7.30.2025

Ooooh, Baby!! More Sweet Showers!! And BUSY men at home!

πŸ’–πŸ’•  Back to PA for my sister's Baby Shower!!  πŸ’–πŸ’•
Andrew was very excited about the hotel πŸ˜‚
Meeting our precious new cousin!! So exciting!!
Sooooo sweet!!!!
Cheers with Uncle Sam!!
 
And on to the pre-party-party!!
Lots of family in town to celebrate made for such a fun weekend! 
Beautiful Momma-to-be!! 
πŸ’•πŸ˜πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ Aunties and Uncles and Grandbabies everywhere!! πŸ’•πŸ˜πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
Grandpa and the cousins were teaching Andrew to catch fireflies!

πŸ’ž Sweet treats with the fam πŸ’ž
Andrew LOVED his new cousin!!  So cute and sweet!!
After the pizza party we all headed to the fountain show at Longwood Gardens again!!
 
The Conservatory was so pretty all lit up at night!
πŸŽ†πŸŽ† It was so majestic and beautiful all over again!! πŸŽ†πŸŽ†

Lots of music and dancing!  So cool!  
 
(Super bummer that Blogger will not let me post videos anymore πŸ˜–)
It was a VERRRRY late night for a little guy, but such a blast!
 
Meanwhile...back at home the McMen were hard at work AND partying it up...πŸ’₯😎πŸ’ͺ 
 
They helped a neighbor dig post holes for his deck (that was the morning job)...

Then headed over to take this teetering treeπŸ‘‡out that was leaning dangerously over this house!
(Afternoon job) 
πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ Teamwork!! πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ
 
It was quite a job, but they got it done together! 
🌈🌈This lovely sight greeted them on our road!!🌈🌈 
Then they headed off for an evening at a friends graduation party!!
Congratulations, Peter!!

What a fun and busy day!  

Stay tuned for THE BABY SHOWER to come!!! 

7.28.2025

Beach LAKE!!! Summer feasts! Daddy jams!!

πŸ’¦πŸŒžπŸŒžIt's our favorite summer hang-out!!πŸ’¦πŸŒžπŸŒž
Such a beautiful place!! 
Mountains + Beach = THE BEST!!! 

πŸ’¦πŸ’¦πŸ˜Ž We just swim and swim and play all day and LOVE IT!!!πŸ’¦πŸ’¦πŸ˜Ž

 
We always stop at the Farmer's Market on the way home 
to pick up some deeeeelicious fresh food!!

YUMMMMM!!!
πŸ’•πŸ’– Reading time with Daddy πŸ’•πŸ’–
🎡🎹🎢πŸ₯πŸŽ΅πŸŽΆAnd on to an evening of DADDY JAMS!!!🎡🎹🎢πŸ₯πŸŽ΅πŸŽΆ 
So fun!!
 
 
We certainly made the best of our time with the big kids gone to camp! 

7.25.2025

More on the amazing week at Worldview Academy!!

Lots of learning and games!!

πŸ’•πŸ™Wonderful small group time πŸ’•πŸ™

Sharing and growing!! 

There was lots of debriefing time in their small groups after lectures.  Faith building!! πŸ’ͺ

Epic game playing!!
Master Frisbee player...😎
Their small groups were awesome...
πŸ™ŒπŸ™ Lots of time with the Lord and in the Word πŸ™ŒπŸ™
Field trip day!!

The kids all were so brave to engage in street witnessing!! 

We were so proud of them for engaging people with thoughtful questions about where we come from, what they think the purpose of life on earth is, and what people think happens after you die...πŸ€”πŸ€”

Such real and important questions to ponder!! 


And on to Color Wars!! 
You can find them both if you look...πŸ’–πŸ’š



Woohoo!!  So fun!!

What an incredible week of growth and learning!!