Father's Day/Birthday Weekend!

I am going to go ahead and warn you, this is going to be a very random post.

Friday night we went to Spartanburg and Patrick decided to go ahead and get my birthday present for me alittle early, well I guess 5 days early, but oh well! We got a NINTENDO WII!!!! I was so happy! I love that thing. Today when I got up I had to tell myself that I could not play until I cleaned the house and went to run errands! I could play all day! We took it back to my parents after buying it and we all played til about 10:00 and then Patrick and I played until 12:00! It was great.

Saturday Patrick and I went with my parents, sister, brother-in-law and the kids to the mountains to celebrate Father's Day and my birthday. It was so much fun. We had a great picnic even though mom forgot the plates. After eating Caroline went and got in the water. When we first got to the water there was a snake and she was fearless. She touched the snake like it was a dog. She also really enjoyed the water. It never bothered her that it was 20 below zero. She made sure everyone got in the water with her though to get their picture made with her. I was only in for like 5 minutes. It was so cold! Eli was so good as well, he just slept and looked at the trees. Patrick and I really enjoy holding Eli because he is so peaceful. He makes all your worries go away! After playing in the water we went for a little walk, then ice cream and we were back home.

Kelly took these pictures of Patrick and I by the water! They turned out really good! I will post more pictures from the mountains later!

When we got home Patrick and I went over to his parents to spend the night. We let his family try out the Wii. My sister-in-law LOVES it! She could not put it down. After playing for awhile the Graham siblings went swimming. They have learned that I am not much of a swimmer. I had to hold Duke because he gets real scared of the water. We then played Wii to about 1:00 and went to bed! (Well my brother-in-law and sister-in-law played until around 3ish)

Sunday we went to church with Patrick's parents and then went to Grandad and Ma's for lunch. Grandad got to come home for the day to eat with us! He was so happy because he got to sit in his chair. He is doing much better! After lunch we opened presents and the "new" fathers got presents! I am so excited about having new babies in the family. The family also spoiled me with birthday presents. Thank you so much for the presents. I realized Sunday that I have been blessed with a great in-law family! I love spending time with them and I feel like I have been in the family for A LONG TIME!

After lunch we went to Saskatoon with my parents. That is our favorite resturatnt and it was very good this time! Patrick got shark and I got buffalo and it was so good! Of course we had to finish with chocolate cake!

We had a great Father's Day and birthday weekend. I realized I am very blessed to have such a wonderful family.

If you have read my sister's blog you have read about our dad and she was so true. Our dad is always there for us, even when we don't want to hear what he has to say because we know we were wrong and he is right. He has helped make us in to wonderful adults and taught us how to love everyone. I am a true Daddy's girl and I will never forget my wedding day. I was so honored to have him walk me down the aisle and perform our ceremony. He made my wedding a true worship service that I will never forget. I know that if I never him to come down here all I have to do is call and he will be on his way. Thank you dad for all you have done for Kelly and I! We love you! Never forget that Life is GOOD!

I also have a wonderful Father-in-law, John. John is always there to do something for us if we ever need him. He has shown how to put others before myself. John and I especially like to pick on each other, but in a good way. He is always fun to joke around with! I will never forget with Patrick and I told his parents that we were serious and were probably going to get married. He came up to me before we were even engaged and told me welcome to the family and that he was happy for us. I was very happy to know that he thinks of me as one of his own. Thank you John! We love you!

On another note, my sister-in-law Sally and helped me change my design for blog. She said my old design was boring and dull. I hope you like the new colors!

Also I have decided to start working on our wedding scrapbook. Today I put up a table in the study and layed out all the stuff for the scrapbook! Pray that I get it done.