Father's Day 2015

We had a pretty laid-back Father's Day this year.  The morning was spent playing games and getting a few things done around the house.  Steve read his cards and opened his gift -- cologne, a request that he had made -- and then we had a quick lunch.

Like last year, I had the girls complete a questionnaire about their dad.  I save the cards in their memory boxes because they are so fun to look back on and see what some of their answers were.  I found it interesting that the girls gave some of the same answers (or very similar) to the questions because I "interviewed them separately -- different days and not while they were in the same vicinity as each other.

A Father's Day picture; most everyone is looking at the camera.  I'll take it.

A few weeks before the holiday, we were reading one of our favorite books called "Ugly Pie."  In the back of the book, there is a recipe for "ugly pie" and Steve mentioned that he would like the girls to make him that for Father's Day.  We made a note of it and gathered our ingredients that week. 

After a trip down to the beach, we came back home and changed our clothes before putting Jack down for his afternoon nap.  While he was napping and Steve was watching some baseball on TV, the girls and I prepared the pie.

Measuring out the apples:

Grinding the walnuts:

Pouring in the thick molasses (this is was makes the pie so "ugly"):

Stirring the filling:

Adding in the dry ingredients that Sophia had measured out in a separate bowl:

Finally, we added some craisins (in place of raisins):

I didn't end up taking a picture of the final product because a lot of it was devoured after dinner that night.  I had made spaghetti and meatballs, as this was noted on Steve's cards that it is his favorite meal!

Happy Father's Day to a wonderful, hands-on dad that sure loves his kids more than anything!