Happy Father's Day! :) Gardening with dad :) Memories shared, and Memories being made :)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!! :)
My family and i want to take this time, to wish all Dad's, a very happy Father's Day : )Thank you all so very much, for your wonderful happy Father's day wishes, for my dad, and family :) my dad sends special "Thank you" to you and your family's :) my dad's having an awesome Father's day, with lots of wonderful quality time, doing things he loves :) Spending time with family, nature, gardening, we even had a sweet car ride talking about his bowling days, and went garden shopping wild at the Agway Nature Supplies store! :) i've been thinking of you all often today, and we're with eachother in spirit, during these very special times :) You all make these times, very special, heart-felt, and memorable for us :) Today, as we celebrate Dad's, it's a day of peaceful sunny joys, wholesome nature, and lots of heart-felt memories being made, to always cherish, and treasure :)
This morning, we were all gathering around, to wish my dad a happy Father's Day :) he woke up early today, for a great day! :) awww! :) We love my dad, and all that he does for us :) he's a hard worker, and has been doing so well :) We love to treat him to a great time, with joyful moments, like today :) we're so happy he's having a great Father's day : )we've been spending lots of quality time with my dad today :) he's getting to do all of his favorite things :) my sister Jenn and Mikey came over this morning, they brought my dad a nice happy father's day cake! :) awww! :) it's a nice Oreo cream cake, yum! : )We cut the cake, and had some :) Delicious! :) we were all outside, in our front yard, it's a beautifully sunny day :) The kids were having lots of fun playing :) Jenn's jeep is working well again, and she got to bring Mikey's little car (John Deer Tractor) over, and he was driving all around the yard :) awww! :)
i gave my dad his gifts :) i put his gifts in a nice garden bag :) he was so happy and excited! :) he loves his nice seaside themed card i gave him :) he also loves his nice garden solar lights, peppermint patty candies, shaving cream/shaving razors, and LOVES his PBA Bowling dvd! :) he said, "that's one of the bowlers i know! he use too bowl at the alley!" :) awww :) so cool! :) my dad's gonna watch his bowling dvd soon :) i was tellign him all about the dvd, and how it has lots of cool features, bonus extras, he will get lots of enjoyment, from watching the dvd :) we were all hanging out, having an awesome time :) i am so very tickled happy, excited, and thrilled that my dad loves his gifts :) he was smiling lots! :) awww! :) my dad brought the pups outside, and was walking them around the backyard, i went out to join him, we were talking about nature, and gardening :) my dad got the garden/tree branch cutters, and cut some of the branches of the apple tree, we have that was growing over one of our gardens, no apples grew on the tree this year, so we decided to trim the branches a bit, to give our garden a little more sunlight :)
i put on my gardening gloves, and began to do some nice weeding in the garden :) i was weeding the gardens, i did really well :) i knew my dad wanted to go garden shopping today. :) he said, "wanna go to agway store!" :) i said, "SURE!" :) Awww! :) awesome!!! :) i was so excited! :) my dad and i took the minivan, we began to cruise over into the historic Norwichtown, to go to agway nature supplies store :) We recently went there, and had an awesome time shopping there :) we couldn't wait to shop! :) as we were driving, we were seeing lots of nice nature sights: )i mentioned the PBA bowling dvd to my dad, he said he's looking forward to watching it :)
my dad was sharing bowling stories, and memories with me, as we drove to agway :) this was great! :) he mentioned, that he had the option of going PBA (professional bowler), but decided since he and my mom were still having us children, that he wanted to bowl locally, and in our state :) i was listening in, to my dad's stories, he said, "the Wayne Webb" bowling ,is a local bowler, who use too stop by the Norwich 10 Pin bowling alley :) so cool! :) my dad use too bowl with him :) my dad is thrilled about his dvd, and he can't wait to watch it! :) we were having a really nice talk :)we had our windows open, nice cool breeze :) i saw a white tailed deer, over by the Norwichtown, on the way to agway :) we approached closer to agway, and arrived :) we love agway, they got lots of nature supplies :)
