Wow! Did I have an awesome father's day! My wife and children are the best. They started with making me a very lovingly-prepared and delicious breakfast of pancakes, sausage, strawberries, yogurt, orange juice and tropical fruit smoothie. They sang a
primary father's day song as they brought the food to me. They were so cute. Our six-year-old felt bad that she didn't have anything made at school to give me like her older siblings. So my wife let her give me a game that she had bought for me. But she did give me a cute coloring page that she worked on in church later. (See the accompanying picture.) Her siblings gave me a cute craft made of woven construction paper and a "pocket" stuffed with a paper ruler, pen, and pencil with nice sayings written on them. My wife had another "bigger" present in mind for me. But it was still being shipped. So she felt bad enough to give me a cute little pretend iTunes gift card instead. Well, I thought she was quite a bit more generous in the amount of the gift card than I really deserved!
At church, all of the primary children sang two songs for the fathers in the ward during sacrament meeting. The first was "Fathers" and the second was the same song my family sang to me in the morning. It was very cute. Although, our son did disappear for a while during the second song. We discovered that he was busy removing his socks for some reason. But don't worry, at least he brought back one of them when they were done. Thanks, Sister Atkinson, for finding the other one for us!
At priesthood meeting, we were given some yummy cookies to munch on during our meeting. I chose a chocolate cookie with frosting. Thanks, Sister Howell and the Relief Society! They were great! Our priesthood lesson on the Atonement ended a bit early. So we even had enough time to fold and put away all of the chairs before primary was finished.
After church, we took the kids to my wife's parent's home. My brother-in-law (yes, the same infamous tooth-fairy's assistant, although not to be outdone by other, more ambitious tooth pullers) had cooked up some delicious barbecue.
I am so grateful to be a father! I feel so loved and am so happy to have such a significant purpose in this life. I have four wonderful children, who are such a joy to have in my life. And my gorgeous wife is the perfect companion to work beside in raising these little angels. She is so loving and patient with all of us. I couldn't make it without her deep wisdom and phenomenal organizational skills.
I am also grateful to my own father for all that he has done for me. He is an awesome example and has always been a wise teacher and mentor for me. I feel privileged to have been sent to him and my dear mother to be brought up in this world. Of course there are very many on this world that don't have such ideal family circumstances. Still, I know that our Father in Heaven really loves his children on earth and works for our happiness, even if we don't always recognize it. Ultimately, He is the Father to whom we can all pay homage on this very special occasion of Father's Day.
To all you fathers and those of you who have a father: Happy Father's Day!
