MaryVance's 9th b'day and trip to the beach...

Daddy and Nehemiah at Mexico beach,
The little boys having fun in the water,
A Hermit crab,

Nehemiah enjoying his first real trip to the beach!

'Doofer' havin' a blast! (Doofer is Joseph's new nickname... Sam calls him a little goofer and Joseph can't say 'goofer' so he says 'Doofer!)

Luke building a little fort,

Nehemiah kept trying (and succeeding) to eat the sand! He thought it was great fun!! :-)

And the troops have returned!

(returned with the food that is!)

Fried chicken from KFC and Long John Silvers, chips, and coke!

They look really cold, don't they?!

The beautiful parting sunset!

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MaryVance's 9th birthday!

Opening presents......

hhmmm... what could it be...

-gasp!- A sewing machine!! And with her name on it too!!

The Birthday Girl!

Our activity of the evening...

Yep, you guessed it, we burned our burn pile today!
Caleb, The Water Hose Operator! :-)
I really like this one!

The 'Burning Bush' :-)

And what's left of the 'Burning Bush'!

Our old couch about to go in the fire!

The couch is going, going....

GONE!!!

I think the fire liked the couch!! :-)

What do you think?!

Wow! Look at that fire, and smoke!!

Now there's just a frame left!

We will never see that couch again!!

Our little Cowboys!

Elijah, Isaac, and Joseph :-),

Our Sweet little Cowboys!
Say "Cheese"!!! :-)

Best Friends

Me and my dear friend, Ashley,Left to right, Hannah, Beth, Me, and Melody,
Hannah, Beth, Me, Melody, and Mr. Dan, being silly!

Day Six ~ The Wycliffe Museum

Here is a little bit about Wycliffe:

"Wycliffe USA is part of an international association of organizations dedicated to seeing God's Word become accessible to all people in the language that speaks to their heart. Wycliffe’s staff is passionate about the glory of God through the translation of His Word for all peoples of the earth in the language they understand best. Consider this an invitation to check us out. If you’re just getting to know us, consider digging into our core values and reading through our mission statement. You can learn about our history , meet our leaders, or view global Bible translation statistics . For further exploration you may want to visit our inspiring WordSpring Discovery Center in Orlando.
Listen to our stories; hear our hearts. Relationships take time, so we invite you to explore and then decide for yourself if we really are who we say we are. But more than that, we hope that you will discover that God is who He says He is in His Word—that He is alive and involved in the world, bringing transformation and joy to those who trust Him."

And here are the pictures that I took while we were there:

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After we left the Wycliffe Museum, we drove to a little town near Tampa to visit with our friends the Graves.

The little ones had a lot of fun jumping on the trampoline!!

Liberty and Stacy Graves,
Steven Graves,
Stacy and Joseph,
Elijah and Isaac, they literally 'crashed' after

we got back that night!!