Celebrations

Last Sunday we celebrated Fathers Day as well as Alyssa's Birthday. Jackie made this amazing hat for Dad to wear. I was impressed she could twist them together without popping them. He felt pretty special in that hat. Dallin blew up about 13 balloons, for the celebration. He asked me to blow them, and I said I couldn't, so he did it himself.

He got another hat to wear - "The world's Greatest Dad" with a matching shirt. He is the greatest. When Dallin saw this shirt at the store, he said we had to get it for Dad. Along with one that said "Coolest Grandpa" for Grandpa. He said "We have to get these, because they are true for our Dad and Grandpa". So we did, and Yes they are True!

We have a tradition of playing the HOT/COLD GAME to find presents. The kids love it and are so hilarious in giving their commands. Brea had no clue what she was saying, she would say "warm, cold, HOT, cold, warm, HOT" for no particular reason. But luckily, with a little encouragment, Dad was able to find his presents.
The Birthday girl gets kisses from the "world's Greatest Dad" - pretty special!
Mom with her 1 year old. Can't believe my baby is now ONE. We love our Alyssa. She has a great personality, with lots of laughs. Some how the kids can get her to laugh so much better than Mom and Dad. She can sign "more, all done, and pacy (we kind of made up that sign). She says Mama, Dada, something that sounds like More (yes she loves to eat!). She crawls super fast, but has no interest in standing or walking. That is fine, it can wait.

Birthday cake/Fathers Day cake. Alyssa did very well with her first cake. She wasn't nearly as messy as I imagined she would be. She did enjoy it though - YUMMY!

Hugs for Daddy. Alyssa is usually not real cuddly, but she does give great HUGS, which we all LOVE!

As a side note for Fathers Day...the kids got to sing to their Dads during Sacrament Meeting at church. Usually Dallin does not like to go up front, and this was his first time. He jumped right up when it was time. They sang "Love is spoken here" which Jackie knows really well, it was fun to see them all sing. Brea and Dallin were also fun to watch, especially during the combined part as they tried to hear what they were supposed to be singing. The last song was "I'm so glad when Daddy comes home". For those of you that may not know, this song has actions to it. Well, Dallin was standing next to his friend Noelani. For the actions, instead of doing it themselves, they used each other. It was all fine and cute until the end...it says "and give him what - a great big KISS" and then they are supposed to blow a kiss. Dallin and Noelani (since they were doing the actions to each other) kissed each OTHER, on the LIPS in front of the whole congregation - WHOA! We were sitting on the same row as the Bess's and we were all cracking up. Oh, the innocents of youth. Dallin was so proud of himself when he came down . He said "Did you see me Mom, me and Nono did the actions with each other". I told him that I saw him and he did GREAT!