Peach Pickin'

First they rode on the Cow Train and then we were off to go Peach Pickin'...............

The end result a very heavy bag of peaches. They were oh so yummy though. We all had a great time, even though it was hotter than heck out. As soon as we were done picking we left for home. That afternoon Joe and I went out for our own little date night. We had dinner and then went and saw The new Harry Potter movie. We have been busy as usual, we did the peach picking actually a couple of weekends ago, right after my last post. I just thought I'd share the pics still even though it was two weeks ago. Gradually I will catch up with sharing all our adventures of the Summer. We have also since we to a Nats game, been to the pool twice with friends and done some running around school shopping. This weekend (tomorrow) we are taking the kids on a last minute surprise trip to the beach, just a one night stay. I have to be back a t work on Sunday. I will definitely have lots of pictures from that trip to share I am sure. Just a good note to end our Summer on, nothing like a beach trip even if it is short.

In other news, with Summer ending this means new beginnings......Our Big Boy Jacob is starting Kindergarten in less than a week. I can't believe it he has grown up so fast. He's super excited and can hardly wait. He is so happy that he gets to ride the bus to school. More to share on his adventures I am sure. Hope everyone is enjoying their last days of Summer. Until next time.......

Pictures are Finally Here.....

Here it is finally! I am sorry it took me so long. It was kind of hard to narrow the 2000 pictures down. I managed to narrow them down to 200 or so. Just a warning the video is pretty long like 11 minutes. As you will see we meet lots and lots of characters. This was one of the kids favorite things to do, anytime we saw a character we had to stop. Another one of the kids favorites on our trip was the penny/coin presses. We also had to stop at lots of those. As you will also see Jacob did a very good job smiling in the pictures as long as he was with Princesses. It was kind of funny. You will also see that it didn't rain the whole time we were there but a good part of it. Just so you know we are not only happy when it rains, it's just the song I picked out it kind of seemed fitting. All in all we had a really good time, and the kids keep asking when we get to go back. Hope you enjoy the video.

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Take Your Kids to Work Day!

Jacob got to go with Daddy to work yesterday. He had a really good time. One of Joe's friends from work also brought her son. There was also like another hundred or so kids there. The Library of Congress was a hoppin' place yesterday. Jacob did very well considering that he got up at 4am to go with Daddy. He did nap on the way in and on the way home though. Daddy took a ton of pictures while Jacob was there, lots of Jacob and some of just of The Library with the new camera. Here are some of the 160 some odd pictures Joe took.......

Starting out the day-----Sitting at Daddy's desk

Jacob and Caleb getting ready for breakfast---Jacob in the main Reading Room

Jacob didn't like how high the ceiling way in the MRR---Sitting at a readers desk

Taking it all in, still in the MRR---This is the room where some of "Book of Secrets" was filmed.

More books---Jacob and Caleb loved the interactive touch screens

In The Great Hall---Going up stairs, now

Jacob looking at The Capitol, next door----Another interactive screen, in The Great Hall

Filling out his paper work for his fingerprinting--Getting his prints done in the badging office

In the book stacks, behind the scenes

What a day they had. Joe's boss asked where Jacob was today. He enjoyed his company, I guess. He's getting to be such a big boy. My little man. I can't believe that the school years almost over and before we know it he's going to start Kindergarten. Hmmm.......My baby, Kindergarten.

In other news Jenna is feeling much better. Fever is gone for the most part. She is 100% acting like her normal self. We will still be on antibiotics for another 6 and 1/2 days. She is also only wearing Pull-Ups at night now. Woo Hoo! She's doing so good with the potty training. I am still keeping my fingers crossed that will be good to go for our WDW/Cruise trip. That's in 22 Days for anyone that keeping track with me. We leave for our trip down in 3 weeks from tomorrow. I am trying to slowly get things together so I am not doing it at the last minute. We are supposed to have some more nice weather tomorrow. We had a really nice day today. We hung out in the yard for a bit today. The kids had a ball hanging out with their friends, it took some coaxing to get them to come in. They are loving this nice weather just as much as I am.

