B+C+B+C+B+C: Father's Day

Monday, June 23, 2008

Father's Day

This is our belated Father's Day post. I chose not to do another mushy tribute to Brian, since you all recently endured that on his birthday a couple weeks ago.

Besides, the title of "best dad in the world" has apparently been taken...several times over...according to all the other blogs I've viewed recently. Ha! Odd, dontcha think...

So I'll just show the gift Brianna and I gave to her daddy.

It's a TIE - but not just any tie.... a tie with a smiling picture of Brianna all over it! I designed and ordered it from snapfish.com about a month ago, so it arrived well in advanced and I didnt have to do the last-minute frantic gift search (I hate doing that). Brian was so proud to wear his tie to church and work.

9 comments:

Debbie said...: That is the coolest gift. You went to such lengths! - No hanging out for you or knot deciding til the last! You tied in everything beautifully!; June 23, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Ashley said...: That is such a cute gift, maybe I will get one of those for John for his birthday coming up, they are so cute. Brian is such a proud dad, that is great.; June 24, 2008 at 7:36 AM
cameron said...: what you doing in vernal? did your hubby get a job?; June 24, 2008 at 8:06 AM
valmike said...: What Dad wouldn't love a tie? Especially when he has to wear one 6 of the 7 days a week!; June 24, 2008 at 11:26 AM
chelsea mckell said...: Cameron - yeah, living in Vernal parttime, just during the weekdays. Been here about 6 months, hoping to leave within the next couple. Brian has opened up an Enterprise Rent-A-Car for the fine folks here, and is doing extremely well. Just this morning, he had to WALK to work, because he rented out every single one of his vehicles! Vernal isnt too bad. Everything is within walking distance, which I love. And, as you know...the Uintah mountains are beautiful!; June 24, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Mandy said...: Very cute! We did that exact thing for Andy's first father's day! It is such a fun idea!; June 24, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Jen & the Claw said...: Fabulous idea! I'll have to remember that for my hubby's birthday and a gift from my son to him. Thanks!; June 24, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Allison said...: Chelsea! Wow I love that tie idea. I'm going to have to save that website and use that for a future father's day when my hubby is a father. Thanks for the website name. You're little girl is so cute! -Allison (Pugh) Jensen; June 25, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Amy Hunter said...: That is so awesome! I'm going to copy you next year!!; June 25, 2008 at 10:32 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Monday, June 23, 2008

Father's Day

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