After 12 hours in the car...

Visiting with Family...

Aunt Susan loving on Will...

Uncle Josh meeting Will...

Come One, Come All...

The doors are open and ready to receive the worshippers...

the pastor is on his "throne"...

the worship band is on the stage...

and the church service is ready to begin.

Art Show

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Playing Peekaboo...

The Day the H2 Lost it's Wheels...

No room...climb on the hood or in the back...

No battery...no problem, I'll push you...
that is until the front axle breaks in half...
so long H2...you will be sorely missed!

Armed and Ready...

for the hot and sticky weather

Brothers in the Afternoon...

teething Will?


Will trying to tell us something...Micaiah said today "I wonder if Will is frustrated because we don't understand him?"

a little brotherly love...

communicating...

Joshua and Will sharing a moment...

sweet Joshua...

12 years and 4 kids later...

The sunset at dinner...

Our attempt at using the self timer at night...

not the greatest quality but it still helps capture the moment.

"Home Sweet Home"...

During our hike with friends today, Micaiah whispered to me..."I've got to go to the bathroom."

"Micaiah, we are not close to a bathroom. Can you hold it?"

"Yes."

A few minutes later he says..."I can't hold it any longer. I need to go."

"Ok, lets find a place in the woods."

"Yeah, we can wipe with a leaf."

"I've got wipes bud...lets go."

So he does his business, we clean up appropriately and move on with our hike. When we get home hours later...he says from the bathroom as I'm changing Will's diaper...

"Nonny, I like going poopy here at the house better than anywhere else. Maybe I should make a sign for the door that says "HOME SWEET HOME!"

The New Addition at the Lake...

Eli's Busy Week...

We had to do some teaching about exactly where the underwear go on Monday...

but ever since then he has been quite busy...

marking his territory...

and making a statement that he is no longer a baby like Will but a "big boy" like the rest of them...and they have praised and encouraged him along the way!

Snapshots of the past week or so...

May your...

4th of July be refreshing!

photo: taken by our neighbor Steve (he obviously knows something about photography)

Daddy...

knows how to have fun! Below is a picture of Joshua going through the PVC pipe tunnel sprinkler that Daddy and Eli built Friday afternoon (when I called him desperate for a nap because I wasn't feeling well).

We have very little grass so in order to keep the mud to a minimum we used a pool to strategically cover the biggest potential for a mud puddle...here is Eli enjoying the pool...

So we're driving home from church today and Wes says "I bet I could use my big tarp in the back yard to make a slip and slide with the sliding board from the playground...then we could add the PVC tunnel at the bottom." So this is how the boys spent the afternoon/evening...

we may never have grass but these boys are having fun!

Father's Day 2010

Another year playing on the worship team with dad. Happy Father's Day Daddy!

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Mace Brothers First Business Venture...

All week we've been making homemade cookies and cream ice cream and spreading the word about the opening of the store...

"Maces Ice Cream Treats"

all proceeds would be donated to World Vision's Malaria Campaign

The ice cream received rave reviews and the boys had many requests to increase their store hours. I can see this becoming a summer business...Micaiah has some great ideas about "advertising" for next time.

Joy...

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Happy Birthday Popster!...

A glimpse into some "Fun with Poppy" from this past weekend...

We love you!

"I Think...

I can touch that...come on you can do it...

yeah I did it!"

...delighting in the little things with Will...

Beauty...

Cambridge Field Day...

Micaiah, Christian, Ryan and Owen watching an event...

Joshua and Eli joining in...

Liam, Micaiah, Karly, Christian and Brandon working together in a game of tug of war...

Micaiah and his buddy Ryan...

Profound Words...

This morning in church...

"You may sing the song but you may not make sounds like a rooster!"

A Day at the Playground...

"Hey Ms. Bird"...

Micaiah performing with his first grade class with a little help from Daddy

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