Our Day!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We had a nice some what quiet day. The best part was that I didn't have to go to work. It was very nice being able to be home the whole day with the family. Some how we forgot to take any pictures of the kids during their egg hunt. It was probably because Daddy was trying out the new video camera. We did manage to get a few of the kids while they were looking at their basket stuff.

Jacob checking out his Candy loot----What's in this golden egg Mommy?

Jacob waiting for me to figure out the new Operation game---Jenna showing off some candy

Look at that face, if only she were always that innocent!

Her Easter Party!

On Tuesday Jenna had her Easter party at school. All the kids seemed to have a good time. They dyed some eggs, hunted for some eggs, had a snack and then had story time. This party had the most parents, there was a total of six parents there and only nine of the ten kids were at school that day. I was not a party parent this time around but it's still fun to go and watch all the kids. Especially Jenna she is a completely different little girl at school. She is so quiet compared to the non stop talk we have at home. It really is funny. I guess I should say it's a blessing. I told Joe hopefully she will stay that way,you know quieter at school. She is like me in so many ways, when it comes to her personality. I only say I hope she stays on the quiet side because in school I was always getting talked to about my talking. Can you imagine that? I know what a surprise right. Ha! Ha! Only time will tell. Onto some pictures from the party....

Dyeing her eggs------Then she found two eggs

Look at these two matching cuties!----Yes, she was dipping her pretzel in her cupcake frosting.

And this one Jenna not paying attention to me trying to take her picture, She was more interested in Mrs. Kelly standing next to Mommy.

I am still hoping for better weather for the weekend. While we were at school yesterday there was some snow flurries. I could not believe it. I am waiting patiently for Spring to return. I am not sure how much longer I can be patient for. Hope everyone is enjoying their week.

Check Her Out!

I honestly don't know where Jenna's obsession with jumping came from. She walks she jumps, she climbs on things and she jumps, it seems like she's constantly jumping. Sometimes it really scares me, for the most part it's usually walking and jumping and that is okay. A little tiring but it's still okay. Last night (because it's now 12:14 am) while I was at work Joe took this picture of Jenna. It cracks me up every time I look at it. She cracks me up. Here it is........

She was mid air jumping off of her Dora bike. Just look at that face and her hair. Too funny! Joe was messing around with our new flash for our new camera. I can't remember if I've mentioned this before or not but back in January we bought a new camera. Joe is doing so much better with learning how to use it to it's full potential. I on the other hand need to spend more time trying to learn how to use it on any mode other than automatic. Joe is doing all sorts of reading up on how to use it and well I know I've said this before I am not much of a reader. Enough about that I hope everyone enjoys my silly girl in this picture. Thanks Daddy for capturing this moment.

P.S If you click on the picture you can see it much larger and get the full effect.

A Trip to the Airport....

Yesterday Jacob's class went to the local airport to see a helicopter. The kids really enjoyed getting to see and sit in the helicopter. We learned a whole lot about the helicopter, like the fact that it cost 4.5 million dollars, yep. It's a very expensive piece of equipment. The weather cooperated with us so that was good. We even got to see them pull it out of the hanger, they only did this so we could take a group picture with it outside. Here's a few pictures from our day......

Jacob with Kavon----------Jacob sitting in the helicopter

Jacob's class and the other class that went----Backing it back into the hanger.

Today is YOUR Day!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Rudy!

We Love You and Miss You.

***Update for yesterday. He is doing a little better. Oxygen level was lowered a bit so he is now doing some of his own breathing. They are going to try and slowly take him off his current pain med and put him on another one. This is so that they can hopefully get him to wake up. And hopefully figure out exactly what is going on. Fingers crossed that he wakes up today for his birthday. Thank you to everyone who is praying for him and sending all those positive thoughts his way.