Happy Father's Day

love this video. . .

I am so grateful for all the wonderful fathers in my life--my Ben, my dad, my father-in-law, my grandfathers, uncles, my brother, and brothers-in-law.  They are all amazing men who are wonderful examples.  I am thankful for fathers who

care

love

listen

read to their kids

ride bikes with their kids

make pinewood derby cars

hug

kiss

cuddle

tickle

tease

cry

comfort

bless

pray

jump on the trampoline

play soccer

watch races

run swim meets

make dinner

make treats

go on walks

laugh

go to the library

go to school plays

go to awards assemblies

go to 100 other kids activities

take mom on dates

are faithful

courageous

kind

tender

protect

lead

are sensitive

sing

play the piano

get up with the baby in the middle of the night

change dirty diapers

leave love notes

call just to say hi

push the cart

go shopping

push the stroller

carry the baby

mentor

work hard

provide

study

value education

value motherhood

and the list can go on and on.  Being a father is not an easy job.  They have a lot to do.  I am so grateful for my Ben who is a father just like this.  Happy Father's Day Ben!  You are amazing!  I love you!

2012 Blue Jeans Week 25

Welcome to Blue Jeans Momma.  We had a quiet week at our house.  My oldest 2 girls were at church girls' camp from M-F, so it was just the youngest two.  It was a very quiet and relaxing week.  We missed the oldest, but they had a lot of fun.

Sunday:  Happy Father's Day!  Ben is just amazing.  My kids are so lucky and blessed to have him for a dad, and I am even more blessed to be married to the cute guy!  Sure love you!  His awesome card was created by Miss O.  She is our resident master card maker.

Monday: The girls before they headed to camp

Tuesday:  With her older sisters gone, Miss E kept herself busy this week.  She took a kids cooking class offered through the library.  Today they made whole wheat quick bread and fruit smoothies.  She has dinner planned for next week which I am happy about because she is cooking!

Wednesday:  Bedtime routines---Ben always reads to the kids, and he and Mr J are reading a book together--just the boys.  They are reading A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole.   

Thursday:  Miss E also kept busy this week with swimming lessons.  She is a very strong swimmer and really developed her diving this week.  Way to go Miss E!

Friday:  Mr J wanted to learn how to roller skate.  Miss E was a big help because he couldn't quite get the hang of it yet :)  Love her look.

Saturday:  For the past 2 weeks Miss E has been participating in a children's summer theater workshop.  The workshop culminates in the kids performing a play for their parents on Saturday morning.   Miss E is 2nd from the right and is a pony.  Her play was about Rainbow and her little ponies that eat magic oats and come to life and like to disco.  They enter an animal dance contest to win the prize money to buy medicine to help their owner recover from a rare disease.  It was a fun play, and the kids did a great job!  The play was written by the staff of the workshop.

Blue Jeans Week 23

I hope all you fathers had a wonderful Father's day and everyone had a great week!  Here is what we have been up to. . .

Sunday:  Father's day--Ben with all the kids and an awesome 'Dad' shelf Miss A made him.

Monday:  The kids had made this to put on the table Sunday morning.  "You 'rock' Dad"  I love it!

Tuesday:  As part of the library summer kids' program they had a special musical concert for the kids with Thad Beach.  It was really fun and my kids enjoyed it.  We love our library!

Wednesday:  A value project that Miss A has been working on with my mom--they made this awesome quilt.  Way to go Miss A!!  Lots and lots of hours in that one!

Thursday:  This is our backyard volleyball court that Ben put up last fall.  Miss A, E and Mr J and Ben were playing this evening.

Friday:  Mr J took this picture of me and I was actually scrapbooking on the kitchen table.  I was working on the kids school albums. 

Saturday:  Burn, baby burn.  One of the advantages of living in the country is burning your brush pile.  Ben burned ours Saturday and has the hose handy just in case.  The kids thought it was pretty cool, or hot :). 

Hope you all are enjoying your summer and that you have a great week!

 

Blue Jeans Week 22

What a week, what a week.  We are loving summer here at our house, how about yours?

Sunday:  Our church's kids' magazine (The Friend) has a weekly summer reading program that we are doing on Sunday evenings.  We had a word search to do this Sunday.  Mr J wasn't too sure he liked it :)

Monday:  One of the 60 or so pictures that was a result of giving the camera to my 6 year old and his 10 year old sister for 30 minutes.  Say Cheese!!!  (so grateful for digital cameras!)

Tuesday:  Mr J and Miss O working hard on their father's day cards for Dad and grandpas.

Wednesday:  We went out to the farm of a friend because we wanted to see her baby goats.  The kids loved them.  This little white baby goat chased Miss O around and around a tree.  It was so cute!  Miss E loved holding it.

Thursday:  Had some really good car washers helping me out today. 

Friday:  Ben and the kids (mostly Ben) are making some book shelves for their bedrooms.  Our next door neighbor has the most amazing wood shop and always lets us use it and is so helpful.  Ben and Miss A check out 2 of the shelves they are working on.  They are making 3 total. 

Saturday:  It is so cute lately when Mr J goes to bed.  He brushes his teeth, says he prayers, we read a book, then it is lights out.  A few minutes after that he will call out, "Dad, aren't you going to come in for a little talk with me?"  So tonight I got a picture of their "little talk" as they were looking out his window at the fireflies.   So cute!  What a great Daddy he has!

Hope you all have a wonderful week and are enjoying your summer!

 

Happy Father's Day

I have been so blessed with such wonderful fathers in my life--my dad, Ben's dad, my grandfathers, uncles, my brothers-in-law, and my brother, but the best would have to be Ben, and I think my kids would agree.

This was on the kitchen table for him this morning. I love it!  "You 'rock' Dad."   

Yes he does.  What more can I say?

3-D Cool and Super Dad

Let me just begin this post by saying that Super Dad lives at our house. He truly does, and he got his favorite coconut cream pie Sunday. It was good, and he deserved it. I am very blessed to be married to Super Dad, and thank the Lord every day for him. Love you Ben!

For Father's day I found a website store that makes ties for Dads and their sons. Super cute! Ben was pretty impressed by their quality. Mr J's is a zipper tie--way cool, so he can get it on all by himself and look just like dad. Love it. So Mr J and Ben sported their matching ties Sunday. They got lots of compliments. I think the website was myfavoritepal or something like that. When I ordered these I got a code for %10 off a next order, so if anyone is interested--let me know in the comments sections and I will share because we would definitely recommend them.
We went to see Toy Story 3 on Saturday. It was really fun. Everyone loved the glasses. 3-D is cool! The movie made you laugh, cry, and cheer. Be sure and don't leave right after it ends--it has some awesome extras after with the credits. The beginning extra short was not my favorite, but the movie itself was definitely a 4 star! We will for sure be getting that one when it comes out on DVD--too bad it won't come with the cool glasses, though.