Saturday, May 30, 2009

Recent Visitors

We have been very lucky this year so far to have a couple of visitors and another coming soon (Nana comes next week).

Mor Mor and Papa came a couple of weeks ago and stayed for a few days. They got to relax in beautiful NJ, see the boys play soccer and Papa helped me pick out some furniture for our new piano room. It's beautiful, so thanks Dad! Mor Mor played many a game with the boys and they both spent lots of time with Meggin. We loved having them here and wished they could've stayed longer.

Our next visitor was Uncle Mike, Dave's brother. He and Dave had a great time. They went to Gettysburg, toured the new Yankee Stadium and did some site seeing in NYC, went to George Washington's headquarters in Morristown and hiked with the boys. I hope it was a fun trip for Mike, I know Dave was glad to be able to hang out with his brother. The kids also loved Uncle Mike. He pushed them on the swing, played T-ball with the boys and held and played with Meggin. What a great visit!

Monday, May 25, 2009

Memorial Day: remember the fallen and those who serve this great country

To all of those who have served, we honor and respect you.

To my husband who served in the United States Air Force, we thank you and we love you! What a great example to your babies.
To our friend Wallace and all of Daddy's buddies serving in the Armed Forces...thanks
To our friend who serves as a Navy SEAL and who not only has to take care of bad guys, but wild animals (striped hyena)...Thank you!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Going to the Zoo...a little boy's best day!

We recently went to Baltimore to see my brother, Derrik and his family. We met them at the National Zoo in D.C. (Bronx Zoo is much better by the way). This was the best day those 4 boys could ask for...can't say the same for the parents who were chasing them around the entire day. We saw many animals, but they were excited for the polar bears all day. Guess what? There are no polar bears at the National Zoo, bummer. They did love the Anteater I hear (Jen and I were feeding babies). From left to right...Niklas, Alex, Will and Jonathan.You could contend that we have 3 busy Otters watching other busy Otters! So cute!
Meggin had fun too! I think Kate slept almost the entire day...no pics of her, sorry. Daddy, Nik and a lion (behind them on the ledge...sort of blends in, that's the point right?