Our 1st Father's Day!

This year we celebrated Father's Day a little late b/c Daddy was on the high seas to Puerto Rico. The boat had a technical difficulty which extended the duration of this mission. (Darn Reservists!) Yes, that's right Ben was doing a favor for a class he wasn't teaching. He took a group of students on their celestial cruise which is part of 1 of the Warrant Officer's classes he teaches, however, this class was not his. The vessel needed was not available at Ft. Eustis so he sailed an LSV from a reserve unit out of Baltimore to P. R. then to Cape Canaveral, THEN, rented a van and drove back to Ft. Eustis. This all played out over 2.5 weeks and we were missing him very very much!


Father's day started off with Daddy's favorite, Egg Cassarole! (For those of you that know my house, that is not an egg casserole in my kitchen. That is a casserole that I made in Kuwait in my tiny little oven powered by propane, see the tank in the corner. The pan almost didn't fit in the oven! The bacon was bought on post b/c piggy meat is a huge No-No there. Ben and I were so proud of it I had to take a picture!) Back to Virginia -- We ate our yummy breakfast and then started opening presents. Daddy got a new coffee pot, a new cool outfit from Express, a daddy daughter book, a digital frame, and a 50 gift card to Bonefish, our favorite restaurant. Most importantly he got lots of snuggle time with Lillian. We were so happy to have him home and how thankful we are to have a reason to celebrate Father's Day!

Ben you are such an extraordinary father and I cannot wait to see how Lily will flourish from all the love you have to give her. She is so incredibly fortunate to have a father that loves her so much and she doesn't even know it yet. What a great little secret! Thanks for being so wonderful from both of us, we couldn't dream any bigger! Love you DADDY!