Today was battlefield day and our start for home. We got up, checked out of the hotel, and drove to Manassas to learn more about the second battle there. From there we went and saw Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and the Wilderness Battlefield areas. It is so fascinating to learn about all of these places and to […]
Today was a GREAT day but also VERY tiring! We walked so much we thought we were going to die! 🙂 It was very fun though. We drove downtown and parked way out in the free parking, a good walk from the Jefferson memorial. We walked around the tidal basin and saw stuff we didn’t
Today we decided to take it a bit easier and give our legs a rest. This morning, we drove out to Manassas National Battlefield where the battles of Bull Run took place. It wasn’t anything like Gettysburg, but the history around the place is pretty amazing. The visitor center had a audio presentation that coincided
We had a GREAT day today! After having a very satisfying, large breakfast, we drove downtown, found a place to park, and started all of our activities! The first stop we made was to the National Archives. It was really cool to go in there and see the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights,
Today we got up early and went to church in Rootstown, OH. The ward was very small. We added quite the number to it. 🙂 We ended up only staying for Sacrament Meeting, much to the chagrin of the Young Women’s President who thought we were a new move-in family and she just got 3
Today we left for our big spring break trip to Washington DC and Northern Virginia! We have been planning on this for some time and wanted to do something like this before Sarah leaves the house to go to college at the end next summer! 😐 We left at about noon and drove to a
Today was dentist day! All of us (except Kirstyn) herded over to the dentist for our semi-annual cleaning. It was actually kind of funny watching our family “take over” the office! Ben and Zach behaved VERY well while Angela and I got our teeth cleaned! The kids go to a pediatric dentist that is in
Today was an exciting day for Sarah! She went tonight to the Priest/Laurel dance (i.e. Mormon Prom) at the Naperville Stake Center. They had to have tickets and everything. A group of them got together (6 girls and 1 guy) and had a blast. Sarah looked stunning in her formal dress and her hair done
Tonight was Sarah’s spring band concert. I can’t believe it! I didn’t have a conflict so I was able to go! She did a great job and played her heart out! She loves playing both the flute and piccolo. I’m not sure how she can even play the piccolo the thing is so small! 🙂
Tonight, Brittany had her spring orchestra and percussion ensemble concerts tonight. She did a GREAT job! It’s great that she has picked up both orchestra and percussion. She enjoys both and it gives her two separate things that she can do to round off her talents! 🙂 Sometimes I think she enjoys percussion even more
Tonight, Zach had his Gombert Elementary 1st Grade Play, “Once Upon a Lilly Pad” which he was VERY excited about. He got to dress in a green shirt to be a frog, and we all went to see him. The lighting was low so it was hard to get good pictures, but a couple are
When I came home from work today, Zach had been one busy boy! He had taken part of a big cardboard box and created a laptop with it. He even added Google to the screen! It was really cute and he couldn’t wait to show it to me. He said that he and Ben made
