Father's Day and our First Summer Vacation (for this year)

This past weekend we got to celebrate a few things...Father's Day!  And the start of Summer vacation.  But this post is dedicated to my son's daddy.  As I looked through the pictures from this past weekend I notice a commonality...just about everywhere Tom is, there you will find Gregory and Joshua.  Both of our boys look up to their daddy so much...oh the pressure this brings.  I know there are days when Tom feels the weight of this and then there are other days that he seems to forget about the pressure and just has fun with his boys.  Tom will be the first to admit he's not perfect, but I know he does try so very hard to be a good example to his boys.  He has always been there for his boys and we are so thankful that his military career is nearing an end so we won't have the "fear" of a deployment.  Our boys have only been apart from their dad for at the most a long weekend (with a youth group event)...they have been blessed.  Tom is passing on so many of his traits to his boys (both the good and the not so good).  Thankfully he has an awesome memory which is tested every day by Gregory.  One of Gregory's favorite things to do is to have Tom tell him stories about what it was like when he was a kid (his favorite tv shows, favorite games, favorite wii game..hahaha, etc.)  Joshua's favorite thing to do with Tom is to "play tackle"...yeah that's my Joshua...a future football player.  There are lots of Super Hero games in our house, lots of Transformers to play with, and Legos....my boys love to have their dad involved in their lives and that is what he does...he is involved with his boys and loves them incredibly.  Tom, thanks for being a godly man who has so many wonderful traits (too numerous to list) and you have been giving our boys a godly example to aspire to.  I love you!