Blessings...

On Friday, Daddy, Gramma Duck and Mason took a quick trip to Marshfield to pick up our first piece of "owned" equipment for Mason. I had assumed that they placed the order for this through our insurance and our insurance surprisingly gave them no issues, but that was not the case. This was a gift from the Children's Miracle Network. Thank you to all that make donations to this cause because it allows families like ours to get the equipment we need. This very expensive stander may be the one thing that keeps Mason from future hip surgery from his hips not forming appropriately.

Today we had a father's day lunch to celebrate with the daddy's in our lives (minus Grampa Mrdutt - who'll we get to spend 3 days with for the 4th.) I can't believe how much food we end up with at these gatherings. I can't figure out if its the competitiveness of all of us proving our cooking skills or if we seem to think that a hundred people are going to show up unannounced. Regardless, it was all awesome. I made a cheesecake from scratch for the first time, definitely a keeper recipe but apparently cheesecake isn't supposed to jiggle when you remove it from the oven....I'll try it again soon. We also had: chicken on the grill, broc/cauliflower salad, two types of potato salad, baked beans, fresh fruit, grilled veggies, brownies, meatballs, crab dip and chips. Oh, and some mango salsa that I shouldn't even speak of. Nasty stuff...don't ever buy it from Sam's Club.

It was a gorgeous day to spend some time in the yard. Our beautiful yard...I'm so proud of all the work we put into it (and others in our family that just so happened to build the deck and bring in the dirt...you know who you are...) Our yard was filled with family and food...just how it should be. I wish every summer day could be just like this one.



I hope all you Dad's had a great day today. I am so blessed to have all of you in my life...especially my husband, who sets the standard higher and higher each day of what a great dad should be. I am so lucky.