Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there!  We had quite a lovely Father's Day celebration here at our house, but we celebrated on Wednesday.  The kids have been keeping a secret for so very long, and they were pumped to finally let the cat out of the bag.

So did you know that Josh is obsessed with the Dad Life video?  Well so are the boys.  They seriously have most of it memorized.



Don't you just love it?  There is not much funnier than Noah saying, "24/7, 365, check me!"  And Wyatt loves to say "Hold up!  Is that a weed in my fescue?  Aw naw, round up to the rescue!"  Josh loves "Keep your peanut butter hands off my 50 inch Vizio."  And together their favorite line is "hydrangeas, begonias, crape myrtles, ornamental turtle!!!"  So they figured out that Daddy already has hydrangeas, begonias and crape myrtles, but you know he doesn't have an ornamental turtle.  SO that is what we decided to get Josh for Father's Day.

I know some of you are going, really?  A concrete turtle?  Yup.  That's how we roll in the Marlatt house - we tend to never buy expensive gifts for each other, especially things that are "from the kids".   And Joshua loved it!!!  It made me and the kids so happy to see how tickled he was with it.  SO now we have a lovely, tacky turtle greeting all who enter our home! I took the boys out to Frazier's and they picked out this turtle that Wyatt thinks should be named "Microwave Cute."  Not really sure what that means.  Then we painted him these lovely colors and I was actually impressed with the kids.  They did it all by themselves and it didn't come out too bad.  Wyatt specifically painted some eyebrows on the turtle, which you know all turtles need.

He only got to sleep in a little cause he had to get up to take his pills, so the kids were happy they got to bring him the turtle in bed!  We took Joshua out to breakfast at Le Peep and then just spent the rest of the day together.  I had plans to make his favorite dinner but we ran out of time and ended up using our free meal coupons at Texas Roadhouse, so nobody was too sad.  So he got his favorite meal tonight instead, so it was kind of like getting an extra meal.  We finished celebrating the day with Josh's favorite fair treat - Fried Oreos!  A couple of years ago we went to the State Fair and we walked for what seems like miles just so Josh could find the fried oreos booth.  And of course he loved them just as much as he thought he would!  I had never made them before but figured it would be easy enough and would be a great, quick surprise.  I was shocked how easy it was and how delish they were!  The kids wouldn't eat them, so Josh got more than his full share.  :)

We are so very thankful to have Joshua in our lives.  He really is the most amazing Daddy.  Always sacrificing so that the rest of the family is happy and taken care of.  He's not one of those dads that is on his phone all the time, out playing golf, or watching sports on TV.  Instead he's making milk cups, washing bottles, changing diapers, playing countless games, and doing LOTS of wrestling.  He really puts his kids #1 in his life.  And that is why they love him so!!  So thankful that we got to have a day to honor him.  Love you Joshua!