Washington DC 2

This is about as close as we got to the capital building. We we on to more museums.


Probably my favorite stop was at the National Gallery. It really was beautiful and AIR CONDITIONED. The kids actually enjoyed looking at all of the painting.

Washington DC

Our trip to DC started out nice enough. I was a beautiful day and everyone was actually in a good mood. We took the metro into the city from our Maryland hotel.
Kamryn and Sydney pose in front of "Dum Dum"
Yes, that is a giant cockroach I am holding. Yuck!
Gabby's favorite part was the merry go round on the mall.

The beginning of July brought us an impromptu beach trip. We had a great time even though we got rained on a little. The girls and their Dad made a fabulous drip sand castle and Gabby decided the waves were fun this year.

For Kami's 10th B-day, she took some friends out to lunch, a movie and the mall. They had a great time. We saw "Up" at the theatre. I loved it. I have to admit, I cried more than once. They had a fabulous lunch at Red Robin and tried on some cool stuff at the mall. Happy Birthday Kamryn!!

Sydney's First Swim Meet

Wow, was it ever crowded and loud at Sydney's first swim meet with the Parkwood Piranhas. She was pretty nervous after her warmup lap. She was scared but she got up there and did it anyway. She swam in the under 8 25m freestyle. We are soooo proud of her. She had another meet the next Saturday and cut 4 seconds off her time. Go Sydney!!!

Garden

I finally have a day off!! I caught up the blog, so page down to see pictures from May. I am so proud of how the flower garden turned out this year. Everything I added this year has some sentimental value to me. The Hydrangeas are from my Mom. She gave them to me last year for Mother's Day and I am so glad they came back this year. Matt and I planted the Gardenias to remind us of our trip to Tahiti on our 10th Anniversary. They smell gorgeous. My Mom always had Impatients in the front yard of our house in Florida and I have always liked them. I have some incredible Irises (not pictured) that are just starting to bloom. I took them from my Grandmother's flower garden in Pennsylvania. Watching something come up from the ground grow and bloom under your care is so fulfilling to me. I hope next year the garden will be even better

Spring Concert

We are so proud of Kaylee. She sang another solo at her Chorus concert!

May Birthdays

We took the fam over to Beth's house to celebrate our May birthday girls. Happy Birthday Beth, Katie, Gabby and Emily.

A few more photos of our Fairy Princess!

Gabby is 3!

Our baby turned 3! Her Birthday included lots of princesses, lots of dress-ups and lots of cake!

Mother's Day

Jennifer, Beth and I took Mom out for a Mother's Day lunch. We ate, we shopped, we rearranged Mom's dining room. We had a lot of fun. It was even better because Bubba came along for the trip.