In the midst of an extremely busy season of life, with a major change on the horizon, we wanted to make the most of our Father’s Day Sunday. There was nothing on the calendar, so I let the father of the family decide how we would spend our day.

Among our options: bring a picnic lunch to the arboretum, go for a family bike ride, or…

go to Home Depot to buy supplies to build a corn hole game.

We hurried home and got to work measuring and cutting and drilling.

We couldn’t find our existing bean bags, so Ruth and I headed to the sewing machine to put some together.

Thankfully, before we got too far into the process, Derek came in after finding the missing bean bags and relieved us of our duties.

As soon as the corn hole tables were assembled, we held a tournament (of which the parent duo won it all!).

When not competing, the Peanut Gallery looked on.

When Jake was not competing, he was making contacts on his radio.

Molly had one thing on her mind this hot day: s-w-i-m.  We did not want her to jump in, so she obediently sat by the edge of the pond.

We are still finishing up assembling the game by putting the final coat of paint on and stenciling the design: the Air Force logo.

Other Father’s Day activities were fishing.

This guy has caught 57 fish in three days!

He would literally drop his line in the water (he couldn’t throw the line out because the reel is broken) and the fish would come swarming. Here’s evidence:

We also set up the hammock and took turns swinging between the trees.

Happy Father’s Day to a fantastic dad!