Spring Break, Part Four

Thursday night we went to Medieval Times. At first the boys were skeptical about the paper crowns, but then as the show began, they really got into it. And they even liked the food - we got to eat with our hands! It was very hard to get good pics.


On Friday, we went to the Other Air & Space Museum. Very big. Very cool.
Then we said Goodbye to Washington and went a few hours south to Monticello. That was really interesting.

From there, we went to Todd's brother Kirk's house. We had a really good time with them but I only thought to take pictures of the kids running around on the Virginia Tech campus. Jen took a really good shot of the 7 kids when we went to Kirk's work. Our boys said out of everything we did, they wanted to go back to Kirk & Jen's again.


All in all, it was a really good week. We'd definintely do it again, but we have so many other places to see and adventures to have. We took over 600 pictures so I have lots of organizing and editing and scrapbooking to do!

Spring Break, Part Three

We went to the Library of Congress:

Top of the Washington Monument and looked down:

The Vietnam Memorial:

More of the Newseum:

The National Archives was amazing. So cool to see the important documents that started our country!

Todd went to the Jefferson Memorial by himself. The rest of us took a nap in the van.

We really liked our week in Washington. There's so much more that I can't fit on a blog, someday when I get it all scrapbooked, ask me to see. We could go back and spend a whole 'nother week - there's so much to do!

Spring Break, Part Two

It was fun to watch the boys handle the subway.

Justin & I tried to take home the Washington Monument. On another day, it was so foggy, we couldn't see the top!

The Smithsonian Air & Space Museum and the Natural History Museum and the Newseum.

Ford's Theatre & The Capitol Building

We stood on the sidewalk and looked at the White House. Looks just like on TV!

Spring Break, Part One

We left home on Friday evening and drove all through the night. We had breakfast in Pittsburgh, PA then went to Todd's Mecca - Fallingwater. This is a house designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright, Todd's favorite architect. It has been a lifelong goal for him to see it. I think it lived up to his expectations, he took a ton of pictures and bought a T-shirt and necktie to commemorate the event. We were not allowed to take pictures on the tour of the inside but we also bought a book with lots of pics. The rest of us thought it was interesting, but the most fun thing was watching Todd take it all in.

After Fallingwater, we drove on to Washington DC. We saw the movie Escape to Witch Mountain. We stayed in a hotel in Virginia and the first night there, Tyler got sick. He threw up all over the room so in the morning, Todd took the other 2 boys to Mount Vernon and a quick trip through Washington to see some of the monuments, and I moved Tyler & our stuff to another room. Poor Tyler was sick or sleeping all day long. Todd felt bad that I missed a day of sightseeing, but I was content to watch Tyler. He's growing up fast & won't need me to take care of him when he's sick for very much longer. But Todd, Ryan & Justin had a great day being tourists.

I'm a Foot Model

I have gotten bored with knitting scarves but I really don't want to work on sweaters so I've been intrigued with knitting socks. Could a beginner do it? Are they comfy? So Todd gave me a sock knitting book for Valentine's day and when I was in CA, Mom & I went to the yarn shop and bought some pretty yarns. She's making some too! The handknit socks I've seen look amazing and I doubt I'll ever make a professional looking pair, but I did make my first socks! I wore them for a whole day and they didn't fall off. They are comfortable and warm, but I wouldn't say they were easy. I'll make more, just because I like projects, but they certainly aren't cheap or efficient. Just another fun thing.

Ninjanaries

This is Tyler. I figured that you'd look at mom's blog more than mine, so here is something really hillarious. Click this to go to a really funny you tube link. Once you're done with that video, go on to the next episode( there's a little button that says "next episode"). My brothers and I were laughing for days.

My Week in Cali

I got to go to California last week! Just for fun! I had a great time with my family. We took pictures of us 5 kids:

We had our own version of the Pillsbury Cook Off. Mom & Dad were the judges and since they have no favorites (yeah, right.) they scored all our dishes the same. We all won! I made Italian Chicken Stromboli.

Amy made Meatball Pizza Cups. Leslie made Chicken Puffs. Tammy made cookie cups with apples & caramel & chocolate. Emily made Hummus Pizza with Tofu. I also tried an idea I had for a brownie mix, rasberry jam & white chocolate chips, but it totally flopped. Ewww.

The weather there was beautiful. I didn't need my jacket at all. There were green trees & grass everywhere & Mom even had daffodils.

Of course, we had to work on a project! Tammy & Amy had started heart blocks for 2 quilts for their daughters when they were at my house in 2007 and they still haven't finished! So we spent an afternoon getting more blocks done. They will have to bring this project back to my house this summer and finish!

The week went fast and we didn't get to do everything we talked about but it was really nice. And then I came home to Todd and the boys and THIS:

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