Why yes, he is simply amazing

I married up. No question about that. I look back on myself from high school and the beginning of college and want to just go back and say "Just you wait! You have no idea the amazing-ness that is in store for you!"

As you well know, today is Father's Day. I intended to make the day as great as possible for Devin, so I planned ahead last night and started a family classic, Sticky Buns, for breakfast this morning. That's about as far as I got though on Devin's special day. He just took over from there.

When we got home from church, we got to Skype with his parents (on a mission in Estonia) for a few minutes and while we were getting Skype pulled up, he snuck into the kitchen and started lunch. I told him he wasn't supposed to be doing that and his response was, "I want to. I want to make you happy because when you are happy, that is when I am the happiest." Who in the world is he, right?

As if that isn't bad enough, I took a nap after lunch while he stayed up and took care of the kids. While I was sleeping, he also made a some brownies, complete with marshmallows and frosting "for a treat for me tonight" as he put it. I know this is making me look very, very bad, but that is just how he is. He is one who continually serves and gives without ever expecting anything in return.

Devin is a great father and I always say that my kids are so blessed to have such good relationship with their dad. He is home when I work and so he gets a lot of one-on-one time with them. Devin is a great leader in our home, patient, understanding, loving, and completely puts everyone before himself. Like I said, I have no idea how I got so lucky, but I count my blessings every day that he is mine.



Happy Father's Day, babe! I love you so much. Hallie, Jace, and I are so blessed to have you.

And to commemorate Father's Day- Jace has his first crush! Yes, I think it's official- at least in his little mind. Never mind that she is 35 (give or take a few) years older than he is. No, that certainly doesn't matter. During sunday school today, a woman in our ward sitting next to me was smiling at him and rubbing his head and he was just eating it up. He was cooing, smiling huge smiles, and trying to carry on an intelligent conversation in baby talk with her. He was smitten. Let's be honest, I don't blame him...she is a rather beautiful woman. At least we know he has good taste! What a little flirt.

Anyway, Happy Father's Day to all!