Father's Day

Without further (or any) ado: Happy Father's day to each and every daddy out there!  I love days that I am able to spoil other people in my life without having any of the spotlight on me.  Father's Day is fabulous because it gives me an opportunity to honor the two most important men in my life--my husband and my dad.  Because words, gifts, lunch dates and breakfast in bed won't do it justice, I hope these two know how much I love and appreciate all that they are in my life.

Dear Dad,

Happy Father's Day!  I hope you know what an honor it as to be the only girl in the world that gets to call you dad.  Having grown up with five brothers, I truly am and always will be a daddy's girl.  From the time I was little I have valued your advice and protection more than you will ever know and as I get older I begin to understand how fortunate I am to have it.  

Despite all that you have given me in life, there is nothing I admire more about you than your love for and knowledge of the gospel.  I have never met anyone as dedicated as you to the church and all that it asks of us.  I hope you know that one of the main reasons I am who I am today is because of how you raised me and how I've watched you live your life.  Much of the strength of my testimony comes from knowing yours and for that I am forever grateful to you.

I can't wait for the days and years ahead in which we will be able to create many memories and experience life's trials together.  Thank you for joining me for lunch a few days ago--there's nothing I love more than our quality time with each other.  I hope you have a happy Father's Day and know that I love you!

Lizzy Lou

 

Logan,

I wish there were words to express my love and admiration for you.  As soon as I met you I knew you would one day make an amazing father but I had no idea how much you would exceed my expectations.  Because of the love I have for our boy, I found no greater joy than by watching you be a daddy to him.  Thank you for making those dreams come true.

There aren't many men in this world that would have the strength to do what you did for 3 1/2 months while your family was living in a hospital.  Knowing you were waking up before the sun rose each morning so you could get enough hours in at work before driving to the hospital for the remainder of the evening made me more grateful for you than you could ever imagine.   Eli was always happiest when his daddy was home and I know his heart aches every day that he is apart from you.

Thank you for being my best friend and most trusted confidant.  No matter what I go through in life, as long as I have you by my side, I know I can overcome it.  Being married to such a dedicated disciple of Christ drives me to be better every day with the goal of one day living my life as well as you do.  I love you, Rico!

Liz

Our day has been filled with fun Father's Day celebrations beginning bright and early with breakfast for my main man.  I am far from skilled when it comes to cooking/baking but thankfully Logan is far from picky so he gratefully ate my rookie breakfast. After breakfast I gave Logan what he has wanted for a long time--a bracelet he could wear each day to remember Eli.  I have a necklace with Eli's thumbprint that I love so much so Logan has always wanted something for himself.  Logan is a pretty classy/preppy guy so he pulls this off well.

We quickly had to get ready for church and head over a few minutes early so we could be ready to teach our first lesson to the 10 year olds!  Neither of us has ever taught primary before (nursery doesn't count) so we are really excited for this calling!  I also had the special opportunity of speaking in our new ward for the first time today.  I spoke on the Priesthood and learned so much about how amazing the Priesthood holders in our lives truly are.  I hope I never take for granted what a blessing it is to have a worthy Priesthood holder in our home.  This ward doesn't have couples speak together so Logan will speak another time.

After church we came home for lunch and a nap before we spend the evening with our families.  We will stop by my parents' to visit my dad before heading over to be with Logan's dad and family for dinner. I'm so grateful for my father-in-law and hope he knows how much I love being a part of his family and married to his wonderful son.  I have three brothers that are amazing dads and I am so grateful for their wonderful examples to me as well!

After dinner it will be time for my inaugural shot!  I'll update the "IVF Journal" page a little later with more details on how it went!