April 16, 2011

I have really great friends. On Sid's 6 yr. anniversary of her passing the girls from work wanted to make sure my mind was occupied. A few missing from the photos. But we got together and brought our kids for some bowling followed by Golden Coral. It was a lot of fun and something to take my mind off the day for a few hours. Mike was gone so I appreciated the thought.

funny addie and owen

Addie and Owen making sure the are "protected" while riding their scooters. Funny kids!

sledding 2011

We love sledding the winter!!

Presidents Day and Rockin the Halls

This is Presidents Day 2011 at Sunrise Elementary with Addie. They did a really cute program with their class. The parents were invited to come. Mom, Dave, Aunt Vicki, Mike, Owen, and I attended.

Addie also got to "Rock the Halls". It is a program they have at her school. Depending on how many books you read you get AR points for it. She read enough to get to rock the halls. The parents are invited. And the kids who get the points get to run down the halls with the principal and loud music on while we line the halls with classmates and cheer em on. It was fun. Addie was proud of her medal.

Christmas 2010

Here are a few pictures from Christmas day 2010. It was a wonderful time spent with Mom and Dave.

Arlington and Aunt Mary

On Monday, December 20th we buried Aunt Mary. I will never forget how proud I was of her, even though she's not "my" Aunt Mary. We gathered at Arlington in a special place they hold the family until the funeral. It is all so precise and calculated. With burying something like 22 people a day there, I guess it has to be. Aunt Mary was a Lt. Colonel in the Army. She was a nurse. She served in World War II, Korea, and I think Vietnam. She was literally a woman pioneer of the Army. When it was time for the funeral we piled in our cars and followed the car carrying her body. I will never forget my breath being taken away as we rounded the corner of a little hill. There stood the band and soldiers all at attention for this Colonel. It was amazing. The band played and we followed to her final resting place. The funeral was short, but beautiful. I thought it was really cool how we had these rambunctious boys the whole time. Yet, they understand that at this time they needed to be quite and respectful. I am not sure who else noticed, cause I was in the back taking pictures, but Owen and Jake seemed to have an unspoken understanding that if they crouched down between the chairs, they might somehow keep warm. I thought it was really cute.

Rest in peace Aunt Mary. Thank you for the love and generocity you have given to your family all those years!!

More D.C

On Sunday, December 19th we toured D.C. Addie was so excited to see the Lincoln Monument. She was so cute with her own camera taking pictures. I also had shown her ''The Wizard of Oz". She absolutely fell in love with the movie and was shocked when I told her she could see the real ones in real life! We enjoyed our time at the Washington Monument as well. It was fun to go to the top. Mike pointed out if you looked really hard out the one side you could see in the distance the temple. It was also really neat to see the Vietnam Memorial. I couldn't help but think of Dave. He did great things for this country of ours. Along with countless others who put their selves in harms way for us each day. There is definately something about D.C that makes you proud of this wonderful country we live in!

That night after we got back, Addie pulled out yet another one of her teeth. Without a bit of drama. I asked her what she was doing in the bathroom and she said, "Oh, I just pulled out my tooth".