Father's Best Day

Today was a really, really nice Father's Day. I was abundantly gifted by my family before I headed into the church. I've finally been given a "World's Best Dad" t-shirt (what took so long, anyway?), along with a new pair of shorts and a couple of DVDs ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," and "National Treasure 2"). On top of it, an order has been placed on the St. Louis Cardinals website for an aerial photo of the new Busch Stadium from their inaugural game two years ago. The picture has a beautiful skyline of St. Louis with the Arch and the Mississippi River in the background. I've been coveting this picture for my office for some time now!

After service this morning, we drove into Baxter and had Chinese buffet for dinner (total diet-buster), and then we drove out to Henning, MN to bring Isabella to her first stay at Lutheran Island Camp. She's doing the short four-day camp and I think Mom (and maybe even Dad) are more nervous than Bella. She's there with her best friend and by the time we left she was in her own world. Headed back through Baxter, where we stopped at Wal-Mart to pick up a few necessities, and then back home. Caught the last five holes of the US Open and saw Tiger's amazing salvage of a playoff tomorrow morning against Rocco Mediate. Now before bed I've been able to (FINALLY) start getting into the pages of David McCollough's "John Adams" biography. I've heard so much about the HBO miniseries, but I want to read the book first.

A long day, but a very, very nice one!