Just wanted to put a Happy Father's Day out there to all you guys. Certainly does not get as much attention as Mother's Day...argh.<br><br>Hope your day is spent how you want it to be!

Happy, indeed! Great to be back home after a few days in Sweden. The return trip took 24 hours. Jet lagged Father's Day is still a good Father's Day.

Good to hear you guys made it back, hopefully in one piece each. Happy father's day to all!!<br><br>Bri-

Same to you.<br>I got my Father's Day gift yesterday, and it was exactly what I wanted (photo taken by my wife) ...<br><br>

Oh hell no, she got you a rocket?? Man I got a card.... Ph well, I gotta show here this and put in a plug for next year.... Nice ride, just be careful on that thing. Nice bike, congrats, seriously! Happy father's day!<br><br>Bri-

Actually, we've been talking about it for quite some time. We both have SUVs, and I'm too stubborn to get rid of mine, and in her field of work, she NEEDS hers. We work in opposite directions so we can't do the drop one off at work thing. I've always wanted a motorcycle and with gas prices being what they are, I figured now is as good of a time as any to get one. I took courses on cycle riding, and I got my license and everything, but I wouldn't get one unless she said it was okay. Yesterday morning she got me up and said Let's go get your Father's Day gift and there it is, a Kawasaki ZX10-R.

Umm... I got a t-shirt and a I think I want another child conversation. The motorcycle is much more fun!!

Thanks! It was my first one and it was a blast! Had a couple other families over for a BBQ that was out of this world! (be sure and check the bbq post too for my thoughts on how it should be done right)

This was my first Father's Day as a Dad and it was great! I got a great b&w photo of my wife & son to hang in my office.<br><br>Plus, the local newspaper ran a front page (in Section article about our adoption story. That was a real kick and doubly nice (and a big surprise) that they held the article to publish it on Father's Day. Here's a link if you're interested:<br><br>From Russia With Love

Wow, that is an amazing story. I'm going to post a blog about it. Be back in a minute.

I got the hard luck Father's Day; the whole family had completely forgotten about it. Understandable under the circumstances, as we were all so busy- we've got a demanding (what other kind is there?) 3-month-old to tend to, a 4-year-old terror from tiny town to placate, a move at the end of the week, 60 grade 5 and 6ers to grade and write reports on, let alone hammer out my thesis proposal by months' end (whenever I get around to starting it, anyway). It was Tuesday before we realized the grave omission. My wife, who is Thai, consoled me with the promise to celebrate the traditional Thai father's day instead. Nice one, you'd think- I thought the same until I found out the Thai father's day is 5 December. Zing!<br><br>A shout out to Daddy Rob- that's a lovely story about your adopted son, Liam's a lucky little boy to have found you and your wife as parents; besides, you just can't go wrong with an Irish name, either (my son's name is Seamus). I appreciate that you are not going to let him forget where he came from as well- it's ever a challenge to strike a balance with a child of multiple cultures. Well done.

Thanks Clay & ExPat!<br><br>You'd be surprised at how many people either don't understand how to pronounce Liam (my wife's Mom called him Lemon the first time she met him!) or understand why on Earth a guy with a last name like O'Daniel would want his child to have an Irish name. (:::smacking hand on forehead::<br><br>Anyway, it worked out well that his original Russian first name was their version of Matthew (complete with a coupla letters we don't even feature in our alphabet) so we kept the American version of that for his middle name.