Happy Fathers Day to All you Dads

We are celebrating Fathers Day without any kids this year. Since moving to California, we have experienced some loneliness, but also some sweet new adventures, since our weekends are pretty much free. Last night, we went to the Rose Bowl for the first of the summer concerts, led by Marvin Hamlisch. It was just so gorgeous to be sitting outside and not sweating. It was a gorgeous night, with us taking lawn chairs and a nice dinner, which we had prepared at home. The music was celebrating Pasadena’s 125th year birthday. We discovered that we love being outdoors with people who were strangers, at first, but we all left, saying that we would see each other at the next concert. Groups of people were sitting all around us, on blankets or chairs and you could see buckets of friend chicken, you saw shish kabobs, french bread, cheeses, pies, even a group celebrating a birthday with birthday cake and singing Happy Birthday and letting the birthday girl, (looked about 50) blow out her candles with everyone around clapping when she did. These evenings become such wonderful memories. As we drove home, we talked about how much we enjoyed our night. Our dinner ended with tiramasu and we were like two little kids who kept watching for the fireworks to begin. When they did, we sounded just like we had never seen fireworks before, just “oohing and ahhin’after each beautiful firework lit up the sky…Today we are finishing up our Fathers day celebration by thanking the Lord for our Christian Fathers, who showed us that sometimes the best memories are those which as spent with family…..which in turn makes us miss, not only our dads, but our kids, as well……we are so grateful for our families and for wonderful memories of our dads. Randy’s Fathers Day will be spent going to a car show this afternoon, his perfect idea of a great Fathers Day, In and Out Burger and a car show, how different from what a mom would plan for Mothers Day! But figure I will act excited about his plan, it might buy me a little trip to the ice cream store this afternoon. Happy Fathers Day, Randy, you are a great dad and grandfather and I am so blessed to be with you and walking right beside you at the car show. Life is made up of memories and thanks to you, we have many wonderful memories to remember.