My B-Day!

My cake and Ice Cream

Ginger's already liking her lips

My birthday present!!! I've been wanting this perfume since I was 19!! And my hubby got me the big bottle!! It was pretty good day!

4th of July

For the 4th we went to DC. We just had to go there once while we lived here for the 4th and we knew that it would be crazy and loud and filled with tons of people and getting back home would be long, but we just had to. We took the metro and got there early and walked around some. We found this beautiful old church and Fords theater, that was closed so we couldn't take a tour, and the Petersen house where Lincoln died, it was open so we were able to walk through it, it was amazing and weird to stand in the same room where he took his last breath. After some more walking and getting lost we finally got to the Washington monument and met up with Brent and Dani, that wasn't previously planned but turned out wonderful. We sat with them and visited and Ginger had a blast playing with girls trying to catch fireflys and run around. The fireworks were beautiful, kind short (like 10 mins) but beautiful espcially with them bursting behind the monument. Afterwards we just hung around cuz' a HUGE crowd had formed around the nearest metro and so we say with Brent and Dani and the kids and had strawberry shortcake (thank you Dani for sharing with us) and then we decided that we were going to walk to the next metro. So off we went. We saw the other side of the white house which was gorgeous all lit up. The ride home wasn't bad a little crowded and some standing in lines but we were in good spirits we finally arrived home around 12:30am, that's not to bad. Poor Dani and Brent arrived home 1:30-2am.

Band-Aids and Kisses

You ever notice that kisses and band-aids are magical? In my family they are so totally true. Ginger being 3 (practically) she's always falling and running into things. She's constantly getting banged up and scratched up. Once she starts crying sometimes its hard to get her to stop. But once we give her boo boo the magic kiss, all is well. If that magic kiss isn't enough the promise of a band-aid is. Of course once we get her one she acts like she's hugely disabled, like a scrapped knee is maimed now, seriously it'll take her a good 20 minutes to walk properly on them. Gotta love kids who believe totally in the magic of kisses and band-aids.

WOWZER!!

I'm freaking AMAZING!!! Did you see my header??? Did you?? Did you? I did it all by myself!!! Holy Crap, there is potential in me yet!! WooHoo!!

Virginia Beach And Jamestown

After we went camping at Lake Anna we went to Virginia Beach, it wasn't that far away but traffic was a bit horrendous when we got close to the tunnel. Once there it was time for dinner, bath (kids hadn't bathed in two days by this time) and then bed. We found a hotel and settled down for the evening. The next day we went to the beach. And let me just say that it was the most perfect beach day EVER!!! It was hot outside and the water was deliciously cool and it took only like 2 seconds to get used to it and once out of the water you weren't shivering cold, you were still warm and wanting to go back in after a few min. It was AWESOME!!! After Virginia Beach we went to Jamestown. That was pretty neat. It was fee free weekend due to father's day. We saw the first glass house, and a glass blowing demonstration. That was cool, blowing glass would be a fun hobby. Then we were off to see the settlement. We didn't get to see the original foundations cuz' if left to the weather they would of withered away, but they did have markers that showed us. It was incredible to stand on that land, just amazing. I can't wait till the next time we go there. I'm more excited to go to the beach but Jamestown was just as beautiful.

Lake Anna

So last week we went camping at Lake Anna with Brent and Dani and can I just say AWESOME!!! We had so much fun we were only there for one night but it was great. We played at the lake all day and rode on there jet ski. I had never rode on one so it was AWESOME!!! They are offically my favorite aunt and uncle now (sorry to all the others :)) Brent took me tubing on the back of the jet ski and it was amazing. After we were done at the lake we went back to camp where I got bit by a horsefly (not fun) then had taco salad for dinner YUMMY!! In fact it was better than my moms (seriously mom, the sauce tastes better ;)) Once we finally got a fire going we sung campfire songs and made s'mores. The kids were begging for sleep by that time (so cute). It was so much fun to spend time with Brent and Dani. The lake was beautiful and the water was warm (a nuclear plant uses the water which is why it's warm, scary huh??). The fireflies were out and it was sooooooo pretty. It had been forever since I'd seen some and it was Josh's first time.

What a day

Yesterday was a wonderful day, seriously. It was quiet and peaceful, mostly. Zoey was great, she figured out how to roll herself around to get where she wants to. To cute. And Ginger was pretty good, we had a few meltdowns and her play shoes had to go to time out cuz' she wouldn't play with them properly. But she was full of love and showed it. I also think that since everyone got naps (WHOPPEE, Ginger napping is a VERY rare thing) we were all in a fabulous mood. I try to strive for a day where there is no yelling, no aruging, and no temper tantrums. And that never happens, but yesterday we came close. I couldn't of asked for a better day.