Trip to Va Beach this week

We had a great visit this past week at my parents' in Va Beach. We visited Gammie several times in her new assisted living home, went to the Botanical Gardens in Norfolk, swam at a waterpark at NAS Oceana (no pictures though), and visited the new baby giraffe named Kellen at the Norfolk Zoo. We left AJ there to stay for a three days by himself and I'm sure they are having a blast. Thanks for a nice visit, Mom and Dad! xoxo

Spring 2013

C-A-P-S, Caps, Caps, Caps!!!!

Well, last time I posted to the blog was in December and it was about all 5 of us attending a sporting event. What better way to restart my blogging hiatus than with another sporting event? Taking three little kids to a crowded live sports game is no easy task but they do pretty well. Today we had the privilege of attending a Capitals play-off game at the Verizon Center in D.C. It was amazing and my first hockey game ever. I never knew hockey could be so much fun! The game went into overtime but the Caps scored after just 8 minutes. Go Caps! The kids loved it and did very well.

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 Pat Sejak was sitting two rows in front of us. 

 The guy next to us got a game puck but he let AJ hold it.

Ovechkin close-up after Greene scored the winning goal in overtime.

UVA v. Miami game in Charlottesville

We went to Charlottesville on November 10th for the UVA v. Miami game. We go every two years when Miami plays UVA at home since Dave went to Miami undergrad. It was a perfect day and the noon game time worked really well for our schedule.  Zachary was so good for the whole game but he was filthy from climbing all over the stands.

 Charlotte and AJ did really well too. They enjoyed the half time show the most and the constant supply of snacks.

This one is for you, Dad. Check out the formation shape at halftime! They did a nice Veteran's Day tribute during halftime.

Hooray, UVA won! Wahoowa!

Zachary's 1st Birthday Celebration

 Baby boy is ONE!

 My parents were supposed to come up to celebrate the weekend of Zachary's birthday, but AJ was sick with a bad fever and sore throat so we decided to cancel. We had a small family dinner of sushi and cake. It was perfect.

 Birthday boy loved his double chocolate pound cake but didn't eat much. He enjoyed the mess making for sure!

 Over thanksgiving weekend, we finished celebrating with presents from Memme, Poppy and Gammie.

 What better to do with new shoes than eat them?

 Charlotte, the sweet big sister, showing off his new clothes.

 Memme and her youngest grandchild. He's the most photogenic baby I've ever seen!

 Trying to get a shot with the grandparents and grandkids before they hit the road.

His favorite "toy" to grab out of the cabinets at the moment is my hand mixer. We love you, Zachary!