Father’s Day weekend.

Elna is lucky to have Brian for a dad!  He is a really great dad!  Elna absolutely adores him and I do too.  When she sees or hears him come home every night her face lights up and she screams for joy.  She has been saying Dada for a while now, but this weekend, just in time for Father’s Day it seems, she has been saying it more enthusiastically.  When he goes to the other end of the house she will yell Dada until he comes back.  I love it. 

I love the routines he has with her that she has come to totally expect. He takes her the second he gets home from work (thank goodness!) and puts her on our bed while he dresses. She loves playing on the bed with him. He is also the one who feeds her dinner, bathes her, and reads to her before I feed her every night.

For Father’s Day I gave Brian a barbeque grill. He has been patiently wanting one for quite some time. He really loves it!

Brian had Friday off because of flex time at work, so we spent most of the weekend doing yard work.  But yesterday afternoon we also got out for a beautiful hike in the gorge.  We hiked to Ponytail Falls.  This is a fun hike because you actually hike behind the waterfall. 

This path curves behind the waterfall—you can see other hikers behind the waterfall.

Behind the waterfall.

Behind the waterfall, but with the waterfall behind Brian and Elna.

Me & Elna at the bottom of the waterfall.

Today after church, we went on another hike in the gorge.  We did Bridal Veil falls which was perfectly short and very beautiful.

With Bridal Veil (the lower portion of it) in the background.

The three of us!

At one of the view points—looking out over the Columbia River. 

Happy Father’s Day, Brian!  You are the absolute best!!!