my dad and i walked into agway store, and we were browsing around, they have a pet cat there, that was sleeping upon one of the bags of bird seeds :) very cute! :) my dad was petting the cat :) We bought some more bird seeds, some nice dried corn, we also bought a packet of mammoth sunflower seeds to plant extra sunflowers :) we also bought a protective net, for our grapevines. we believe the birds are eating the tiny grapes, we want to protect the grapevines, the netting will help protect the vines :) we were browsing around, and the worker there was talking with my dad :) we checked out, put our stuff into our minivan, and walked over to the garden nursery :) they had a special, buy 3, get 1 free plant racks :) SWEET!!! :) my dad and i were enjoying browsing around, they have greenhouses there, other costomers were shopping too :) we were putting some organic soil, and also some other nice items on our wagon, we bought 18 more cucumber plants, and also bought some yellow squash plants :) we love the buy 3 get 1 free deal :) we were stocking up! :)
The workers at agway are so nice, and helpful :) they love to help :) We checked out, and then my dad and i put the plants, and soil into our minivan :) my dad and i were so happy we got to garden shop :) i took pictures at agway nature supplies store, to share with everyone :) it truly is an amazing nature sanctuary there, so many plants, and we have a membership card there, we get points every time we make purchases :) my dad and i began our journey home :) we were talking about the plants, and gardening :) this was so special to me, getting to go garden shopping with my dad, and also getting to talk about his bowling days, and all of the special memories and stories he has, about his bowling days :) When we arrived home, we put our soil, and plants in our garden area :) my dad then got the lawn mower, and cut our front yard :) he's in all of his nature, and gardening heaven today, he loves to mow the lawn, and tending the yard :) he's having such a great Father's day :) my brother Bobby, Stacy, and their little boy Ryan stopped by to visit earlier :) we had a nice visit :)
GARDENING! :) my dad and i did some gardening this afternoon :) We got the wheel barrow, our garden gloves, and ventured into the gardens :) We used nice top soil/organic soil, and planted 17 corn plants we have grown, from the greenhouse stand, we also planted all of our 18 new cucumber plants, and our yellow squash plants :) it was so nice, doing the planting :) my dad and i put nice organic soil, around the stem bases of the plants, and i got the water hose, and began to water the plants :) i gave the plants a nice soaking, with the water nourishment :) it was great! :) the plants are thriving, and growing so well :) it was so awesome, gardneing with my dad this afternoon :) We accomplished a lot of nice gardening :) my mom and sister Lisa went to mcdonalds, and got some iced coffees for us :) wow! :) it was such a wonderful surprise :) CHEERS!!! :) this day, is rocking and rolling! :) i want to take this time to share with everyone, a special memory, and story, i have, of when my dad and i first began to get into sports cards collecting :)
MEMORIES OF COLLECTING SPORTS CARDS WITH MY DAD :) Back in the late 1980's, and early 1990's, i was at that age, about 8, 9 years old, where i got into sports more and more, and eventually began to collect sports cards :) my dad also began to collect cards, he remembers from his early days as a boy, collecting cards too, in the 50's and 60's :) my dad and i really got into the collecting, and use too go to the Bills Baseball Card Shop, over in Gales Ferry, Connecticut, every friday evening, i use too get $10 allowance money, and i remember i would be so excited, about going to the card shops :) my dad and i would browse around the store, we would buy packs of cards :) the shop had a special, if you found certain rare cards, the store would pay cash, or give money credit to buy items in the stores :) one time, i pulled a cool Shaq O'Neal gold rookie card, 1992/1993 topps card, worth a lot of money :) my dad and i decided to sell it to the Bills baseball card shop :) we were so thrilled about it, we got $40 to spend in the store, and i remember the other costomers saying, "wow! you all found a gold Shaq card!" :) awww! :) we got tons and tons of baseball, football, and basketball cards, complete sets, of cards, thousands of cards, just for trading in that 1 card :) we were so happy! :)
