I decided that the best gift I could get him was a grill. A grill just screams DAD to me. I don't know if that's my dad in my head because grilling is "his thing" or if it's just all those commercials that have gotten to me. Either way, there wasn't any other idea that I could think off that was better than a grill.
This year, we were also expecting our baby but he wasn't due until after Father's Day, so Andrew asked me if we could push off Father's Day until our baby finally arrived. He wanted to celebrate Father's Day with our new baby in his arms.
We still celebrated Father's Day on the day itself, though. A simple but very happy and meaningful Father's Day dinner at the local Rib Crib. We couldn't just let it pass without doing anything. This was, Andrew's first one as my husband -- officially part of Zenon's and my life and then a new baby on the way. To top that off, just a few weeks before, Zenon said he wanted to take Andrew's name.
This was very random. Zenon was registering his entry to the bug catching contest and said his name was Zenon D. It made my heart melt and Andrew will never admit it, but I saw a little twinkle in his eye, and that was most definitely a tear!
A few weeks after Father's Day, we had Zayden! So finally a month or so after that, we celebrated the continuation of Father's Day and finally got the grill.
Since then, Andrew has been grilling at least twice a week. His first quest was to perfect the cook on the steak. He took this quest to heart and researched and experimented. All that work has definitely paid off and he is now a master of steak
grilling. His next quest is to perfect the grill marks on the steak and his first try was already near perfect.
Although Andrew's quest to cook the perfect steak started a few months ago with him purchasing a cast iron grill. I want to say that his steaks on the cast iron grill were good but I think because he enjoys being outside with the whole family -- the fresh air, the dogs running around in the backyard, and just the overall atmosphere, he was able to put more heart into making the steaks on the grill. This has made the steaks he made on the grill so amazing and it didn't take him long to get it perfect either.
Zenon used to not want anything to do with steak yet we used to go to Texas Roadhouse almost every weekend at one point. Now however, Zenon has finally opened up and allowed steak into his life and he has embraced being a Steakvore like his parents.
We are definitely a family of steak lovers! So, until we either get snowed in and can't grill anymore, Andrew will be out in the backyard grilling while the kids and dogs and I wait impatiently for the deliciousness that is about to come.
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