Lauren Draws a Pretty Picture

Dancing

Those ladies love to dance.

Fun time with the Organs

We had a good time with Chris and Jung-Mi (sp?) Organ. They have a great house with lots of land and two doggies that Lauren and Ellie loved playing with. They also fed us like royalty.

More birthday fun

Lauren is Four

Vacation Bible School

Lauren enjoyed a fun week at VBS... Chrissy got to help out with arts and crafts for the preschoolers.

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Special Daddy Time at Ft Meyer

Tim took the girls to the playground at Ft Meyer while Chrissy did some grocery shopping last weekend. They found a fun play house to climb in.

Visit by Andrew and Liza

The Fourth of July was spent with Aunt Liza and Uncle Andrew this year.

We visited Arlington Cemetery, where we watched the changing of the guard.

A visit to The Eternal Flame at JFK's site was next.

Lauren and Ellie in a House

You're a Grand Old Flag

Sunday with the Callahans

Daddy's Home. New Flash!

We had a nice dinner at home the other night where Chrissy made some wonderful pork stir-fry. Here's a beautiful picture of Lauren that I really love. She did a good job eating her dinner; she even ate the broccoli on the plate.

Ellie had a good time too. I dropped two pictures on here that I think were very cool. These pictures in this post with the first representing Tim's new flash: a cannon speedlight 580EX II. Tim also had a lot of fun postprocessing the images in Adobe lightroom.

The Venturas come to visit

It was great to see the Ventura's when they visited us recently in Alexandria. They were able to play with the girls take a tour of our small home and BBQ in our backyard. The best thing about it was that Paul is a master BBQ or and we get to enjoy the fruits of his labor. It was a beautiful day out and we enjoyed sitting in the back yard and talking. Afterwords, Shannon Allen came over and babysat for us while we went downtown walk around the harbor and eventually stopped for dessert in the majestic, a great little restaurant in the heart of old town.

Here we are posing for a picture down at the harbor. The evening was absolutely gorgeous.

Here's a picture inside the restaurant.

How Sweet it is

Lauren's Preschool had an end of the year program to showcase the children's talent. It was lots of fun, and a welcome way to spend a hot and humid Saturday morning.

Lauren and Miss Katie

Lauren and her teacher, Miss Gina


Ellie, enjoying the performance

This is Lauren singing "you're a grand old flag"

Memorial Day Weekend in Vermont

We enjoyed a fun weekend in Vermont with Chrissy's family. Fun was to be had by all during a fun visit with Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. Texas Falls was beautiful. Lauren loved the waterfalls.

Lauren and Daddy cuddling at Texas Falls.

Mother's Day Breakfast

Lauren and Tim prepared an excellent pancake breakfast in celebration of Mother's Day. Lauren enjoyed adding blueberries to the batter and wearing an apron.

Ellie and the Mud

Here is our pretty little Ellie, who enjoyed playing in the mud after a recent rainstorm.

Look at these feet!

North Shore with Andrew and Liza

While in New England, we enjoyed a wonderful dinner with Andrew and Liza in Essex. They took us on a gorgeous driving tour of the North Shore.
This is the house and peninsula we're going to buy.

just kidding!

Lauren goes to the symphony

This past Sunday, Lauren attended her first National Symphony Orchestra kids concert at the Kennedy Center.

We had an awesome view of the orchestra. The program featured several pieces that high lighted the different sections of the orchestra. Lauren's favorite was a waltz.

There was also an instrument petting zoo. She was a little overwhelmed by all of the activity and children, but we were able to convince her to try out this little tiny violin.

Fun in the Pool

Fun abounds in the inflatable swimming pool, complete with the whale slide. Need we say more??

Fun Week with Grandma Jean

The girls enjoyed being spoiled by Grandma Jean this week while Daddy was away... They are enjoying some new books, thanks to Grandma, and are sad she had to go back home.

Lauren the Magician

Lauren's preschool had a circus today. Lauren's chosen role was a magician, complete with cape and top hat. She pulled a rabbit out of her hat, a white scarf out of her sleeve, and flowers from a stick.

She and Ellie are having a fun time with Grandma Jean this week.