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Father's Day 2024


This year was a busy Father's Day but that's okay because the past few months have been rather relaxing for us.  I'm not going to say "boring" because the older I get, the more I like those kind of days and "boring" connotes negativity which isn't how it’s been at all.  I guess if we're  not traveling or having out-of-town visitors coming to our house, then our typical days are just "relaxing" and there's nothing wrong with that.  But this past weekend, my brother and wife came to Seattle so I decided to plan a family barbecue while they were here which ended up being on Father’s Day.

After dealing with covid the past four years, I feel like I am getting back into the hang of hosting large gatherings again. I admit that I did get out of practice there for awhile.  The end of March was our Mariner Ticket Party and we'd only been home a few days from a visit to Washington D.C. but we threw that one together pretty well and everyone had a lot of fun with some good baseball vibes happening. 

It feels good to be back to it again.  For Father's Day, Bruce barbecued our favorite Teriyaki Flank Steak and he also made some of his smoked salmon.  I set up a DIY banana split bar for dessert because I wanted to make my Homemade Chocolate Sauce with all the glorious berries that are in season right now.  Needless to say, our dessert was a huge hit with everyone of all ages. 





My brother wanted to hit the sports scene while he was here so they went to the Sounders on Saturday and Bruce and I went to the Mariners with them on Sunday and it was a great game.  We swept the Texas Rangers who are our rivals with a sold out crowd.  It was every exciting. 

We got home just in time to prepare for the other remaining family members to arrive.  I made homemade Fathers Day cards ahead of time for the three fathers who came.

Bruce - 


My nephew, Joey - 



My brother-in-law, Jim - 


I used my decorative scrapbooking technique since I've gotten back into scrapbooking again (after doing some cleaning out of the basement last summer and finding all kinds of stuff to put in them).  I gave the dads Dick's Drive-In gift certificates, a local favorite around here since 1954.  And everybody loves Dick's!


I've done two scrapbooks so far from the ‘70’s starting after my high school graduation in 1973.   I'm on 1979 now so I'm plowing through my youth; I'm just about to meet Bruce (1980) - a major turning point in my life.  It's weird going back and seeing my life in photos all clearly laid out in a scrapbook.   I could never have planned all the things that happened to me and sometimes I really wonder how it all did happen but it just did.  And now here we are.  Celebrating another Father's Day as our family continues to grow as nieces and nephews have children; our son has children;  Bruce and I are grandparents, for heaven's sake! We've come a long way since our young selves of 1980.  We've been lucky to have such a great family and Bruce deserves to be celebrated this Father's Day for being such a great dad and I'm so happy we could celebrate the way we did.  Happy Father's Day!     


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