Saturday, June 27, 2009

Living the Dream...











My niece Tori got to live out a dream...I took her and Em to see the symphony at the Kennedy Center. We scored orchestra seats for 1/2 price and had an amazing time!

Photo Op!
















It is a fact that in our family that I LOVE to take group shots of all the kids. The kids, however, DO NOT LOVE IT! Here are several attempts to get a decent family shot....the top one is probably the best and as you can see, it wasn't the little ones giving us the most trouble! They will thank us when they are older, right? If nothing else, we can look back at them and say..."remember how you would never smile!?!"

Tye Dye!
















Jody and I had a great idea....the kids would tye dye shirts and we would take a grandkids pic for mom and dad! Well, it was a great IDEA but in reality tye dyeing, although very cool, is also VERY messy and by the end it was pretty much Em and Tori doing the dyeing. They did a great job and we, of course, have the pics to prove it!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Happy Father's Day at the Zoo!
















Jody was generous enough to drive us all to the zoo today and spend his day there, that is just the kind of Dad he is! The BEST!!

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Beautiful Children
















We are having the best time! I am constantly amazed by what beautiful gifts each one of these kids are.

Father's Day Eve
















We partied it up on Father's Day Eve! We spent the afternoon at the Smithsonian Air and Space annex and then went to Mass at the Basillica.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Summer Fun







We are at the pool EVERYDAY. I mean that literally because the kids are on the neighborhood swim team and they practice everyday but Sunday and have meets on Saturday! It has been fun but tiring. Luckily, it gives us lots of photo ops! There is also a pic of my siblings and me...just for you Mom and Dad!








Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Backpacking...











I had to post these cute pics of the kids with Charlie and Isaiah. It is so nice to have big helpers!

Fulton/Brooks Visit!
















The cousins are here! The cousins are here!





The kids have already been on two whirlwind trips downtown and the big boys lucked into free tickets to an Orioles game at Camden Yard with a buddy of Joseph's from our last base.





Here are a few pics.