the day for fathers

I was lucky enough to spend the day with both my own father and the father of my children yesterday.  And it was a pretty great day, even for this tired daughter/wife.  I would have brought Brian breakfast in bed, but he bounded out of bed to make his famous Scotch Eggs.  He insisted I take pictures for the blog, so recipe tomorrow, my friends.  Get your gallon of oil ready.

We had an eventful hour at church.  And by eventful, I mean lots of hysterics from the littles.  Not great for Father's Day, but oh well.  When we got back home I took a few pictures of the littles with the fathers before sequestering myself to the kitchen for the day.  The littles barely cooperated.

But everyone looked pretty great anyway!  I spent a lot of time in the kitchen with my mom, while the guys swam in the pool and relaxed.  But I enjoy spending time in the kitchen with my mom, so it was all win win.  I even got a little help from our household streaker.

Not the conventional way to roll out pie crust, but he's an innovator!  We ate dinner outside, and swam some more!  It was a long, relaxing, exhausting day, but I think the fathers enjoyed themselves!

Oh tomato pie.  If you have never eaten tomato pie, your life cannot be complete until you do.  I just so happen to have posted a recipe for it last summer here.  We substituted caramelized leeks for the onions yesterday- it was just as delicious, by the way.

It was a fun day.  We all partied like rock stars!

Until we all passed out like rock stars.

Happy Father's Day to all you fathers out there.  Hope your day was wonderful!