Dad's Day

Jim and his boys: Casey (17), Carter (10) and Clayton (15).

It would have been an ideal Father's Day for hubby if I could have delivered an exciting U.S. Open finale and a Celtics win. At least Jim got half of that.

The U.S. Open will actually wrap up Monday with a playoff round that hopefully with be close and exciting. As for the Celtics, they'll now travel home to Boston, where a championship win will be much more appreciated by the local fans.

Sports aside, dads know the best part of Father's Day is spending time with the adorable offspring who made them a father. I was so pleased the "big boys" came out to the house to spend the afternoon with Dad. There was some competitive mini-golf, light wrestling and plenty of silly, I mean manly, talk.

It was great! I miss our time as a "whole family unit," but that's one of the sad realities of having parents in two households. It certainly makes us treasure them all the more when they take time on a special day to be with us. It's important to Jim and me to have all our boys together and for Carter to have his big brothers around.

I pretty much observed and let them bond. And took the occasional picture (they are such willing scrapbooking participants!). This was Dad's day, after all. It would be so nice if it happened more often.