Father's Day and a little bit more...

Father's Day is all about celebrating everything, manly, right? What's more manly than baseball, a hot dog, and teaching your son "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch? We had a great afternoon at the Colorado Rockies game, despite it being close to 100 degrees that day. Owen was such a trooper--we had a wet bandanna around his neck that kept him cool as a cucumber and he even fell asleep between the 4th and 6th inning (almost along with his mom). :) Just kidding, Shawn! I actually, surprisingly, enjoyed myself as well. You have to do a ball game in the summer--it just isn't summer unless you do!

On the O-man front, he continues to put smiles on our faces! He absolutely LOVES climbing the stairs (now we need to teach him how to go down safely), especially when you "chase" him. He just giggles and squeals. This is a favorite tradition of Owen and Shawn before bedtime (as captured above). If you look closely of the one picture of Owen turning around on the stairs, you get a good view of his newest accomplishment--3 teeth! And with those new teeth, he loves eating watermelon! He will seriously gobble up 2 huge whole slices of it--no problem! And as you can see, he loves sharing it as well!

Well, we are off to San Jose, CA for the Mennonite Convention this week. As worship leader for the Youth Convention, Owen and I are going out on Thursday and Shawn will join us on Sunday. You can keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I enter into this role--it seems a bit daunting...I'll let you know how it goes. We'll be back home on the 7th of July. I am looking forward to having my mom out there to help with childcare--so, until next time...