my dad and i also use too go to the Sports shack collectible shop, here in our city, at the city mall :) We use too buy all kinds of cards, 1987 topps baseball cards, $1 per pack :) We'd go many times to the sports shack, and would have so much fun, opening up our packs of cards :) we even went to a sports cards show, at the city mall, back in 1994 :) it was amazing! :) We saw, so many tables of cards :) i remember my family and i use too go to the Rhode Island, Flea Market, near Warwick, RI :) we would buy all kinds of sports cards there too : )my dad and i have over 60,000 sports cards, in our collection, from over the years :) it was so much fun collecting, and we still collect, from time to time :) i remember we'd go to flea markets, yardsales, tag sales, garage sales, we'd buy cards and cards, and it was so much fun :) my dad mentioned to me, he wishes he saved his cards from when he was a kid, because they'd be worth so much! :) my dad mentioned, he use too put his sports cards, in his bike spokes, to make a cool engine sound! :) hehe! :) our sports cards collection we have, is priceless to us, and will always be a very special part of our close bond we share, of collecting sports cards :) we love to talk about all of the cards we've collected. : )we still buy a few packs of cards, from time to time, and we love it very much :) i am so happy, and excited to share this very special memory with everyone, of our sports cards collecting days, and how it means the world to us, to have these special memories, to always cherish, and treasure :)
my family and i would love to share with everyone, about these very special, and heart warming gifts, and treasures we recieved :)
HAPPY FRIENDSHIP SMILES, SENT WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF LOVE, AND GREETINGS, FROM SOUTH AFRICA! :) awww! :) This is so very wonderfully nice, sweet, and awesome!!! :) oh my! :) oh boy!!! :) i recieved a beautifully heart warming, very special, and super cool gifts, and treasures package in the mail, from our dear, and lovely friends Dezna, her lovely mom Marcia, and their family :) awww! :) i am smiling and smiling, and so very happy, excited, and thrilled! :) awww! :) Each day, you all always warm our hearts, and bring us such an amazing joy, happiness, peace, and excitement to our lives :) it's a very special joy, gift, and treasure to our hearts, your beautiful friendships, and getting to share in, and celebrate, joyful times with you and your family's :) the exciting joy, of sending mail, and recieving mail, is so nice :) i am so very tickled happy, and thrilled to share with everyone, about these awesome gifts, and treasures i recieved :)
Dezna, and her family sent us, a lovely friendship card :) awww! :) on the front of the card, Dezna put a sweet picture, of flowers, and it says, "To someone special" :) awww! :) there's a happy ladybug sticker on the card :) Dezna creates beautiful cards :) inside the card, Dezna wrote me a lovely friendship note, and included some awesome teddy bear themed stickers :) i'm going to put this lovely card, here in my writing area :) Dezna, and her family also sent me, some nice stationary paper, and envelopes :) the envelopes have very beautiful flowers, that are flowers that grow, and blossom in Dezna's home country, of South Africa :) this is wonderful! :) i look forward to creating cards :) it's one of my favorite joys :) i love card making/creating cards :) i'll get lots of nice enjoyment, from my writing supplies :) Dezna, and her family also sent me, this very neat, and cool, sunflower cushion decorative :) it can be used, to put our cups/drinks on, or can be displayed :) i'm so happy! :) i love sunflowers! :) Dezna mentioned to me, that when she saw this sunflower, she thought of me, and wanted to send it to me :) Sunny sunflower smiles :) That touches my heart, in many wonderful ways :)
i also recieved, a wonderful beaded arts, Giraffe themed keyring :) wow! :) this is so neat! :) over the years, Dezna has sent me some very cool, beaded arts keyrings :) an angel, penguin, christmas tree, rhino, sunflower, and now i have these awesome giraffe for my collection :) i collect keyrings :) thi is a wonderful new addition, to my collection :) the next wonderful gift, and treasure i'd love to share about, this is very sweet, and awesome, Gemstones of Africa, board, featuring gemstones, that can be found in Africa! :) WOW!!! :) i am smiling! :) These are so cool! :) there's 20 different varieties of gemstones, each one, is featured on the board, and has the name of the gemstone! :) i was showing my family the gemstones :) these are SWEET!!! :) i'm going to display the gemstones/board, here in my computer room :) awww! :) This is so wonderful, of Dezna, and her family to send me these beautiful gifts, and treasures :) i love them, and will always cherish them :) Each one, is very special, unique, and precious, as it's packed with your wonderful love :) Dezna, family, thank you all so very much, for these lovely, and very special gifts, and treasures :) i deeply appreciate your kindness, and generousity, with all of the love of my heart :) sending lots and lots of love, an dhappy friendship smiles across the miles, from our hearts, and home to yours :) i had such a fun time opening up my treasures package :)
