Ode To Father's

Father's, like Mother's, DESERVE to be celebrated!  I think it's a pretty big deal.  If you stop and really think what your parents did for you when you were just a tiny newborn baby it's pretty amazing.  You couldn't feed yourself, you couldn't change your own diaper or pull the covers over yourself when you were cold, you weren't concerned where your next meal was coming from and how things were being paid for!  It's amazing when you really think about it.  Our parents literally kept us ALIVE in every sense of the word.  That deserves to be celebrated. 

So, confession time!  I don't (usually) enjoy Father's/Mother's Day.  WAIT... don't push the red x, let me explain... For Jarno and myself it is not a day to relax while your kids wait on you hand and foot.  It's not a day to sleep in and be pampered.  It's crazy, it's busy, it's chaotic. 

Usually, we wake up, daddy opens his gifts from the kids and homemade cards, etc, then we rush through breakfast, wipe up a pile of dirty faces and hands,  , the big kids can dress themselves but the little ones need a bit of help still, brush hair and teeth (note: not with the same brush), style and administer ponies, buns, clips, headbands, etc into 5 girls hair, do my makeup in the van on the way to church, enjoy the service (Father's/Mother's Day services are always nice), get home, WOLF DOWN some lunch, head to dad #1; coffee, visit, pack up kids, head to dad #2; coffee, visit, pack up kids, head to dad #3; coffee, visit, pack up VERY cranky kids, come home CRASH!!!!!

We love our dad's.  We WANT to celebrate them.  We love to visit them.  But it's too busy...

This year was a little different :)  My little sister (Hi Myranda!) married Jarno's little brother (Hi Randy!) and they had an adorable baby (Hi Kylee).  So when Myranda asked me if it would work for our schedule to have Kylee dedicated on Father's day and then have a party afterwards where all 3 dad's would be under the same roof, at the same time, with lunch, after going to their church it was an easy sell for me!  It was so wonderful.  We had a nice HOT breakfast that morning with all our sweet kidlets, (daddy opened his gifts the night before so that we could take a bit more time for that), then we peacefully got the kids ready for church WITH TIME TO SPARE, enjoyed a wonderful church service and got to witness in the dedication of our niece, went to a hall where lunch was waiting (pot luck style so everyone chipped in), visited with all our dads, didn't drag the kids anywhere extra, kids were GREAT, the whole time was great, left the hall, came home, RELAXED!!!  On Father's Day we RELAXED!!!  Oh the simple joy of it all.  It was a truly wonderful day and all the Father's that deserve to be celebrated... were!

But there really is ONE dad that takes the cake... I cannot get over how blessed my kids are to have SUCH a great daddy.  You can argue all you want but Jarno is the World's Greatest Dad!!!

I made Jarno a video for Father's Day but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it on here :(  I really want to show you.  Maybe I'll seek some outside help... stay tuned... hopefully.  Unless YOU know how to get a Windows Live Movie Maker movie on here?  I tried to upload it and it won't work.  But the video is necessary cuz it PROVES that Jarno is the World's Greatest Dad!

Anyway, happy reading... see you soon