Life

Life has been busy lately and the blog has suffered.  I downloaded the camera today and realized That I haven't even done that in the last 5 months.  But I finally did that.

I am excited to return to spring weather.  And hopefully an end to the winter colds and minor illnesses that seems to have taken over lately.  

We have been enjoying spring. Going hiking, letting the kids get involved in sports. It is fun to watch them learn something new and love it.  

For now a bunch of random pictures.

I had a training conference in DC for 2 days.  Of course I got to wander around the city and explore.  I haven't done that without kids since I was pregnant with Princess.  It was actually a lot of fun. This is taken at the top of the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 

 The first of our many snowstorms this winter.  I stopped taking pictures after the 1st storm.  There were too many snowstorms this year.

 Munchkin joined her sister in Girl Scouts this year and is loving Brownies.

 Grandma and Grandpa came for a visit.  Naptimes are good at all ages.

 We spent Christmas Eve in DC watching my awesome niece perform in "The Nutcracker on Ice" Then everyone went skating afterwards.

 What happens when the kids spill a full bowl of popcorn on the floor.  A Picnic.

 The hard push-ups.

 Reading time

 Scout is learning how to pedal his big bike.  Not quite 3 yrs old and can pedal on flat ground.

 You never get too old to play with water in the sink.  This entertained 4 kids for about 2 hours.

 Then the return to spring and The first Lacrosse game of the season.  Game ended in a tie 1-1.

 He worked hard, and played well.

Spring Program

The 2 middle kids took part in a Spring Program at school.  It was all about the parables of Jesus and they had lots of fun.

 

I have some video of it, but Blogger is giving me a hard time uploading.

Leave me a comment and I will email you a link of the video some other parents took. 

 

Daffodils

 Yes, I found daffodils the first weekend in February, 4 days before we got more snow.  But they were there and I had to enjoy them.  I only found this one little patch, in the sun, but protected under a tree. 
We went for a walk in the Botanical gardens, and it is a quiet place in the winter.  I was looking for some more color and we went into the tropical garden greenhouse.  It was really warm, and there was lots of color.  This is my favorite shot.

The kids favorite part of our walk, watching the planes take-off from the hill next to the airport.  They have a speaker set up to hear the control tower, so they had a blast watching a bunch of planes.

My ever wonderful husband, who puts up with my crazy ideas and tolerates watching planes take-off, just because he loves his family.