We're enjoying a wonderful day, and an amazing weekend! :) We're so very happy, delighted, and thrilled that my dad's having a great Father's day :) It's a very special day, and lots of great memories being made :) my family and i are so happy, thankful, and blessed, to have the very special opportunity, to celebrate these times, with you all, our dear, and wonderful friends :) You all are very special to us, and always have a wonderful place in our hearts :) BIG GROUP WARM FRIENDSHIP HUG :) We've had a wonderful time celebrating today, and there's many more joyful times, to look forward too :) another beautiful countdown to summer week, is coming up, with lots of gardening, nature joys :) We're so excited, summer season is coming :) my family and i have been in the beautiful moments of this very special day, and weekend, soaking up the moments, and cherishing all of these amazing times :) We thank you all so very much, for celebrating with us, and for all that you do for us :) We deeply appreciate your kindness, and generousity, with all of the love of our hearts :) You all are very special to us :) We hope everyone is having a peaceful day, we hope all dad's are enjoying a great day :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, dad's having a great Father's day : )he loves all of his gifts :) we went garden shopping today, enjoying the special joys, of the day, and this beautiful season :) Summer is coming, and our gardens are flourishing with lots of love, spirit, and energy :) Thinking of you, our dear friend : )
my mom says hi :) She says, "Happy Father's Day dads" :) awww! :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a good day" :) awww! : )We love yu all bunches and bunches, our dear friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a peaceful day :) We think of you all often, and you all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :)
Happy Father's Day! :) a very special happy father's day wish, for all dad's :) We hope everyone is having a peaceful day :) we enjoy a very special time, celebrating these special times with everyone :) my dad is having a great father's day, enjoying all of the very special joys, that he enjoys :) family time, nature time ,gardening time, relaxing time :) it's a beautiful day, and many very special memories being made, to always cherish, and treasure :) Happy Father's Day Dad! :) We love you! :)
my dad and i will always share a great love, for nature, gardening, and for collecting sports cards :) my dad's a big Red Sox fan, and i'm a big A's fan :) We love the teams, and our sports cards collection :) this is a picture of one of my sports cards binders, filled with baseball cards :) We love our collection, and we love to enjoy time talking about collecting cards :)
Bowling Cake, that we baked for my dad, back in 2009, or 2010 :) we made the bowling pins, out of chocolate. :) the bowling balls, are gumballs :) this was lots of fun to bake this cake :) my dad use too bowl a lot, in the 70's and 80's, and almost went to the PBA tour :) he shared some awesome stories, and memories with me today, about his bowling days :) i gave my dad a nice PBA bowling dvd, for him to enjoy watching :) my dad is having a great father's day :) Thank you all, for your wonderful wishes for him :)
Happy friendship smiles, sent with lots and lots of love, from South Africa! :) awww! :) i love my very special gifts, and treasures, that our dear, and lovely friends Dezna, and her family sent me :) This is so nice, and sweet of them : )Each one, is very special, and unique :) i am so very happy, and excited to recieve these very special gifts, and treasures :) i'll always cherish them :) This is so lovely, and very heart warming :) Dezna, family, thank you all so very much! :) i deeply appreciate your kindness, and generousity, with all of the love of our hearts :)
Gemstones, from Dezna, and her family :) this is a picture of the beautiful Gemstones, from Africa, that Dezna and her family sent me :) These are super cool! :) my family and i love seeing the gemstones :) i'm going to display these beautiful treasures here in my computer room :)
GREETINGS, FROM AGWAY NATURE SUPPLIES STORE! :) my dad and i had an awesome time ,going to the nature supplies store, Agway :) we bought organic soil, plants, and also got some bird seeds, and nice pack of mammoth sunflower seeds :) we love browsing around at agway, they have so many nice items, it's like a gardening's paradise! :) i took some pictures there, during our adventure :)
Our Garden Wagon! :) we got to use this nice garden wagon, to put our items on :)
Garden Greenhouse at Agway :) we bought some nice plants there :)
We saw this cool cactus plant, at agway's :)
The Agway nature supplies store, and garden nursery is amazing! :)




