North Carolina/ Virginia / Washington DC Trip

Well last minute we decided to go see Grandpa Dan & Kristy in North Carolina. We had a good time swimming, eating, watching the beautiful hummingbirds, and watching all their feathered friends. They have a coupe with several Guinea Hens, Hens & a Rooster named Jim Dandy. After that we dashed northbound to Alexandria and stayed with Penny for a few days and did some of the sites. We visited The Smithsonian (Musuem of Natural History), saw the Capital, Washington Monument, The National Mall, The Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, vaguely saw the White House from the road (its so much smaller than you expect), saw the Pentagon and 911 memorial, The Smithsonian Zoological Park, The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (where the money is made), Fort Henry, Five Guys Burgers and last but certainly not least..... Trader Joes. We also had a wonderful dinner/visit with my cousin, his wife and sweet 4 month old son, sure wish we all lived closer. We did all this driving in 6 days. Phew!!!! Hoping to get a trip in next summer too.

Horse Farm

Megan's Girl Scout Troop went out to a farm and was shown how to care for a horse and then was lead around an arena. I think most of them thought it was pretty awesome!

Annual Check Up Results

They are growing like weeds!!!
Ethan (9): Weight: 71.3 lbs - 75% & Heigth: 56 inches - 90%
Megan(7): Weight: 50.1 lbs - 50% & Heigth: 48 inches - 50%

Outside Stuff....

I love my children... Truly I do but I enjoy other subjects also. :) Here are some of the pretties on our lots. I am trying to take my camera off auto focus and enjoy its full potential.

Ethan's LAST single digit birthday....

WOWSA!!!! First off we had a great day! We went to see the movie Up, then off to the boys Karate class, then out to dinner, and back home to open presents. Phew... Makes me tired just thinking about all the festivities... LOL!! I am pretty sure he was happy with all his Legos. I tell you this kids LOVES legos!!! Well Legos and video games... Ha!

Almost done...

Well we made it through another school year, well tomorro is a half day so ALMOST made it, LOL! The last few weeks have been insanely busy. I will try to add a few catch up posts here and there w/ some photos. The kids are well and we are looking forward to our summer. We plan to swim, read, watch movies, catch up with old friends and play!!! We also are going up to Alabama for a wedding and family vacation.

Ryan's Graduation...

Oh man, talk about bitter sweet. Watching my BABY grow up and leave elementary school. He is getting so big and testing so many boundaries. Anyway, he had his Moving Up Ceremony today and also had a drum club performance. We enjoyed watching him, he was the first child to cross the stage so he was a bit nervous. LOL!