DC.... (part 2)

More pics from the trip...double click them all :-)

Picture 1 - The 'President' arriving back home...

Picture 2 - the goof....

Picture 3 - the capitol

Picture 4 - Wait...don't miss Brent (that's his hand)

Picture 5 - Monuments by moonlight tour...(in the front the WWII memorial, Washington Monument and then the Capitol)

Picture 6 - Honest Abe...Hayden's Idol

Picture 7 - The White House (from the top of the Washington Monument)

Picture 8 - Washington Monument by day! :-)

Picture 9 - Air and Space Museum

Picture 10 - He did go....

Picture 11 - End of day 2 and their still smiling!

Picture 12 - Library of Congress

Picture 13 - our only souvenir...

I am saving the best picture for Wordless Wednesday!

Birthday trip to DC.... (part 1)

This past Thursday, we embarked on our annual 'Surprise Birthday Trip' for Hayden and her friend Kayla! This year Kayla's mom, Shannon (also our friend) came with us! I realized looking through all the photos that Brent was more the photographer this trip and that there are very few with him in the pictures. Sorry honey...

Picture 1 - Waiting on the train...

Picture 2 - the train (Amtrak) pulling in to the station...

Picture 3 - Inside Union Station in DC....

Picture 4 - Changing of the guard at Arlington....

Picture 5 - The Birthday girl...(I know this is one of those only a mother would love pics...and I do love it but don't ask me why...because I can't tell you! )

Picture 6 - Peaceful...

Picture 7 - the girls...again

Picture 8 - neat tour...a lot of cool information
Picture 9 - next stop...the Holocaust Museum....heavy!
Picture 10 - Best Friends that act like sisters separated at birth!Stay tuned....more tomorrow!

Happy 12th Birthday, Hayden!!!!!

An early birthday party....

for Hayden! In honor of opening race day, we got her a Jeff Gordan birthday cake!

blowing out her 12 candles...the loot...

She received a trip for she and her friend Kayla to Washington DC in 2 weeks from us (and with us). As I did last year, I disguised gifts and she had to try to guess the location. NO luck this year guessing....

She and Kayla reading the itinerary for our trip.

A nephew birthday...

We have lots of nephews therefore we have lots of birthdays! Today was Cal's second birthday! We (or I should say the children) enjoyed the day at an indoor gym. As always, I recommend clicking on the pictures for the full detailed versions.

Picture 1 - Birthday boy

Picture 2 - Cousins! L-R Henry , Hayden and Pete (note the self inflicted hair cut on Henry)

Picture 3 - one of her finer moments...

Picture 4 - How sweet...but always stoic!

Wonderful....

We took Hayden and her friend, Kayla to New York in March for her birthday and we saw Mama Mia on Broadway! We loved it! For several months, we have all been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the film! Monday night we were all finally in town and could go to the show! It was AWESOME!!!! We all loved it!

Happy 43rd Birthday Brent!

Happy Birthday, Gramma!