Father's Day 2011

This year for Father's Day, Mike decided that rather than have a lot of gifts or go out for dinner, he wanted to do some fun family activities....this almost always makes me a little nervous :)

We started the day by going to church.

Then we came home and packed a picnic lunch and headed out to Hidden Waters Preserve for a little mid-morning hike.

It was pretty darn hot out and we figured out later that we actually walked about 2 miles, most of which was on sandy and uneven ground which was difficult with the stroller.

I may be smiling in this photo, but in reality I was hating life!! :) It was so stinking HOT! After an hour, we were all feeling like this:

On the way out there was a field of cows and we stopped to see if we could pet them. I was the only one who actually touched one - they were pretty uninterested when they figured out we didn't have any food :)

We stopped at the exit and ate our picnic lunch. Man were we ever happy to get back in the air conditioning :)

After lunch, we came home and had Daddy open his gifts and cards.

Then we went over to my Mom's house and took a quick dip in the pool.

After swimming, we had worked up quite the appetite so Mike grilled us up some yummy steaks for dinner! It was a nice day together as a family celebrating Daddy :)