Our Own Photo Shoot

I was out shopping with a friend and came across an old 6 paned window.  I had thought I would get it to make into a picture frame.  Well now, it's been over a year and I have yet to hang it on the wall.  My main obstacle has been getting pictures of the kids!  So last night we went out into the yard and hoped for the best and brightest smiles!!  Abby wasn't too cooperative, but we got several that are good enough to hang!

Soft as a Baby's Behind

Max and Abby were playing upstairs today.  When I called them down to go outside, this is what I saw:

Desitin was on their cheeks and hands, which also means it was on everything they touched!  I just wish I could have heard what went on in the mind of a three year old when he convinced himself that this would be a good idea.

The First Egg!!

We were told it would take about 6 months before the chickens started laying.  But 4 months into it we got our first egg!!!  Any of our fellow chicken farmers will understand our excitement.

It was almost too precious to eat up, but we did...that's some good eatin'!!

Oreo

This is our little Oreo.  She was given to us as a baby chick by a friend.  Since she was so little she wasn't able to live with the bigger chickens for fear of being pecked and bullied.    But it seemed as if she needed a friend.  Well, she adopted Bob as her friend.  She follows him around just like a puppy dog and when Bob sits she immediately hops up his legs and makes her way to his shoulder!!!

Washington DC

Bob had a conference in Washington DC, so we decided to go with him.  Max and Abby stayed behind with Grandma and Pappy since they wouldn't appreciate any of the touring we were going to do.  I have to admit that with only having the 3 older kids I felt very lazy!!  Although we missed them greatly it was a nice change of pace to have just the 3 older ones.

Day 1


We went to Mount Vernon before the conference began so Bob was able to go with us.

This is known as the ha ha hill. Washington did not want any of his livestock to come into the yard near his house and his guests, so he built a wall in the yard to keep them out. As you stand on the hill you can't see the wall at all and so when kids would run they would suddenly fall over the edge and disappear...thus the name ha ha hill.  This was the kid's favorite part.

An unexpected treat was that we got to see this mother osprey sitting on her nest that she had built just along the pier.

To end the day we ate dinner at the Garber's house, a special treat, especially because Elliott, Becca, and Lena were home from Sicily!

Day 2

We toured the National Mall.  We probably walked over 5 miles and the kids did awesome!

Of all the cool stuff we got to see, the kids, especially Samuel enjoyed the ducks most of all!!

Day 3

We went to the National Zoo.

The kids had never seen a real panda before so this was a highlight!

And after our ventures out, each evening we took the kids to the pool and then met up with Bob for dinner.  We were staying at the National Harbor and we couldn't pass up a picture with the kids' favorite statue.