Mother's & Father's Day...

Mother's Day was wonderful and Russel and the kids completely spoiled me.  Russel made sure the whole weekend was devoted to treating me.  I was served a very yummy breakfast in bed...a heart attack :)  Russel even cut hearts out of the french toast.  Yum Yum!!
After church we headed to my sister's and met up with the rest of the family for a seriously yummy dinner.  They had smoked ribs with a special rub on them.  YUM-O.  Also, I had a monumental moment that day.  My brother is a constant tease about my gluten free food and always acts like it just awful.....when we all know he would never know the difference if I wasn't eating it.  So I decided to take matters into my own hands.  I was in charge in the dessert so I decided to make a regular angel food cake from a box and then I have a recipe for an gluten free angel food cake that I had perfected.  So the moment of truth arrived.  I took two plates with a piece of each and made my brother try them.  He ate the first piece (mine) and nodded his head in an approving way.  He ate the second piece (regular) and said yep that's the gluten free cake for sure.   HA HA HA!!!  I was jumping and cheering.  Actually everyone opted for my cake over the regular.....so its not all bad once you get it figured out.  :)  

We spent pretty much the week through the weekend in Bear Lake to celebrate Father's Day.  It has been awesome.  We've been missing our time at the cabin and it was so nice to carve out some time to enjoy being by the lake.  Grandma and Grandpa, Gina's family, and Jared's family made it Saturday night just time for Father's day.  The fathers were treated to many raspberry shakes during the week and we just had a darn fun time.  It was a little on the chilly side so we never made it to the lake but I made the executive decision to completely take the Xbox away and you would've thought the boys were dying....for about two hours it was a little painful for me....but by the end of the week they weren't even asking if they could have it back.  They worked on their "fort," played basketball, had water balloon fights, played board games, etc.  That's what it should be like right?  None of this constant screen action.

On Saturday Russel and I went back to Logan to attend a wedding of one of Russel's best friends, Danny.  It was so amazing to see them together and see how happy they are.  His wife is darling and also went to high school with Russel and Danny.  We are just so happy for them.
I'm so lucky to have such wonderful fathers in my life.  My dear sweet dad is such an amazing man and I'm so grateful to him for the way he raised me and taught me about what was important in life.  I always felt his love for me and his strong desire for me to reach my potential.  And now my kids are so blessed to have him as their grandpa.  He makes each one of them feel so special.  Love you Dad! You are the best!!
I'm also so grateful for Russel's Dad.  Even though I have never met him and he died when Russel was just 8 years old, his influence in those short 8 years of Russel's life was enough to last a lifetime.  He shaped and molded Russel and laid the foundation of what a wonderful father should be.  Russel would do anything for our kids and is always encouraging them to be the very best they can be.  He is such a good provider and works so hard to take care of our family.  He also loves to the play with the kids and can be very much like a kid himself.   Thank you Papa Russel (as Abi's friends call him) for all you do for us!  Happy Father's Day! Love you forever!
Oh and here's one of the gifts the kids got him.  Russel said it will get put to very good use.  The shirt says it all! :)

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