Bre's visit to D.C.!!

So on June 23 Bre flew in to D.C. for a visit!  It was so great to have her here!  I tried to get her to stay...a call to the department of homeland security???? but some how I don't think her parents would have like that!  She didn't get to see them between Belize and D.C. We were able to see a lot.  We spent a few afternoons in the city, took he senior pictures, spent a day in Alexandria, all kinds of fun!

Here is a photo recap!

The Museum of Natural History (aka "the dinafour museum")

 "dinafours"

 The Hope Diamond...the rule is that Addi and Bre have to marry someone that can give them this or it is a no way!  Reasonable right?

 Aside from the hope diamond there were a lot of cool gems this is a piece of quartz!

 The elephant...I think she would be 100 years old...

 Addi and her sister!

 Addi will hold ANYTHING!  She is the girly-girl tom boy!

 The Lincoln Memorial....I love how Landon is standing.  He thinks he is such a little man!

 2 smiling kids...woohoo!

 Vietnam War Memorial.....for Grandpa!

 Addi and Bre at Burke Lake Park

 Where the wild things are!

 Ice cream....

Breanna and I also went to the Holocaust museum.  It was surely interesting.  Something everyone should see! Overall, it was a great week that went way too fast!  We had a great time! I hope she comes to visit again soon! 

Summer fun

May 31- Somehow I missed these pictures...so they are a bit out of order...but I had to add them in.  This was fun with the Sheehan family!  We went to play on the slip and slid!

Landon and Reid

 OF COURSE you need goggles for the slip and slide!!

Sara and Addison with their finished barns!  We made barns out of.....surprise surprise....moving boxes!  

 Addison is VERY into horses right now.  Yikes!  She is going to a horse camp in a few weeks!  I hope it is just a phase! I don't like horses that much! 

Happy Father's Day Bill!

Addison and Landon are very lucky to have the BEST Daddy in the world!  They love their Daddy so much!  And so do I!!  We have been talking about Father's Day for a long time.  Addison had all kinds of good ideas of what we should do!  We decided to do some fun projects!  We made a handprint tree for Daddy, of course we added some pages to his Daddy book...I asked the kids questions about Bill...they were so funny! We made some special trail mix for Bill to take to work and made his favorite breakfast and attempted ribs for dinner.  I tried to make Bill some ribs right after we were married and it was horrible! I decided after 10 years I would try and redeem myself.  Thanks to pinterest I found a fun recipe and they turned out all right.  Bill even said it was his new favorite!  WOOHOO! 

Bill, thank you for loving your family so much!  You are so dedicated to us in every single way in all you do!  We are so glad to have you back with us every day....the way it should be!  WE LOVE YOU!!

Summer is in FULL Swing!

Summer is upon us!  However I don't think the weather here is normal for this time of year.  It has been mild and beautiful!  I guess it is normally sweltering by this time!  I am thinking Virginia is just trying to break me in slowly!  The humidity is crazy here!!

Here is a little of what we have been up to....

Addison got a new bike...she actually has two!  One to learn on and one to grow into!  Some of our awesome neighbors were getting rid of them!  Since we have never really had a place to ride...she has to learn! 

 Landon loves anything with wheels!  He can get going on his bike but still likes his trike better!  Sometimes he gets stuck on his bike.  

 Going for a bike ride! I Love these guys!

 MILLION DOLLAR ROPE

So this rope has an extensive story....somehow we ended up with it after Bill's ship days where he climbed containers.  It has since then been used to trim a tree, hold up a fence, insulate our house, and most recently provide much entertainment for our kiddos!  Bill was just testing some branches to see where the best place to put our new swings would be.  Well, they loved the rope and had a great time playing with Daddy!  Bill thinks it is the new wedding gift we should give....ahhhh I don't think so! 

 Playing with the neighbor, Sarah.  Break time!

Tag Tails....a fun game! 

 Daddy with his cute kiddos!  Bill bought two swings, this tire swing and a disk swing!  Along with the water table the best purchases EVER!  Thanks Bill for being so thoughtful!  

The next best purchase....I found some old pasta and it was SUPER long so I couldn't just throw it away! Addi and Landon had a great time playing in it one morning.  The bonus was that I got some time to get stuff done! 

Landon and his friend Brian, our neighbor, playing on the swing.  They are so fun to watch together.  One day they were "shooting monkey monsters in the tree."

A Little Love from HOME

May 23- Yeah!!  A little love from Omaha!  Today we met Renee and her kiddos at the Air and Space Museum.  Addison and Landon were thrilled that they got to ride on the Metro.  It was their first time!  Was certainly a highlight of the trip.  We got on the train and Landon was in his stroller sitting next to me.  He looked at me and said "We on a train mommy.....alllll aboard!"  I just started laughing!  Renee and kiddos were in town visiting for a little while on their way to a beach house for the week!  It was SO great to have a big hug and some love from home!  The kids loved the Air and Space Museum and having only been there once before and not spent a lot of time it was fun to go back.  So, we stopped for snacks and Renee and I got beat out by a McDonalds.  I never knew they could be so complicated!  We finally got what we needed in the end....COFFEE!!

Then we went near their hotel...and since it was close to the White House we had to stop to see it.  So much fun!  

Riding the Metro for the first time!

 SOMEHOW Landon fell asleep...with all the stopping and people getting on and off I was shocked but he slept pretty good! 

 Cute kiddos!

 Addi flying a Cesna

 in front of the Wright Bros plane

 White House

 I LOVE and MISS my FRIEND!!!!

 I have created a monster....we are leaving the park and Addison stops, sits on this tree stump and tells me that I should take a picture of her! Oh Boy!!!