Frog field trip

Owen's preschool class took a field trip to a cute little family farm in Loudoun County. 

Since Owen is in the Frogs class, they naturally came to catch tadpoles! 

 Then the kids enjoyed playing with some of the other animals on the farm. 

Preschoolers with bucking baby goats on leashes was entertaining!

Here's a shot of Owen with Miss Sydney, his "best friend". 

                                                                   What a fun day! 

Happy birthday!

Wishing Gram an extra special day today. Happy Birthday!

We love you!

Weekend away

This weekend we got away for the weekend- the first time since Owen's been born! We went to the Greenbrier in West Virginia for some fun, relaxation and pampering. 

There was golf, the spa and some hiking and running. We lucked out with good weather! 

We toured the bunker- built under this hill and wing of the hotel- that was the secret fall-out shelter for the US Congress from the 1950's to 1992. Fascinating! 

We enjoyed a couple of relaxing nights. 

Good food and drinks (without interruption).

  And some time in the casino too. Fun times!

It was so nice to get away, but it was also nice to come back. As Owen said on the drive home, "I'm so glad our family is all together again!"

A giant THANK YOU to Grandma and Grandpa for such taking excellent care of Owen and Grace, they had a blast! 

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday wishes to Uncle Chris! We miss and love you lots!!

Birthday fun

We celebrated Grace's 2nd birthday with some playground fun!

Elmo cupcakes!

Grace and Grandmas- the April birthday girls!

We had another fun celebration with family and pink cupcakes. What a great birthday!

Happy birthday Grace!!

At 2 years old, Gracie is getting so big! She's talking more and more and doesn't hesitate to voice her opinions. Grace is a big fan of Elmo and Abby, shoes, pizza, trying to dress herself, monkeys, birds, princesses, Owen, Little Bear, books, cuddles and she LOVES to sing and dance. Happy 2 years sweet girl, we love you!

A happy Easter

The Easter Bunny's visit to our home was super exciting this year. So much so, Owen got up extra early, went downstairs and took his basket back up to his room to check out before anyone else woke up. Thoughtfully, he delivered Grace's to her room too. Fortunately for us, the Easter bunny had left most of the candy goodies in the eggs all around the backyard, so the sugar overload came after the early morning egg hunt.

Easter Sunday finest.

We had more treats to find- and eat- at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

Some football to work off all the sugar..

We had a great time dying eggs, making resurrection rolls and playing soccer and frisbee with the Smiths. It was so nice to have (almost) everyone home!

And some extra fun with an early birthday celebration for Gram and Gracie!

Thanks to all our family for a wonderful Easter weekend!

Happy birthday!

Wishing Grandma a very happy birthday today! We love you!