we tend to be pretty ghetto about mother’s/father’s day in the tsai house.  no cards, no gifts, nothing too out of the ordinary.  nothin’ except a cheery “HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!” or “HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!” first thing in the morning when we wake up.  and since mikey doesn’t speak yet, the one holding him does the cheery yelling while mikey looks at us like we’ve lost our marbles.  he often looks at us like that.  wonder why.

so sunday, we did the usual stuff but had a great time anyway!  went to church, where i have to say, piper gave the BEST father’s day message i’ve ever heard!  it was a great message all around, but this one was filled with stories from his childhood in special tribute to his dad.  one thing to note about piper’s messages is that he rarely uses personal anecdotes so this was kinda special to hear about young johnny piper growing up.  one funny gem from the sermon filled with funny gems- his dad had actually wanted to name him peter. PETER PIPER!!! 

anyway, what an amazing legacy to have one generation loving and serving the Lord and passing that on to the next generation.  and the next.  i was so encouraged by the message that we bought a few cds of it.  so, if you want to hear it too, let me know and i’ll gladly send it to you!

that evening, we headed to roseville central park to sit under the beautiful blue sky and listen to the twin cities orchestra.  they weren’t very good.  phil cringed a lot during the performance.  but still, it was so nice to be outside after all the rain we’ve been having!

the orchestra.  well, it’s no hollywood bowl…

mikey had a blast crawling around in the grass afterwards.  the people around us were pretty entertained by his antics.

walking around the lake.  (yes, phil is wearing a t-shirt that says ‘irish’ on it).

mikey got some swing time in as the sun set on our ghetto-fabulous day.