Father's Day - Finally

This year, unlike past years, I began plotting for Ahenobarbus' Father's Day gift months ahead of time. After requesting the talents of Wildbound and Scout, and the assistance of Desertbound and The Rock in March, I then attempted to wait patiently.

Here is the result:

The picture was taken by Wildbound in March and then rendered AMAZINGLY in charcoal by Scout. The Rock and Desertbound assisted in the framing and shipping.

The gift didn't arrive until the Monday after Father's Day. When I pulled out the picture, it brought tears to my eyes. I wanted to capture a moment, not create a portrait, and both Wildbound and Scout were able to do so much more than I imagined. After Beemer and I unpacked the picture, we hung it on the wall with a card we made to surprise Ahenobarbus. Below is the video of Ahenobarbus' shock when he saw it. When he walked into the room the first thing he saw was the card. It's pretty obvious when he realized what the card was on. The video is pretty good, but the batteries in my camera died before I got his complete reaction (and his pleasure at having an ORIGINAL by Scout).

Here is Ahenobarbus with Beemer and the picture. It took a bit of work to get a picture of the picture without a glare so you can see just how amazing it is.

Thank you, everyone, who helped to get this gift here.
And to Ahenobarbus, thank you for being such an amazing Dad and for inspiring the best in all of your girls!

We love you!!