Easter

Ann & I decided to do up some Easter eggs for the Easter bunny to hide. We invited Teresa, Haley and Eliza over to help. The kids lasted for about 15 minutes or so and then Teresa and I enjoyed coloring the remainder of the 3 dozen eggs. We had about 3 different types of coloring kits and came up with some neat looking eggs.

Haley & Ann

Eliza


Haley, Ann, Teresa and Eliza

We had company for Easter. Grandma Hoene came out with the dogs. The Easter bunny hid the eggs and Ann did a really good job at finding all of the eggs. We then got ready for church and after church went to the Elks Lodge for their Easter Buffet.

Ann in her Easter dress. You can just see the handle of her little purse. Mommy forgot her gloves though.

Daddy & Ann

Ann at the Elks Brunch.

I love this photo. Once again this is the closest Ann would get to the Easter bunny at the Elks. Daddy was even going to take her up so she could get her candy. No such luck, if he moved any closer she would start to freak it out. The bunny is a little scary looking but I thought the thought of candy would out weight the fear. She fooled me.

Washington D.C. - A quick trip

James & I did a quick D.C. trip to bring a vehicle back that my aunt and uncle had purchased. We set the trip up so that we would have one full day in D.C. Once we got there we found out that it was the start of the Cherry Blossom Festival. We didn't make it down to the tidal basin, but the trees are throughout D.C. We figured out the metro system and took the trains to Arlington National Cemetery and watched the changing of the guard. We then went to the mall. Between the Washington monument and the World War II memorial was a kite festival with sport kite competition. We also visited each of the war memorials, talk about a touching, undescribable moment.

Picture pages, picture pages

Here are some photos I just can't help to show off.

"Mommy, do you need help in the garden?"

St. Patty's Day

It's been a while since we've updated this, so beware a lot has happened. James joined The Wall Gang, which is a local veteran's awareness motorcylce club. They rode in the St. Patty's day parade. I decided to take Ann for her first parade since Daddy was going to be in it. We ended up sitting at the very start of the parade where people waited while. She got the hang of getting candy that was being thrown.

It was a little cold, but we were having a lot of fun.

Ann loved the St. Patty's Day green horn. I, of course, was happy we were outside when she was blowing it.

Here comes The Wall Gang.

Ann was so excited to see Daddy and Mommy was happy they stopped in front of us. Ann cried for Daddy until he let her go out and talk to him. She then wanted to ride with him, but I'm not quite ready and she doesn't have the right gear.

The fresh air was so effective on Ann, that she fell asleep on the 10 minute ride home. The funny part was that she had a sucker stuck to her face...my guess was she fell asleep mid-lick.