Happy Father's Day

I have such an amazing father and now that I have kids of my own I realize, even more so, just how lucky I am. I feel so blessed that my kids get to experience a fun, loving, adventurous, hard-working and dedicated father that LOVES them more than they will ever know. Thanks to both of the dads in my life. I love you!

Brooke's Blessing

I LOVE everything about blessing days. I love the feeling in the home as we all get ready (even if there are moments of pure chaos.) I love getting my newborn all dressed up for her/his special day. I love going to church and seeing all my favorite friends and family members there to support us. I love to hear all the beautiful, inspired words of the blessing. Jeff said that Brooke was just looking up at him the whole time with a big smile on her face...such a tender moment between father and baby. Alright and I guess I love all the food afterward too!! I just love it....love it all! Thank you Brooke for choosing to come to our family, we all feel truly blessed.

Here are a couple shots of her in her dress:

And...it's hard to tell but I think she was done with her "photo shoot."
(For the record, the actual blessing date was May 24th, 2009)

Dear Daddy,

It's raining outside (has been for the last couple days), we've played with all the Lego's, colored and painted lots of pictures, read books, played "house", ate snacks, did a trip to Target with Mom (that was adventurous) and now...we are ready to play with you. We think that Mom may be done with us for the day so can you please hurry. We promise we will have faces like this when you get home....




....now, how can you resist that??

With Love,

Tyler, Kate and Brooke