springdellgirl: Father's Day 2016

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Father's Day 2016

On Father' Day we celebrated this special guy!! He certainly deserves it. He is a wonderful father in every possible way. Our children are so lucky and blessed to have him in their lives and in their corner. He is loving and fun. He is strict and and has high expectations. He is understanding and kind. He is playful and silly. He is also the one that you call when things go south. He stays calm and level-headed and gets you out of whatever mess you find yourself in. Me included. We sure love this guy!!

Kissing pic fail...you get the idea though. Right?

Every year he requests a picnic at the park and a croquet tournament. Every year we are more than happy to oblige. Tyler picked his meal...he picks the same meal every year. We had what we call Johnson pasta salad, fruit, chips, pop, and pudding. The man LOVES pudding. Tapioca pudding to be exact. Done!! For Father's Day when Tyler was growing up they would always have a picnic at the park for his dad but with a big bucket of KFC. A few changes here and there but the Johnson tradition continues.

After church and the celebration Ty received there...the kids singing to all the dads and getting out of teaching his class and going to eat pie all third hour with his buddies... rough life...We came home, changed, and headed to our favorite park.

We were really missing our Reilly. We were able to face time with her (and her roommates) while having our picnic and it was almost like she was there. She refused to look at what we were eating though...Johnson Pasta Salad is one of her very favorite meals. :)

Delish!

Camped out for the day!!

Enjoying an icy cold one!!

Beautiful views

A happy man eating his tappy!!

Who doesn't love tapioca pudding?! My family sure did growing up as did Tyler's. It just takes so dang long to make. All that stirring. I remember early on when we were dating Tyler made tapioca pudding for me and Stacey one night. I was smitten. We knew that he was a keeper. It takes FOREVER!!That is love right there. But it is so tasty.

Then it was time to get serious...

Oh hells yeah. It's going down. Croquet Tournament 2016.

DO NOT MESS WITH THIS FAMILY!!

The Grand Poobah won yet again...all rounds. I held second place. Bryn was the dark horse. She took no prisoners this year and moved up high in the rankings. We will have a rematch when Reilly is in town in August. The Grand Poobah introduced * Beserker Balls* this year...a favorite of he and his siblings...to make things even more *interesting*. That means that after Tyler wins he randomly whacks balls into the game at high speed. Beserker Balls will stay. They are just more motivation to win. As usual some people cried, some people swore, cries of cheating ensued, and a good time was had by all.

Recovery naps were necessary!!

All in all, it was a wonderful day celebrating the most wonderful man. Even if he kicks our butts and tries to break our ankles in croquet. We sure love him!!