Celebrating Father's Day

Here are some pictures from our Father's Day celebrations.
My Dad couldn't be at church on Sunday because he had to work (fire season is crazy), but we
celebrated with him and our family on Tuesday getting him an ice cream maker at Tractor Supply
and eating at my Granddad's favorite Mexican restaurant.

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Father's Day, June 19th, 2011

Four generations:

Granddad B holding baby Ashlynn, Mr. B,

and Brandon in the back.

Amanda, Brandon, and their sweet baby, Ashlynn.

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Beautiful ladies

Granddad and his Great-Granddaughter

The B's mammoth sunflowers!

They're about the size of my head... and I have a big head...
O.o

Sweet friends, Bethany and Leah

Ben's grilling: evidently, it's a spectator sport now.

Brianna helping Ben

I was checking to see what my earplug looked like...

I didn't feel like I was putting it in right... haha

We eventually got it :D


Ready to go shooting!

Geek
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1. An unfashionable or socially inept person.

It was a really hot day.
It got up to 93 degrees and the heat index had to have been above 100.

Lane and Brandon

Jeff and Kevin -
My stand-in Dads for Father's Day since my Dad had to work on the fires and couldn't come.

Boaz

Even with the heat, it was a beautiful day with blue skies.

Celebrating With Family,  June 21st, 2011

Mexican light bokeh!

:D

Uncle John, Granddad and Dad in front of the restaurant

Tricia and Cody being cute :)

The carrot cake I made for Dad!

Cream cheese frosting :D

Carrot cake is Dad's favorite

I'm not really a fan of it, but I enjoyed this one!

Best Ever Carrot Cake

2 cups sugar (I used 1 cup sugar, 1 cup sucanat)
1 cup vegetable oil

Cream these together well. Add
4 eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Add:
2 cups grated carrots

Combine:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon (I don't like cinnamon too much so I just sprinkled enough to taste it)
1/2 cup of ground walnuts

Add to the egg mixture and mix well.

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or a 13x9-inch baking pan (I used 13x9-inch).

Pour batter into pan and bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
(I used convect at 325°F for 50 minutes and it was done)

Thanks to cooks.com for this recipe!

I adapted my cream cheese icing from this recipe.

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I hope you all enjoyed Father's Day with your Dads!

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"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that

the LORD your God is giving you."

{Exodus 20:12}