Happy Father's Day!

We had a crazy day around here--at least one of us was at church from 7:30 in the morning until 8:30 last night. Not too much celebrating, but we did that the day before. I got Zac some large pictures of the boys individually and of us as a couple that are framed for his office. He recently got a "new" office space and so this was the final touch! A friend from church who also does graphic design (and photography on the side) took an incredible picture of Joel and Zac last week at the church picnic. Joel is crying because he hit his head and Zac is holding him. The friend put the text of a verse about God's comfort around the picture and framed it for Zac. It's really amazing...maybe I can take a picture of it and post it on the blog. Zac is keeping it at his office and it's funny because when the boys saw it they were both quite concerned that Joel was crying and you could tell they were wondering why we would want a picture of that :).

Since we are talking about Father's day, I'd like to take a minute to say what a WONDERFUL father I have. I really could go on and on about that. But I also wanted to say what an amazing father Zac is becoming. He and I have talked about this before (he doesn't care if I share this) but he's never really been a kid person. Not interested in holding other people's babies, babysitting, or hanging out with kids too much. Then we started having kids (and he was still sort of a kid himself at age 24). It was a huge adjustment for him and something that he has been growing in ever since. We've had some extra challenges parenting a special needs child, and then having two kids a year and a half apart, but just in the last year, Zac has truly blossomed. It's like he is hitting his stride with the boys and feeling pride about his role and abilities in fatherhood (especially since he is used to excelling in everything else that he does). The love him so much and I cannot wait to see him with the new baby. He was out of town this weekend and the boys kept asking me where he was! He is so missed when he's not around and hoepfully he feels deeply loved all of the time.