Warms our heart to see...

Our routine at nite is that a pair of us will get the twins ready for bed. Another pair will get Andrew ready. The other littles usually have gotten ready for bed after we come in from swimming or just before dinner, ( Unless we have plans for the evening) . The eveinings are for quiet time play, a time when things settle down a bit. Tonite Luke helped Daddy with the boys...when we came in to say goodnite and Paul was going to settle the boys we found this- Luke was already busy doing it :) Sure warms our heart to see how the kids help out with their siblings.

With this guy ( Keith- MK's husband) around it is always fun....

We were all swimming and Keith gave Cate some money to go and get some sodas and ice...then he disappeared and returned like this :)

The kids loved it...we had pool snack which was coke and chips- Who needs to go anywhere with a "kooky guy like Keith around. Thanks for making us laugh and smile today- Look at Sari's face.

Vacation at home...with our own party man- Keith

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Whose says you have to leave home for a vacation :)

 Lunch outside....

Campfire time....

 

Yummy smores....

Volleyball ( without the bikinis)- we refused to watch the beach volleyball because of them...but the kids still were inspired to play, tumble, flip, jump, run swim races, do tricks on our bars and many other olympic sports...

Jesse and Judah waiting their turn for a smore....It was a great day .

We had fun all day celebrating Naty and Rachel's b-day

We celebrated Nataly's and Rachel's 19th b-day today. Actually Monday was Naty's b-day the same day as the twin boys.... but we all decided to let the twins have their first birthday by themselves. So today I took all the girls up to past Cumberland, Md. to go shopping, out to lunch. We got home just at dinner time and then ate the b-day cake they had picked out earlier....It was a fun day and I think we are going to make it an annual event.

The Lord's provision thru our garden

These were the crew that was helping me to make dinner last nite...We dish our food from the island and tonite we ate part of what we grew in our garden....We grilled the squash with onions that were splashed with oil and garlic salt...and yes we are still eating squash :)

We have had a garden every year...Actually I have put in a garden I think almost every year of our 35 plus yrs of marriage . There just is nothing like a fresh tomato and cucumber. Our cukes have almost died but our tomatoes are really coming in now. This is one days worth minus another full bowl of the cherry tomatoes...I just put them in a bowl and let the kids eat them whenever they want. This is so nice to be able to do because since we are such a large family- our food budget is huge and I control the amounts of food eaten. So it is a blessing to have a garden where we have so much food...We are thankful to the Lord for His provision thru our garden.

An afternoon at Devils Backbone Park

We packed a picnic lunch and drove just about 20 minutes to a very pretty park that was not very crowded ( until the 30 of us showed up :)

 Our Ghana 6 were all smiles.

Cate and Gracie

Judah swinging with Caleb

Climbing to the top of the pole is the challenge whenever we are here....

There is also a pretty waterfall to enjoy.

It was a good family day and we came home to a not normal big dinner - Pot Roast. It has gotten to expensive for us to eat this but I found some at Sams and we had a big dinner Sunday evening to end our family day. I loved having a slow and restful Sunday.