On Friday my husband and oldest son traveled by sleeper car to his weeklong music composition workshop in Illinois.

Yesterday morning my daughter and I dropped off Boy #2 at the airport at 5 am. He is now somewhere in Colorado on a pilgrimage with his Sunday School class. We are keenly missing him today as it is his 15th birthday!

My girl and I made a lightning strike visit to Arlington to see my parents and to wish my dad a Happy Father’s Day.

We tried to get him to smile for a special Father’s Day picture and this is what happened:

My mother, observing all of this from her couch throne, commanded him to smile in her most imperious tone and this is what happened:

Happy Father’s Day, Dad and Happy Father’s Day, Colin. You’re both my favorites.