father's day recap

remember on father's day when i said more to come later? well, here it is.

yes. i know it's quite a bit later, but it was a surprise!

for father's day we gave dad:

-a notepad because he always carries around notecards that he writes himself notes on ALL the time. this time it's handy. (now we just need to get him to use it, "it almost seems too nice to use." -dado)

Front: "World's Greatest Dad"

inside said: They say an elephant never forgets, but I'm not an elephant.

inside photo

-a politician/sports book

-tickets to the muny to see kiss me kate. the tickets were for sunday night and guess who showed up to go too? ME! karen picked me up from the airport saturday night (which was a bit dramatic) and we had lots to do on sunday during the day so when mom & dad showed up to meet karen they met US! so we took them out to dinner and then headed to the show.

don't worry - it stopped raining just in time for the show

for the fourth we went to the cardinals game, which was super fast, but super awesome!

and stayed downtown for the fireworks at the arch.

it was so nice to be in the states for the fourth this year.

what a lovely weekend! i hope your fourth was amazing too!

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