Pictures over the years...
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Kindergarten!
Lauren went off to Kindergarten this morning! I finally got to send two kids together on the bus - four years later than it was supposed to happen. Nathan should have been off to his first day of middle school today.
Pictures over the years...
Pictures over the years...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Julia's first cello recital
Julia is doing great with the cello. Unfortunately for her we started at the end of the school year and so she has missed so many lessons between camp, her teacher's vacation and our vacation. So - we really has had maybe a month's worth of lessons at this point and 2 group classes.
She had her first group recital last Thursday. She had fun and did great. She was sad that her big brother was not there to see her. There is a video in this post not showing up in rss…here is a link
She had her first group recital last Thursday. She had fun and did great. She was sad that her big brother was not there to see her. There is a video in this post not showing up in rss…here is a link
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
July 2011 Pictures and Summary
So, July...Busy!
We left for Hilton Head to visit my parents at the very end of June. We had a great time at the beach and pool and watching fireworks. The girls also got to spend time with our friends Tammy and Larry and their daughter Brady (Tammy used to take care of Julia and Nathan but she lives in NC now). Luke and I took the opportunity to spend the night in Savannah in the historic district and had a great time walking around and being together there.
We came home for about 10 days. Luke had a birthday, the girls had vacation bible school and I got some things done and school shopping and then the girls and I left for Illinois, leaving Luke at home working. We spent the night with our good friends in Kansas City so we could hang out an dI wouldn't have to drive the 15 hours by myself in one day (which we usually do and did coming home). A few days later, having left the girls in the hands of their grandparents, I flew to DC as did Luke from home. We met up at the airport and immediately went for a late dinner at one of our favorite restaurants from when we lived there. Luckily it was exactly the same as it used to be and we had a great meal. The next day (a Sunday) we went to hang out with my Aunt Eleanor. We had lunch at our favorite lunch spot and relaxed and caught up. Late afternoon we headed out to drive by our old apartment and to see the chapel where we were married. You will see some pictures of us in front of it. We thought about going down to the mall to see the monuments but it had been record heat and it was pretty parked up so we just drove around and enjoyed the view from the car. It is not like we haven't visited those sites many times before. We will take the girls sometime. After that we took the kid-free opportunity to go see the final Harry Potter and had popcorn and raisinets for dinner.
The next day Luke went into his office. His office is actually in the DC area but he has worked from home for 13 years. So - he put in an appearance there and we met for dinner with one of his colleagues. After dinner Luke worked very late on the presentation for the next day so I just watched TV in the hotel.
The next morning we drove up to Trenton, NJ. Luke has been going there for years for work so it was interesting to see it for myself. Its reputation precedes it.
I drove to nearby Princeton and did some shopping and then went back to the hotel. Luke met me there later and we went out to a big team/client dinner in Princeton. It was a fabulous meal and fun to meet some of his co-workers and clients I had heard so much about. The next day I was on my own again. I seriously considered going to either Six Flags or its water park but did not in the end. I ended up doing some shopping and read for a while at Panera. I picked Luke up and we drove back to DC, stopping for some fondue in Wilmington DE. We flew back to Illinois the next morning and spent the next few days with his family before we drove home. There was record heat everywhere we went. The van's thermometer read 112 degrees in the middle of Kansas and we drove home. We had a bonfire while we were in Illinois even though it was so hot. The girls love it so much so we had to do it. You will see in the pictures how hot and sweaty we were!
We arrived home on August 1 so that is our July. School starts in less than two weeks and we are all looking forward to that!
We left for Hilton Head to visit my parents at the very end of June. We had a great time at the beach and pool and watching fireworks. The girls also got to spend time with our friends Tammy and Larry and their daughter Brady (Tammy used to take care of Julia and Nathan but she lives in NC now). Luke and I took the opportunity to spend the night in Savannah in the historic district and had a great time walking around and being together there.
We came home for about 10 days. Luke had a birthday, the girls had vacation bible school and I got some things done and school shopping and then the girls and I left for Illinois, leaving Luke at home working. We spent the night with our good friends in Kansas City so we could hang out an dI wouldn't have to drive the 15 hours by myself in one day (which we usually do and did coming home). A few days later, having left the girls in the hands of their grandparents, I flew to DC as did Luke from home. We met up at the airport and immediately went for a late dinner at one of our favorite restaurants from when we lived there. Luckily it was exactly the same as it used to be and we had a great meal. The next day (a Sunday) we went to hang out with my Aunt Eleanor. We had lunch at our favorite lunch spot and relaxed and caught up. Late afternoon we headed out to drive by our old apartment and to see the chapel where we were married. You will see some pictures of us in front of it. We thought about going down to the mall to see the monuments but it had been record heat and it was pretty parked up so we just drove around and enjoyed the view from the car. It is not like we haven't visited those sites many times before. We will take the girls sometime. After that we took the kid-free opportunity to go see the final Harry Potter and had popcorn and raisinets for dinner.
The next day Luke went into his office. His office is actually in the DC area but he has worked from home for 13 years. So - he put in an appearance there and we met for dinner with one of his colleagues. After dinner Luke worked very late on the presentation for the next day so I just watched TV in the hotel.
The next morning we drove up to Trenton, NJ. Luke has been going there for years for work so it was interesting to see it for myself. Its reputation precedes it.
I drove to nearby Princeton and did some shopping and then went back to the hotel. Luke met me there later and we went out to a big team/client dinner in Princeton. It was a fabulous meal and fun to meet some of his co-workers and clients I had heard so much about. The next day I was on my own again. I seriously considered going to either Six Flags or its water park but did not in the end. I ended up doing some shopping and read for a while at Panera. I picked Luke up and we drove back to DC, stopping for some fondue in Wilmington DE. We flew back to Illinois the next morning and spent the next few days with his family before we drove home. There was record heat everywhere we went. The van's thermometer read 112 degrees in the middle of Kansas and we drove home. We had a bonfire while we were in Illinois even though it was so hot. The girls love it so much so we had to do it. You will see in the pictures how hot and sweaty we were!
We arrived home on August 1 so that is our July. School starts in less than two weeks and we are all looking forward to that!
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