guarantee you!


this post truly calls for a heart-spilling paragraph about how much these dads each mean to me...and they do mean a lot to me. but we are pushing october here, folks.

moving on. :)

the kids climbed on my dad's lap for a picture, but we failed to do the same with brian or his dad... not sure how that happened! so dad, you got the grand prize for father's day!:) and hallie's thinkin, "where's my prize!?"


father's day fare included these mouth-watering, fall off the bone ribs! yum yum yum. i think we need to have these again soon! we honored the guys by letting them grill their own lunch. they did a fantastic job.


ethan was so excited to get a sneak peek at dessert.


adorable cupcakes courtesy of.... yes, my amazing sister-in-law. i think the only thing i brought to this lunch was my appetite!


my dad and ethan especially liked the golf cupcakes.


my father-in-law is a downright funny guy, and he always gets a kick out of silly cards. what is on the front of that card? no, it's not a picture of a big, big man in his underwear. no, no, we are much too refined for that.


see?! he's still laughing! i love this one. :)


like father, like son, like son!


we loved spending this day with our grandmothers, too!


thanks to brian's parents for a wonderful day, thanks to kristie for her cute little celebratory details...


and thanks to God for the gift of these men!


we are blessed!