The Stone Rabbit

Father's Day 2016

 

I have a few very special dads I'd like to wish Happy Father's Day to.

First, to my Dad in heaven.  He was such a talented guy. . . self taught artist, musician, carpenter, plumber, mechanic. . . .and on and on.  There was almost nothing he couldn't do.   

 

 

Then there are these two amazing dads. . . my husband and my son.  

They both love their children deeply and demonstrate that over and over and over and over.

We are a very lucky family.

 

There's one more dad and that's the father of my concrete pal!!

We don't have a photo of him so I asked THE STONE RABBIT to create a little sketch!!  It turned out very nice.....don't you agree?

 

I hope you all have a great weekend with the special dads in your life. . .AND be sure to make time to visit Beverly's blog HOW SWEET THE STOUND.   There you will find lots of other bloggers who are ready with their weekly shares!!

Happy Pink Saturday

 

DANA

 

The Farmers House. . .a very special market.

 

Recently I made a stop at a wonderful market called THE FARMERS HOUSE.   They actually have two locations in Weston, MO.  I stopped at the one on highway 273.

The Farmer's House is an organization whose mission is to "provide a variety of opportunities for youth and adults with developmental disabilities in both an urban and rural farm setting."   They put that mission into action :  

1.  through the Markets they learn small business skills such as inventory, stocking, working a cash register and customer service.

2.  through The Seeds of Change Garden they are exposed to the vocational skills of planning, planting, nurturing and growing garden produce to sell at the Market.....plus they learn healthy eating choices.

3. through The Flour Sack Baking Program they receive training in food planning, preparation, packaging and sales.

4. through The Farm to Fork Catering program they learn safe food handling and service .  They cater events from box lunches to weddings!

The Market was filled to the brim with wonderful food and gift items.  I am a tshirt nut....and I absolutely fell in love with this one!  I also purchased an apple pie for my husband's father's day gift AND some apple butter!

THE STONE RABBIT is looking forward to his little share of the pie on Sunday!! 

  

 

 

 

Hope you have a great PINK SATURDAY and a wonderful FATHER'S DAY, too!!

Please visit Beverly's blog, HOW SWEET THE SOUND, for a long list of other bloggers who have great shares for you this week!

DANA

 

A Really Great Dad and Grandpa

 

My husband was better at taking care of a newborn that I was.  

 

When I was afraid of handling a new situation. . .he didn't hesitate.

 

He was totally crazy about our children from the moment they were born. . .and he still is thirty some years later.

 

He loved to take them places that I would NEVER have dreamed of doing and in the end, it usually turned out to be a good thing.

 

He was hands on from the get go.

 

He was a diaper changer and a bottle washer and game player and, well you name it, he just was a great father.

 

So. . .I wasnt' surprised that when he became a grandfather he was a great  grandfather, too.

It was his idea to take our little 3 yr. old Grand Girl to see the Wizard of Oz exhibit.  I was certain it would scare her to death and we would forever be the ones that were the causes of nightmares.

However, she LOVED it.  She loved it so much that her mama gave her a Wizard of Oz birthday party. . .and her bedroom is decorated in a Wizard of Oz theme.  In the photo below, we had just seen the exhibit and he had her outside playing around the fountains before we had lunch.

 

 

 

He was great at feeding our own little babies. . .and he didn't lose his touch.  He enjoyed "spooning it in" to those little grand-babies.

 

 

He was actually the one who was more "into" going to the tree farm to get our Christmas trees when our kids were little.   Maybe it was his interest in this adventure that spurred our son to want his kiddos to have the same experience.

This is one of my favorite "tree farm" pictures.  Our son is on the right with his middle child in between!

 

 

He is a "nature guy" and always enjoyed exposing our kids to the outdoors and what it had to offer.  He loves doing that with his grandkiddos, too.

Another picture at the tree farm shows him and the Grand Girl looking at little fish in the stream.

 

 

 

 

Here the Grand Girl and Grand Boy #1 were checking out the pond at the tree farm. 

 

 

We welcomed our third grand child into this world 2 1/2 years ago.  Here he is holding that baby while his big sister checks him out.   Our son is just like his dad, they both just LOVE little babies.

 

Yes, he is a really great dad who set a lot of really good examples for our children and he's a fantastic grandpa.

He loves those little ones and. . .

 

and they love him!!

We are a lucky, lucky family to have him. . .and I hope he has a great Father's Day because he IS a great father and grandfather!!

 

 

THE STONE RABBIT shared that his daddy was a very hands on kinda dad, too.  He loved it when his dad would come home from work and spend some time frolicking in the yard with him and the rest of his siblings. . . .such great memories!  

 

 

 

 

 

Please visit Beverly's blog HOW SWEET THE SOUND.  You will find a lot of other bloggers who are ready to share their Father's Day posts with you this weekend!!

 

DANA