Father's Day + Justin's Birthday

Happy Father's Day Justin! Nolan is so lucky to have a dad like you! (BB2 is lucky too, just doesn't know it yet ☺).

I'm sure if Nolan could really express his thoughts he'd want to thank you for always making bedtime stories just a little more fun, for giving him baths and letting him splash water at you, for giving in a little quicker than mommy when it comes to tablet time, for letting him 'push da button' on your car, and most of all for loving him with everything you have.

As for me:

I love watching you teach him all there is to know about sports (with help from mommy of course).

I love that you willingly go on walks even though you don't really like them, just because you know it makes him happy.

I love that you keep throwing him up in the air long after your arms are tired, just because you can't resist his belly laugh.

I love that you never shy away from a poopy diaper.

I love watching you melt into goo whenever he gives you a big hug and kiss.

I love how you love him with all of your heart (even while complaining about the lack of sleep ☺)

And most of all, I love the way you love me - showing Nolan by your daily actions how to be a good husband and father in the future.

We love you!

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Here's Justin's loot:

 A hand and footprint from Nolan that says "I'm as lucky as can be, the best daddy in the world belongs to me!", a tie that he colored in nursery, a card from me and Nolan, a big pack of Nutter Butter's, beef jerky, Sour Patch Kids, Reeses Pieces, and Pop Rocks.

Since I made his very favorite dinner (brown sugar and pineapple glazed ham) for his birthday last week, I made his other favorite dinner which is Italian Roast with mashed potatoes. This time we added corn on the cob which we haven't had in a long time. We also threw in some root beer and Justin was in food heaven! 

In true Justin fashion, half of his plate is covered with mashed potatoes! ☺

After dinner we went on a walk. I'm so glad we got this picture during the walk to capture the perfect end to a great day.

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I figured I'd also throw in a little post about Justin's birthday! Because his birthday landed on a Monday and he had a double header that night, I decided to celebrate the Saturday before. I tried to make it special, and hopefully Justin had a good day, but unfortunately some of my plans were thwarted.

First, I had planned for Justin and I to take some archery lessons. I just knew he would love it and was so excited, but they were all booked for that day. Boo! Back to plan #2. Justin loves pickleball (and is annoyingly good at it hehe) so I decided I'd get him some of his own paddles and balls so we could play whenever we wanted. I picked up the stuff at Scheels and arranged for Paul to babysit Nolan so we could play. However, despite it being over 90 degrees and sunny for the two weeks before his birthday, that Saturday the weather turned on me and it rained most of the day :( 

One thing I really love about Justin is his ability to just go with the flow, have fun, and be so grateful for any effort made on his behalf. He's the best! So we ended up going to lunch at Cubby's (where we had the most awful shake ever! Not kidding, the entire bottom third of the cup was shaved chocolate. As in, you couldn't even poke your straw into it it was so thick). Anyway, after lunch we went to the SugarHouse theater and saw X-Men: Apocalypse. That theater has leather reclining seats so it's basically the best movie watching experience ever!

After that we picked up Nolan and thought about going to dinner, but Justin wanted to watch the US Men's Soccer team play so we just got a pizza (hey, it's his birthday!)

We did get to celebrate a little bit on Monday by going to lunch together at Benihanas. He also opened some presents from Nolan - a Where's Waldo book and a new royal blue BYU shirt.

I love you Justin and hope you had a great birthday!