Happy Father's Day Clay

We surprised Clay with a painting of the Milkbarn!

My friend Cristen Miller is an amazing artist that we both knew in our SF days before we were married.

(she also did my children's portraits which I adore and cherish)

(she also told me I am her number one collector! woo hoo! I beat out the owner of Ameritrade, haha)

It is exquisite.

She captured little details only we would notice...the wire from the smokestack, our patron bunny statue, little weeds and bare limbs that have died on some of the cottonwoods :)

I also commissioned her to paint this portrait of the valley. It took my breath away each day. Really. This was one of my favorite views coming down the 93 on my way home. I took a photo in June which is my favorite month there. The light, the sky, the green pastures and clouds in the afternoon. Dreamy.

I worried this would make everyone sad to see. I wondered if it was too soon?

But not so!

We look back fondly on that time in our life. It shaped and reshaped us as a family.

Those highs and lows were a gift.

Okay, so after picking up the paintings we headed to Juanita's! We brought Clay down through 4 hours of traffic and he said as long as there was mexican food, he would be fine with the surprise :)

it is a Montgomery family favorite and seriously, never disappoints, it was better than I remembered!

haha...my models

We headed over to Marty and Diane's afterwards to hang out :)

Her beautiful home was decked perfectly for the 4th

They did an extensive remodel and pushed open their kitchen.

I have been coming to their home since my early days in college, it always feels good to be there

They have a diving board so the kids did a competition :)

It was a great father's day!

I mean, I even made my delicious egg salad sandwiches for the men in our ward but really, I made them for Clay per his request.

He is a good man and a good, honest father. He is patient, slow to react to teenager things, he loves them and provides for them.

And he loves me.

A good father loves his wife :)

Happy Father's Day to the guy who can build just about anything.

We love you💗

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