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Hotter than the 4th of July

 If you want to understand the true meaning of that phrase, come to Dallas on the 4th. We had a great, and very hot, weekend.
 On Saturday we went to Rachel's and played in the pool and grilled. Yum! Yum! You know it's hot when someone suggests going inside from the pool to cool off. I think it got to 106 or something like that that day.


 Maddy is fearless in the water.  At one point Tammy threw her so she face planted in the water. When she came up she was all smiles but pointed to her mouth and said, "Teeth broken!" She cracks me up!
 The big event of the weekend was that some friends who keep bees invited us to come watch them extract the honey from the hive. Maddy, Tammy, and I watched from the window while Aaron put on the bee hat and went out to help. He loved his life this weekend. Pretty obvious from the picture. Maddy was pretty taken with the bees as well. At one point she grabbed a candle off the window sill of the room we were watching in and said that she wanted to go feed it to the bees. She did get to go out and look at the bees after they calmed down.

 She also checked out a bee through the microscope. haha! I don't think she really ever saw anything. She kept wondering why Dad wanted her to look through the eyepieces when she could see the bee on the tray "right there!"
 The next day we went up to the church to watch the honey being processed. To sell the honey they have to process it in a commercial kitchen, which is why they did it at the church kitchen.
 Aaron got to get his fingers sticky again. They cut off the wax seals with a hot knife and then Aaron poked the combs with this little tool to make sure they were fully open. Then they put the whole frame into a centrifuge and pulled the honey out and then drained it into 5 gallon buckets. It was a really, really neat process to see. I'm so glad that our friends were gracious and thoughtful enough to invite us to be part of the fun.

 That afternoon we went home and napped and played in the kiddie pool. Maddy's new favorite thing to do is recline on the side of the pool and slide into the water.
 That evening we went to a cookout at some other friends' house. Maddy got to sit at the kids table--on some books. :) She had a great time. She swung, we went on a walk on the trail close to their house, and then went to see fireworks.
 (Side note: I am very angry at my camera right now because the flash is not working and I just bought it in January. Raarrrggg!) My camera has this gimmicky fireworks setting. I tried it out and it actually made for some pretty cool pictures once I figured out how to use it.
 Maddy loved the fireworks. We all had a great, great weekend and we will probably recover from all the fun just in time to leave for vacation. :) Hope everyone had as great of a 4th as we did!





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Anonymous said…
Great wrap-up! Sounds like ya'll were super busy, but having a great time. Can't wait to see you at the reunion!
brittany
July 6, 2011 at 2:43 PM
bee said…
What a weekend. I love the pic with Maddy looking into the microscope. I can see this becoming a favorite thing later. "Teeth broken" cracked me up. Can't wait to see all of you.
July 6, 2011 at 8:15 PM
David Joyner said…
I don't take time to let y'all know how thrilled and proud I am of you, but I am. Your love for each other and Maddie, for the Lord and for the people around you just tickle me pink! What a great post - keep up the good work!

Love all 3 of you!

Uncle David
July 7, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Bradley D. Hall said…
Hello maddy!
Love brad
P.s. I've got some dollar bills for you if u want to come get them.
July 8, 2011 at 2:59 PM
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