next stop: dc!

after a super fun visit in pittsburgh we drove to dc and immediately headed for the national museum of african american history and culture which was amazing!!

we highly highly recommend it!! we stayed with our dear friends from college nick and jessica who taught my children how to catch fireflies which they were amazed by!!

the next morning we headed to see the pentagon 9/11 memorial which was so peaceful and serene 

and then it was off to mt vernon to see george washington’s home,

carter and halle loved watching the blacksmith and hear how tools were made in the 1700s. 

that night nick and jessica purchased maryland blue crabs for dinner which were so delicious…and hard work to open! 🙂

dc was a blast!! i’m so glad we decided to stop in dc on this trip. next stop: philly!! 

summer ’17 road trip – northeast and beyond!

we hit the road on our summer road trip – well, first we hit the skies! after a longish flight to pittsburgh we picked up our rental car to begin our 15 day excursion. first stop: pittsburgh and the surround area with amazing cousins chris and deb!!

we first went to downtown pittsburgh to see the bridges, water, and downtown skyline,

Smile, Carter!!

we went up a steep incline to the top of a small mountain to see the amazing views above!

the next morning we toured both colleges where chris and deb work and saw a blue angels flight presentation!!

Carter took about 800 pictures of the blue angels 🙂

it was soooooo much fun seeing chris and deb!! next stop: DC 🙂

swim fan

we had our first swim meet and our two fish did awesome setting pr’s in both strokes they swam! as you can see no one had any fun 🙂 

it is amazing to see how much they improve each year!!

school’s out…

for the summer!! big smiles from these two!!

on to third and sixth grade!!