I know, I know

Shadow Boxes on Mema's new porch

Cooling our feet in the World War II Memorial

Pilots anyone

Maybe the girls too

on the Metro after the first day in DC

USS Wisconsin

Start of trek through the Mall in Washington, DC

Ripley's Believe it or Not

Sesame Street Land

Just love this picture

Sand monsters

Lunch time
Jamestown Settlement

I know that it has been a long time since I blogged. We have been super busy. We are now home for the rest of the summer. I think. Maybe not. Jaryd would like to go fishing so that may be a day or two trip. My dad has to make another trip to the doctor late July so I will have to go with him there. So maybe a couple more small trips.

The trip to the beach and Washington, DC was awesome. Not sure that we will do two consequtive weeks again, but oh well we survived. The kids didn't get the real meaning of a lot of the historical stuff, but I am hoping that when they are a little older and start learning American History they will be able to say "Hey, I saw that." We did Washington, DC in a whirlwind tour. We would take the Metro in every day and then start on seeing as much of the Mall as we could see. The first day we were in the Natural History Museum all day. The second day we went to the Capital, Air and Space Museum and walked by all the other memorials. The kid were super tired. So were mom and dad.

We had some interesting hotel episodes in DC. Too many to talk about. But, in the end it was all good. The hotel had problems not the kids.

We enjoyed Williamsburg so much that we bought some more time share there. Breanne was with us for those first five days and she helped mom a lot. We did Busch Gardens and Water Country while she was there and that helped with the kids. Kevin was able to sit with the girls and keep them occupied while we rode some bigger rides. Jaryd was a real dare devil he kept up with big sister on every ride she went on that he was tall enough to ride. Jacob would have liked to but would chicken out in the end. I am glad because mom is kind of a chicken too. The girls rode all the rides that were for their age. Kailyn wanted to ride one in Sesame street land that was a little bit large for her, but she rode anyway. She loved it. I was a little afraid myself.

I think the boys enjoyed Water Country the best. The girls did too. Kevin sat in all the baby pools and watched the girls play. Mom and Breanne took the boys on all the rides. Nothing stopped Jacob here.

We enjoyed our days at the beach. Kevin and the kids spent the days building sand castles. Jaryd loved the water. Jacob not so much. Alyssa did not want to go in without someone holding her hand, and Kailyn would not get out of the sand. NO water for her. But, they had a blast playing in the sand and collecting shells.

We went to my dad's for Father's day and spent the night. It was a great visit. We hadn't seen him in a while. All the kids joined us for lunch and that was a great treat for him.

This last week we went to Kevin's dad's and then on to his mom's. We had wonderful visits with all of them. We got to see Aunt Brenda, Uncle Brad, Lauren, Jason, and Cousin David for a short time too. Guess we have seen almost everyone since school was out. Kevin's sister Tammy and her family came over the end of May and we got to visit with them then. While at Mema's we did a shadow box for each of the kids with shells and pictures from the beach. They were so proud of them when they finished.

We are going to enjoy a quiet fourth here at home with some hot dogs and hamburgers and some watermelon. I think I will make ice cream too. Here are some pictures you can catch up on.

Talk to you soon.

Tammy