FATHER'S DAY IS APPROACHING AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A PERFECT TIME TO HONOR MY HUBBY. SEAN BASICALLY GOT THROWN INTO BEING A HUSBAND AND A FATHER AT A PRETTY YOUNG AGE. HE HAD TO LITERALLY GROW UP OVERNIGHT. HE WENT INTO THOSE ROLES FULL FORCE AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. THE EARLY YEARS OF MARRIAGE CONSISTED OF FULL TIME WORK AND FULL TIME SCHOOL. HE ALWAYS HAD A WAY OF MAKING IT LOOK EASY. SEAN STILL MADE SURE THAT HIS FAMILY WAS TOP PRIORITY IN HIS LIFE. THROUGH HIS EXAMPLE, OUR KIDS LEARNED AT A YOUNG AGE WHAT DEDICATION, HARD WORK,LOVE AND DEVOTION WAS. THEY KNOW WITH NO QUESTION, THAT THEIR DAD LOVES THEM AND WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE THEY FEEL SAFE AND PROTECTED. HE IS NEVER TOO BUSY TO OFFER FATHERLY ADVICE OR GIVE THEM A BLESSING. THE KIDS ALWAYS KNOW THAT WHEN DAD IS HOME, THE FUN BEGINS. WHETHER IT IS PRACTICING BASEBALL WITH MAC, TAKING BAYLEE SCHOOL SHOPPING, OR BOWLING WITH GRACIE AND PEYTON,HE WILL BE UP FOR ALL OF IT. THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR TAKING HIS WIFE ON A DATE, OR SURPRISING HER WITH A LITTLE GET AWAY. NOW THAT THE KIDS ARE GETTING OLDER, HE IS DEFINATELY THE ONE THE KIDS GO TO FOR HELP WITH THEIR HOMEWORK. HE HAS A WAY TO TEACH THEM WITHOUT ANYONE BEING IN TEARS BY THE END. PEOPLE WHO KNOW SEAN WOULD NOT REALIZE THAT HE IS THE PEACEMAKER IN OUR HOME. HE ISN'T REALLY KNOWN AS THE PATIENT ONE! BUT IN OUR HOME, HE IS! WITH A BUSY SCHEDULE AT WORK, HE IS TRAVELING MUCH OF THE TIME. I ADMIRE HIM FOR THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK THAT HE PUTS INTO HIS JOB. WITHOUT A DOUBT, I KNOW THAT HE DOES IT ALL FOR HIS WIFE AND KIDS. HIS LOVE FOR US, AND THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO BE AN ETERNAL FAMILY, IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO HIM. THANK YOU HONEY FOR BEING THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, AND THE BEST FATHER A WIFE COULD HOPE FOR. I LOVE YOU FOREVER, MIN

SATURDAY WAS BAYLEE AND GRACIE'S DANCE RECITAL. THEY WERE SO INCREDIBLE! THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD THIS YEAR! WE WON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BEING 6 HOURS LONG! I AM YAWNING THINKING ABOUT IT. TOMORROW THEY HAVE DANCE TRYOUTS FOR NEXT YEAR! YAHOO, AND THEN WE SHALL START SUMMER! MCKAY IS AT UTAH STATE FOR FOOTBALL CAMP. I HOPE HE COMES HOME IN ONE PIECE. PEYTON HAS HAD A COUGH AND HAS TO DO PREDNASONE FOR FIVE DAYS. THE KIDS KEEP TELLING US THAT PEYTON HIT THEM OR IS SCREAMING UNCONTROLLABLY AND SEAN TELLS THEM TO BE PATIENT WITH HIM THROUGH HIS ROID RAGES! SEAN AND I ARE GETTING READY TO GO SEE ELTON JOHN IN CONCERT. I SURPRISED HIM FOR FATHER'S DAY. HE HAS ALWAYS SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE ME FOR ELTON JOHN IF HE HAD THE CHANCE!!!!!! I THINK HE JUST WISHES TO BE SUNG TO SLEEP BY HIM EVERY NIGHT. (I HOPE?)