Photo A Day- August 4

We spent a really fun Saturday afternoon at the flea market today! Matt loves checking out the blasts from his past at the booths that sell toys- we're officially old because the toys from our childhood are now "vintage" and "collectible." Of course, I missed the super cute picture of both kids sitting on his lap after an awesome barbeque dinner after the flea market, but hey. This is our daily photo! I see lots of very manly action figures in Finn's future thanks to his Daddy.

Wordless Wednesday: Mini-Matt!

Bathing Beauties!

A few nights ago we let Finn join his sister in her big bath! I guess it isn't technically right to call a boy a "beauty" but he was pretty stinking cute and they had a ball together. Kenna loved the company and someone else to splash... Finn looked like he was not quite sure what to think, but as usual, was his happy, good-natured little self!
Anyone who has known Matt since his YMCA days especially knows what a lighthearted and fun-loving a personality he has, so these next few pictures won't surprise you! He decided Kenna needed even more extra company in her bath!
I love seeing how those personality aspects have carried over to his parenting... there are so many times that I'm doing the mom thing and thinking about cleaning up the mess after or not wanting to be too silly/too wild/too whatever that I unintentionally stifle a little bit of the fun. I'm so glad that Matt balances out that part of me because Kenna absolutely loves lots of wild sillies with her Daddy and just completely glows in his attention!
I love that he is such a hands-on (or bath-in if you will) dad to our wild ones and can only imagine how much better it will get as Finn gets bigger and more able to get in on the action. Oh my crazy family- I love you so much!

Father's Day 2011!

As usual, we had a really busy Father's Day weekend, and I'm bummed that we didn't take more pictures! Matt taught Sunday School in the morning on Sunday, followed immediately by having the his side of the family over to grill for lunch and spend the afternoon in the pool! We had a great time and completely wore the kids out. After they napped, they sat with Daddy and watched a movie while I cooked Matt his requested dinner- spaghetti! We didn't slow down long enough to take pictures until Matt and the kiddos were sitting still watching the movie.
I had to laugh when I saw this picture because of its similarity to a picture from Father's Day 2009:
Oh how quickly our family is changing and growing! I'm so proud and thankful to have an amazing man like Matt to do this parenting thing with as a team. He shows his love and care for us not only in the big ways of being a Godly leader of our family and working daily to earn our income, but also in a million small ways- deferentially placing our wants and needs above his own. Such a fantastic Daddy!