Happy Father's Day!

Daddy's Girl Always

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!  A special Happy Father's Day goes out to my Dad and my brother, Dustin.  My Dad taught me how to camp, fish, hike, shoot a gun (yes folks, I used to do all of these things) and mostly how to go for your dreams.  I am very lucky to have him in my life.  I also want to send a Happy Father's Day wish out to my little brother, Dustin.  I have to admit, when I heard that he was becoming a father it was strange for me.  I grew up with him so the idea of my little brother becoming a daddy was foreign to me.  Dustin happily surprised me though with what a great Daddy he is.  So today and always, I hope the two special dad's in my life know just how much they're loved.

How is everyone doing?  Things have been great in our neck of the woods.  Last weekend was spent with a much overdue visit with our friends, James and Nicole, and their two wonderful children, Ruby and Wyatt.  We sat and caught up about what we have all been up to.  Matt and I learned just what it means to divide and conquer when it comes to kids.  Ruby and Wyatt love talking and showing all of their neat artwork and throwing skills.  They are truly a joy.  After an afternoon of visiting we all went to New Paltz to check out the new Grimaldi's.  For those of you who are unaware of what Grimaldi's is, it is quite possibly the best pizza I have ever had, and until recently the only way to satisfy a Grimaldi's fix was to go to Brooklyn, NY.  Grimaldi's is great in so many ways; the fact that you will inevitably have to stand outside and wait in line to get a table and you won't care, that you are squeezed in so tight you feel like you are sitting at the same table as everyone else, the Brick Oven that the pizza is made in, and the amazingly fresh ingredients they use on their pizzas (i.e. fresh mozzarella, basil, etc).  It is heaven in a pizza.  So naturally Matt and I were pumped to hear that a Grimaldi's had traveled to New Paltz, a much quicker trip than going all the way to Brooklyn.  We didn't have to stand in line and we weren't squeezed in next to the rest of the patrons but the pizza was still pretty darn good.  Ruby and Wyatt LOVED the fact that they got to watch the pizza dough being made.  As they ate their pizza they watched and squealed in amazement each time one of the chefs would toss the dough into the air.  There is nothing better than catching up with friends over some great food.

Yesterday Matt and I spent the afternoon fishing.  Matt generally realizes right away why he does not ask me to go with him very often.  I enjoy catching the fish, after that I'm pretty useless.  Once I reel the fish in Matt has to release the fish, because I can't bring myself to touch them.  Matt is also responsible for any fishing rod malfunction I may have.  This translates into, Matt doesn't get to fish much.  We still had a great time though.  It was nice to sit on the boat and feel the breeze as we leisurely cast out and occasionally caught some fish. 

That's a prize winning fish right there.

I think mine is a little bigger. ;-)

 Just a side note, even SPF 50 every 30 min didn't keep me from burning a little.  lol

He's so happy. :-)

Not a bad place to spend a Saturday Afternoon.

After our wonderful afternoon fishing and relaxing we went home and relaxed for the rest of the day.





I love this guy.

Today was the usual.  The sun is shining and all is calm.  Luke and I took a much needed walk after the rainy week, I cleaned and now intend to spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing and finally reading the new book I got.  Tonight we are having dinner with Matt's parents to celebrate Father's Day with Erwin.  It doesn't get much better than that. 

                                 This is a rough life our animals live.  Have a Great Week!!!