Father's Day and more fun

Yay for Father's Day! I'm more and more grateful for Brett now, since he's been gone a lot this month. He was home last Saturday for his one day off between his annual training and his normal work schedule. We had a nice day, which included a family trip to the farmer's market, cutting the grass, running through the sprinkler, and making dinner for our family and Brett's parents that came to visit that evening.

On Sunday, Brett left for work, and I took the girls to Lafayette for the day. I decided to get up freakishly early and go to 8 am church with the girls. (Yes, I did get up freakishly early, because I had to pack all the food that I was taking to Lafayette, and it takes 30 minutes to get to the church.) I woke up the kiddos at 7:15 and had them dressed and in the fully packed car by 7:30, Cheerios in the diaper bag, and juice cups in hand. The girls were ANGELS through mass. I didn't even hold Claire much. Between all the readings and going up for communion, she sat nicely by herself, eating Cheerios and feeding them to her little doll that we brought. I wish I could have taken a picture, but, you know, flipping out your phone in the middle of mass isn't the best thing. We spent the day at Aaron and Laurie's, where all the kids played in the mini water park that they set up outside. Sophia had a blast. Best of all, when I drove home (earlier than normal), both girls went straight to bed. Yes! Score!


Claire "feeds" her doll all the time. It's so sweet. Especially since the doll is only a little but smaller than her.


Pre-5 p.m. breakdown. Low blood sugar and lack of nap.


We made a quick stop at McDonald's before heading to Lafayett for Father's Day.




Today, I woke up to very happy girls. That's a nice thing to wake up to! At about 9:45 a.m., this is what the sky looked like outside our window:





When the rain wrapped up, we went to a park in Carmel. I like to search out new parks. Don't think we'll be coming back to this one, unless we're just in the area. It's not the best place, nor the worst. It was just covered in puddles from the storm.