Father's Day and Time to play

Today is Father's Day.  These kids are truly blessed and lucky to have such a great dad.  (Tim and I each are too!)

After leaving Daddy in peace this morning while the rest of us went to church, we came home and showered him with presents to show him how much we appreciate all he does.  Emma made one of her trademark wonderful cards.

Among other gifts, we gave him a frame with photos of the kids with their dad, and this picture in the center:

It's a nice perk to have a professional photographer living down the street with lots of fun props!

We spent a nice day out shopping and playing in the backyard, topped off with tacos for dinner -- an entire family favorite!

Now, back to catching up on old photos...

Speaking of playing in the backyard, a few weeks ago we spent some great time outside with the kids.  They started by drawing in the driveway.

Later, we brought some water toys, the chalk, and some bubbles out back and let the kids do whatever they wanted.  Emma had a blast with the water squirter.

She wanted to see how high she could get the water on the back side of the house.

After awhile, she decided it was getting hot and asked Daddy to help her cool off.  He sure did!

Meanwhile, Drew did his own thing...mostly chasing bubbles, playing with the chalk, and practicing going up and down on the stepping stones. 

The fun ended soon after this, when both kids decided to play on the neighbors' swing set.  Let's just say that Drew learned the hard way not to get in Emma's way when she is swinging!