Happy Father's Day!

A perfect Father's Day! Shawn had the great idea of taking all the Father's (and people who help them be great fathers!) on a boat cruise around Portsmouth Harbor. It was about 90 degrees ... just right for a nice ocean breeze! The fathers ... next time Maurice will definitely join us on the ride! Bryce enjoying a treat ... The perfect end of the day treat ...  

Sprycer shots

Spencer reading to Bryce last night ... then the only problem was that Bryce desperately wanted to sleep with Spencer, and Spencer wanted his space ... New matching pjs! Still love that smile from Bryce! 

Before & After

Another room finally updated! Of course I had to leave the mess in the first picture like they do on the transformation shows to really make it look good!  

Grier playing with the boys!

Helene got these rockets for Grier as an earlyFather's Day present ... sounds like he had just as much fun teaching the boys about rockets as they did seeing the rockets fly into the air! 

Boys, Boys, Boys

An overdue visit with the Glancy's ... Bart, Spencer, Bryce & Ian Spencer & Ian went to "rescue my cat from a tree", and came back with this worm ... of course just as we are getting Spencer over his phobia of bugs, he sticks this in my face and I jumped and screamed! The rescuers! What a face! 

1st in pool 2006

Anyone care to beat this? 

Letter Boxing with Grammy

Here's a few shots that Grammy took when they were out hiking last week. Grammy has gotten Spencer into letter boxing ... there are boxes everywhere (in the world) with stamps in them ... you stamp the book you find on the trail with your own stamp, then use the trail's stamp to mark your own book. I'm not sure who's enjoying it more ... Grammy or Spencer!  

Triplets

No, they're not ours! Friends that Shawn sings with at church came over with their newborn triplets. Bryce really wasn't quite sure of all the crying (think it invaded his world!), while Spencer loved them. Can you imagine the lifestyle change? Their oldest, Lily 3 1/2, is on the right.

Summer Firsts

Doesn't take long to mow the lawn now! Pool's open! This pool that Cousin Liz got Spencer for his 1st birthday is still a huge hit!  

Special for Mimi ...

We tried, Mimi ... as soon as the spider started coming down next to Spencer he was out of there! (for everyone else ... when Mimi was here, she killed a spider that Bryce found crawling on the wall; then when she showed them the dead spider in the tissue it started crawling up toward them. Spencer screamed (he's in the midst of a bug phobia), which of course made Bryce scream, and Mimi was crying because she was laughing hysterically. Then Shawn comes out of the other room yelling at me, "What the hell did you do?")

Story Land

We made a spur of the moment decision to head to Story Land yesterday (decision made at 6:30am!), and ended up having a really fun day! Here's a few shots ... Daddy even used the camera! Choo choo! Bryce's favorite! Bryce laughed hysterically on this turtle ride ... daddy came off sweating and nauseous!

dinning room updated ... again

While I had a few other female opinions here today I hung up this curtain ... we (females) think it really ties the dinning area together, so I think it gets to stay. Shawn still doesn't want any window treatments downstairs, but I think he lost this debate! 

Chairs!

We finally have dinning room chairs to sit at! Also check out the new buffet additions in the back ~ we're so excited that we won't have to break out the folding chairs anymore when we have visitors! 

What color is your driveway?

Within a few hours of the rain stopping, our driveway was covered with pollen. This picture doesn't do it justice; Spencer said it looked like a "mat of green salt". 

Paintings for the bathroom

Spencer and Bryce helped paint some new artwork for the upstairs bathroom ... with a little help from mom! We just finally peeled all the old wallpaper off the walls and painted it a light yellow color. The flower was made with the boys handprints, and the "storm cloud beach" scene was completely Spencer's idea, I was just his painting assistant. The neatest part of the beach scene (for Spencer) was that I had to go out in the pouring rain to get real sand from the sandbox! We did the painting on curtain lining material, so it looks like real wroks of art!

Mother's Day Wishes

May you treasure the simple joys of everyday life. Happy Mother's Day to you all!

Beautiful Maine!

Grammy & Grampa had the boys for the weekend (so mom could paint); we met up on Sunday afternoon at Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth, ME. What a beautiful spot, and a beautiful day!