Fathersday & More

Post-Father's Day Greetings everyone!!!

I had every intention of updating the site on Sunday evening but we were all too full and tired. What a wonderful day of firsts for the Benjamin-Coon Clans as we spent our first Father's Day with "The Little Princess". The first part of the day began at Church as we were blessed with a sermon on Humility. (I find it so very hard to believe that on a day like Father's Day our Pastor would preach on a topic to pick on me. I need to speak to him about that.) Afterwards we hurried home to begin a day of "Meat-Festing" with ribs and pork chops, followed by bratwurst and lamb rolls. Needless to say it was a "Man's Day". I think there was other food there too but, did I say there was meat! (Brian Elkins is shaking his head right now!) Moving on, the week leading up to the big event was blessed. On Thursday night we had the opportunity to take a family photo, bottom right, in our backyard. This was a huge part of my gift but also what we shared with our families. It was such a blessing. A little about all the photo's. The top picture is one of Gracie's protector. This is our girl Lab "Fred". Now before everyone goes Fred, it is short for Fredrica von Hauptfogel of Dresden. The very famous Labrador Retriever that saved the Prussian Queen from drowning in the 1600th Century. The story goes that the Queen had too much to drink one night and fell from a party boat into the friged waters of the Schlimdorf River. The current was too swift and waters too cold for anyone to follow the Queen but Fredrica. Fred being the protector she was than and still is today by bloodline, jumped in and pulled the Queen to safety and they lived happily ever after. In reality we already had the name Fred picked out and the gender of the dog was not going to matter. The second photo is of Gracie with her Grandpa. This is Deena's Dad Ben. He would fill a whole blog page if I got started. What a man and what an example to follow on what it is to be a Father. He is quite a guy. The next picture is titled "How cute do I look in my carseat". Two things happen in this device, one is she falls asleep and the second is she poops everytime she gets in it. I think we are planning on moving it to the bathroom. We are so fortunate that it is covered with some type of coating they perfected at NASA. Next is Gracie falling asleep in her Aunt Denise's lap as the day was winding down and finally our family photo again. I will add more later but need to get ready for work. Happy Post Father's Day everyone. Enjoy the pictures and remember "As we have been blessed, let us bless others".

Rick