Happy Father's Day to the WORLD'S BEST!!!!

We had a wonderful Father's Day celebrating our wonderful Daddy!! 

He is often found with the kiddos...

Reading! 

Teaching science class...

And always, always working on a machine with a son or two in tow...

Or teaching the boys to love all things MUD and MACHINES!! 

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Or helping someone do something!!

We hosted church on Father's Day and talked about the attributes of God.  We surprised our men with matching shirts with some favorite quotes together!  

We L💙VE you, Daddy!!

You are THE BEST!!!! 

Happy birthday, sweet Natalie!!

I cannot believe this gal is 14!!!

Wasn't this only yesterday?!?! ....

She is the loveliest, sweetest, most gracious lady around...we are so blessed by her all the time!! 

I was so excited to greet her upon her arrival from a week away with a birthday pile...

😁😁😁🎁🎁🎁😍😍😍

She was of course more excited to see her people than her presents 😂

💖 All her favorites in one place!! 💕

And Natalie, being herself, wanted to first to give the little boys gifts SHE had bought THEM while away....in case you were wondering what she is like, there ya have it!  😍😍

She seemed pretty happy with a mountain of chocolates, a cake decorating kit and a beautiful ring from my grandma that has now passed on to her...💖

Natalie, you are the most beautiful, sweet, kind, caring, gracious and helpful girl ever...

THE best daughter and sister we could have ever imagined!! 

💗💖😇😇😇💖💗

 

A week at home and a week in Tennessee!

After we returned from our Girls/Boys Weekends, our older two kiddos went on to Tennessee with their grandparents for the week.

It was very quiet 'round here...

Errands with mama included haircuts and the grocery store! 

We happily indulged in the "Free fruit for kids" stand!! 

🍓🍓🍓 We made our favorite strawberries and whipped cream...YUMMMMM!!!  

We 💖 summer! 

Andrew wanted to wear his firetruck jammies!! 

The boys fed each other berries...

And Andrew got his first shiner 😢 He ran into a door, but handled it like a champ...

They "did school together"...

And built lots of forts to play in! 

Meanwhile there was lots going on in Tennessee!...

Bird-housing and Baking...

(I am seeing a theme here...not much different than home!! 😄)

Lots of fun with the grandparents! 

Natalie got to go shopping...in Granny's closet among other places! She hit it big! 

Working at the medical clinic with Granny!!  So cool! 

Meanwhile these two crazy guys biked 34 miles in one day on the Creeper Trail!! 

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And this...a reward, perhaps??  I can only imagine...🍦🍨🍦🍨😁

Swimming fun! 

What a blast!  Awesome week!! 

Then we did the sad but necessary roadside tradeoff...

We are so glad to have our teens back!!

Thank you to our wonderful grandparents for taking them for a week!

Meanwhile...boys weekend back at home!!

They started off the visit with a Nerf War, of course...before we could even get out the door...😂

I made the boys one last fun dinner...all trucks and cars, of course...

Bedtime with Pops included lots of dancing...😁

He took the little boys on lots of walks and bike rides! 

And they even set up the new pool! 

What fun! 

The "Schoopy Puppy" even made an appearance for snow cones!! 

And Daddy had James out on the fourwheeler, of course, for some racing fun!! 

HUGE THANKS to all of our men for taking care of the little guys so we could have a girls weekend!

(Doesn't look like they suffered too terribly much, eh?!😂)