on the way to Agway, my dad and i were enjoying a nice talk, and drove past this beautiful pond someone has in their yard :) very peaceful :)

GARDENING! :) my dad and i enjoyed some awesome gardening time this afternoon :) We love gardening! :) it was very special to my dad and i, getting to garden today, on this wonderful day, Father's day :) i took some sweet pictures, of our plants :)
my dad and i planted 17 corn plants, into our garden :) These are nice popcorn corn plants :) we look forward to seeing the plants grow :)

We planted more cucumber plants, into our fenced in garden areas :)
Yellow Squash plants :) we planted these nice plants, into our garden, that we got at agway nature supplies store :)
The plants, and gardens are doing amazing! :) We're so happy, and excited, enjoying this beautiful gardening season :) it's flourishing so very nicely :) i took these spirit soaring sunny pictures, of our plants, and gardens today :)














Happy Father's Day! :) Dad, you are... COOL!!! :) 

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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family had a nice day and your dad had a wonderful Father\'s Day. I enjoyed your story about card collecting with your dad.Happy to hear you and your dad love to garden together.The bowling cake is really neat..You and the kids makes some nice cakes together. The Plants are looking great.The sunflowers are so BIG and I see my favorite Mr Cool Sunflower too.Thanks for all my nice hugs today.Enjoy your night.Hugs and smiles-Stephanie
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Hello Chris, *Smiling* enjoyed all the pictures especially the ones of the Cool Sunflower flower& bowling pin cake you made one year.!
Your day with your family celebrating Fathers Day sounded really nice!
Thank you for sharing all those moments,memories and pictures.
Wanted to ask you,last nights Ghost Adventures seemed to be repeats (on the travel channel) when is the new season beginning? Wishing you a peaceful and good evening my friend. Love/Blessings/Greenies
ddeadred
ddeadred

WOW!!! You had such a nice day with Dad that I\'m a little jealous!!! I\'m so glad you are so wize to make every Dad\'s Day Special with your Dad!!! No wonder Daddio was tapping my shoulder all day...

I had a buzy day with some gardening and organizing in the house when it got too warm... I also finally made the EGGROLLS!!! BAKING SUNDAY!!! Kris came and got the shed today so soon I\'ll have another AC unit for my kitchen--YEAH!!! Just in time to beat the worse heat of summer!!! He\'s going to take it out carefully and Mary will bring it back over...

Love to you and Mom and DAD and everybody in CT!!!
HAPPY DAD\'s DAY, DAD!!!
xoxoxo Cj
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

what a wonderful day:) i read your journal, and suddenly, i feel like i am part of a family again. you are so generous sharing your life with everyone:)
Love4you
Love4you

Dear Chris, I am so happy you and your family enjoyed such a great day! :-)
your Bowling cake look so Yummy! :-) love your treasures from your friend :-) love all your nature pictures and all your plants growing and growing...:-)
your Sunflowers look Adorable! :-) Sending best wishes to you, my dear
friend and your family! :-) Love,Hugs&Blessings,Maria
Squarley
Squarley

All Chris I love that cake that is so special in your garden looks beautiful and your flowers I had to laugh at your sunflowers with the glasses on so wonderful I love sharing these adventures with you and your days in your journal and learning about your family and being able to tell you about mine it\'s something so special that we have we will be friends forever Chris I\'ll always be here for you you make my day you make me smile ,love you hugs , Shirley
Michelletj
Michelletj

It sounds like you had a great Father\'s Day with your dad! And, as always, your pictures are gorgeous! Just checking in to see how you\'re doing. Glad to read that you are doing well! *HUGS*
annieheart
annieheart

Very nice, I am glad you had a great fathers day!!
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

What awesome father\'s day you had. I love the sunglasses on the sunflowers. I worked yesterday all the fathers seemed to be working on their.projects instead of just relaxing. Thanks.for.sharing your day with dad.:)