June 28, 2013

Let's Go O's...

We enjoyed an O's win last night!    Will enjoyed a nice view of the yard while the older boys waited for autographs before the game...


Will at batting practice...let's go O's!!! #masnorioles, #orioles, #macefamilysummer


Thankfully Daddy had a meeting close to the stadium so we had two cars to transport the sleepy ones home in the 6th inning.

#brothers, #birdland, #masnorioles, #macefamilysummer


The game ended up having a rain delay in the bottom of the seventh inning.  The older boys talked me into staying and we enjoyed ice cream...cheering for the Orioles in the dugout while they played a gum throwing game...and watching the grounds crew get the yard ready for the game to resume at 10:45...


They made it through the rain delay...#latergram, #orioles, #brothers, #macefamilysummer

Micaiah scored another baseball from the Orioles bullpen...he's 3 for 3!


all photos taken with my iphone...

June 26, 2013

The Latest Instagram Pictures...

These days my phone is with me more than my DSLR.  I regularly post on Instagram but realize that some regualar followers here don't have access to those posts.  So I hope to do an Instagram "Dump" here on the blog once a week...enjoy...



His favorite kind of summer reading...location:tree, subject: #adamjones


His favorite kind of summer reading...location:tree, subject:#adamjones   #masn, #orioles, #oriolesdugoutclub




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Thanks @bethesda4 for making the boys night!  Lets Go O's!  #orioles

Thanks @bethesda4 for making the boys night!  Lets Go O's!  #orioles



Eli's lunch...grilled chicken salad.  So thankful that 1 out of 4 boys will try anything!  #1000gifts

Eli's lunch...grilled chicken salad.  So thankful that 1 out of 4 boys will try anything!  #1000gifts



fun in aisle A3...#boyswillbeboys

Fun in aisle A3... #boyswillbeboys


Light rail ride to Orioles Stadium...#macefamilysummer

#macefamilysummer



#clue #macefamilysummer

#clue #macefamilysummer


Baseball practice...#baseball, #macefamilysummer

Baseball practice...               #baseball, #macefamilysummer


Eli's find... #treefrog, #macefamilysummer

Eli's find... #treefrog, #macefamilysummer




Neighborhood volleyball... #macefamilysummer

Neighborhood volleyball... #macefamilysummer
Fan section for neighborhood volleyball... #macefamilysummer

Fan section for neighborhood volleyball... #macefamilysummer



Baseball with Poppy... #macefamilysummer

Baseball with Poppy... #macefamilysummer


Eli James... #macefamilysummer

Eli James... #macefamilysummer

June 23, 2013

Supermoon...

a full moon during its closest approach to Earth in its orbit...

I spent some time outside with my tripod after the kids went to bed the last two nights trying to capture the beauty in the sky...






June 17, 2013

Multitude Monday #4056 - #4093....


"God’s command to be thankful is not the threatening demand of a tyrant. Rather, it is the invitation of a lifetime—the opportunity to draw near to Him at any moment of the day."
Nancy Leigh Demoss


Today along with the Gratitude Community I list His endless gifts as I draw near to Him...


...his last day of 4th grade...



...my view from here...

My view from here...#now, #1000gifts


...the flowering dogwood at the end of our driveway...

The dogwood at the end of our driveway... #beauty, #1000gifts

...running without pain...

...cousins...







...brothers...

#brothers


...his little eyes that "see"...Will screaming from the backseat "I see a rainbow!" 

Will screams from the backseat "I see a rainbow!"...so thankful for his little eyes that "see." #1000gifts, #rainbow



...following the "train tracks" on the beach with Will...


...time and help to get the camera out and shoot...

...Will watching the ocean in the distance...

Watching the ocean... #wonder


...time to slow and read...

...battleship on the deck with my buddy...

#Battleship on the deck with my buddy...

...real conversations with my sister in law...

...running down the sand dunes with the boys...




...jumping for joy...



...drums at the beach house...

You can take the boy away from his drum set and he still finds a way to play drums...#1000gifts


...Daddy and his boys...


...Duck Donuts...


...long days on the beach with family...



...watching him teach his younger brother how to boogie board...





...Joshua's smile after he blew his first bubble gum bubble (especially since Adam Jones is his favorite Oriole)


...an extended family bike ride...

#familybikeride


...a boy and his diggers...



...how he takes a seashell and places it on the string of his shorts...



...singing loudly with the windows down and the van full of kids...

...watching them delight in God's creation...touching tuna!...



...date night (thanks Grandma, Pap and Uncle Brian and Aunt Lori for helping with the boys)...


...catching the beginning of a thunderstorm on the beach...





...running in the rain back to the car...

...going to the sound side to catch a glimpse of this sunset...




...watching him play...






...his contagious smile...


...the power and the beauty of the ocean...



...hearing Will say "this is such fun!"...


...sunset from the deck on the last night of vacation...



...down east clambake on the deck with family...

...dance party with the kids and cousins...

...overhearing Will (at bedtime) tell Wes "Happy Father's Day Dad.  I love you!"...