We had our annual Father's Day celebration on Saturday with almost all the family at our place. This was Ken's second "First Father's Day". We received the referral for Jake in time for Father's Day last year, so technically that was his first. This was Ken's "real" first Father's Day since Jake was here.

Jake made a footprint in daycare to go along with my Mother's Day handprint, so now we have a matching set. I got him the usual array of "Dad" tees and a "Dad" hat. I figured he needed to get all that traditional stuff at least once, right? He said he would actually wear the one with Jake's handprints to work. That's cool. He changed into it at the party.

We played a lot of horseshoes this year. We did sandwiches instead of the usual BBQ, so I think that freed us up a little more. Rob and Rosie are the team champs, but somehow Ken and I managed to beat them. We had to do a rematch after they beat the next challengers, but we lost. So they are back onto a winning streak again. There probably should have been a "rubber match", but I am really not a horseshoe player, so I quit.

The kids mostly spent the day playing basketball and wiffle ball. The littler ones pulled out the bubble machine and had fun with that. Jake did a lot of squealing. When he's having a really good time, he kind of scream-sqeals. It was funny because I didn't realize that most people haven't heard him do this, so when he did it, there was a lot of head turning. They all thought he was upset about something, but no, it's actually his happy sound. The day ended with some bottle rockets until Mean Amy made them stop. Jake had already been put down to sleep, and the last thing I wanted was for him to get woken up. The bangs were making Dakota bark, plus Jacob's window faces the backyard. I knew he was pretty whipped, but I really didn't want to take a chance.

Nobody stayed over this year. I guess they don't like having Jake pounce on them so early in the morning. I'm sure Jake enjoys it, but I guess I can see their perspective. Plus, it's pretty hard to put Madison down when we're all up. She really hates to miss any fun!

Grandma Weiss and Jake	Bampa, Grandma Clarke, and Jake	Mommy and Jake
Uh Joe, watch Ken to see where you should be throwing.	More horseshoes
Liz trying to help Jake with his baseball career	Uh, you done with those cookies, cousin?	Hmm, no food here
The "kids" at their picnic table	Ryan reading to Jake and Madison
Now that's not nice Jake.	The kids loved the bubble machine
Ryley kicked everyone's butts playing basketball	If only he would wear his shoes so that Rosie didn't have to buy new socks every week!	Ken's new Daddy shirt
We celebrated Dot's birthday, too	Steven and Robert Ean practiced their dunking!
Hmm, now where did everyone go?	The girls hanging out on the deck	There's a lot of cans on that table, boys!
Wait, don't leave me!	Jordan and Rob	Jordan and Rose (I guess Jordan was making the rounds)
	More photos are in other family albums:      * Ken/Amy      * Liz/Joe      * Kenny/Donna
Still looking for food, eh Jake?

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