last full day in illinois. part 4: baby joah benjamin.

friday, july 23, 2010. tonight we got a little treat. benji and mandy brought over ava and her new little brother, joah!!! he is so perfect and precious. i could eat him up.

benji, the proud papa.

looky looing:)

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levi couldn't wait to see the baby!

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g'ma getting ready to hold her grandbaby. 

seriously, look at levi's huge smile!!!

g'ma mic and g. g'ma erm with the new be.

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great g'ma's turn.

joah is g'ma's 9th great grandchild!!! so incredible.

another ginormous levi smile. he so loves babies.

touching joah's chin.

checking out how tiny joah's piggys are.

touching his head.

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audrey holding joah.

trying to find joah's feet to show abey.

levi loving on ava:)

big sister ava, papa benji, mama mandy, looking fabulous just three days post c-section, holding her little man.

aunt denice holding the babe.

lil pumpkin.

grama's in love!

so presh.

joshua got to hold the little peanut.

our last full day in illinois. part three: shucking corn, crazy cool storm, levi and a jack.

mmm mmm sweet corn.

abe was so dramatic about shucking corn. just look at his face.

such determination!

uncle ralphy got a whole box from hinkle's.

levi and abraham helping shuck corn with uncle rex, aunt mic.

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there were two of these containers full of corn!

the remains.

still workin' at shuckin'.

whiskey sours!

levi jacked the garden wagon up.

then put a rock behind the wheel so it wouldn't roll back.

a job well done:)

dark storm clouds rolling in.

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gorgeous silver sky.

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street view.

uncle ralph and aunt mic's house.

uncle ralph and uncle rex. we sat outside up until it started raining. i took tons of video of the clouds because they were moving soooooo fast!

micky showing niecy and rexy the backhoe joshua made.

our last full day in illinois. part two: swimming in the lake. aka beating the heat.

friday, july 23, 2010. after joshua got back from welding at the farm and showing us his creations, he took the boys for a swim. i, unfortunately, already took a "full" shower that morning. (full includes getting to wash and dry my hair. gross as it may be, i don't get to do that, but once every three days or so. it's just too time consuming.) so, i just hung out on the dock and watched the boys and their papa have a good time!

levi catching the rope for papa.

"look! abey found a bee!" he always says bee instead of bug.

pops about to take off!

caught some good air.

papa's backhoe in the sand.

levi catching another for pops. next year i'm so jumping.

cannonball!

abraham walking in the water.

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actually enjoying the water.

levi building roads.

another underwater treasure.

going under the dock.

abe didn't freak. yay.

in fact, he was quite happy to be under there.

joshua looks so different without glasses.

papa trying to get abraham to make a scary face.

levi just enjoying his sand play.

papa has a little monkey on his back.

 

joshua told abraham there was a fish in the water. then he threw this rock back and pretended it was the fish jumping. i'm so glad i wasn't in the water with papa.

still hanging on.

self portrait. trying to get a new facebook photo.

joshua trying to get abraham used to the rope swing.

abey loved it.

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hi mama!

not too sure about being let go.

then he got over it.

abraham's turn to play in the sand.

levi scooping ice cream.

this one was for me.

joshua's going for more. i got cool video of him going too, but my files must be too big for blogger. they wont upload:(

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another attempt at a self portrait, but check out what's going on in the background! ha.

i think this is the winner. i am definitely "enjoy"-ing our stay.

buckethead.

breathing underwater.

my view & my favorite shoes.

dancing in circles.

getting dizzy.

"ta da."

scooping sand.

ta da.

abraham loves salsa, especially papa's home made.

a floating chip next to a...

floating papa and levi.

wow. levi's walking with no complaints!!!

all done. the lake is the perfect way to beat the heat.