Night fun

The men cousins decided to do some fireworks

Ice Age

Brithday Date

Lucy met us when we took the crew (Ryan and Ben) to the science museum center.

Potomac

TJ and Sunshine

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Camping

Glow stick swords

September Camping

 We snuck in a September camping trip and ended up with a mix of weather....from swimming worthy to sudden downpour.

Pond Life

   Feeding frogs & fish.

Pineway Pond Fishing

Ezra gave tips.

Addison fished.

Delilah sewed.  

I took selfies!

Canal Fishing

  It really turned out more of a competition to see whose cast went further!

Hamlin Beach

I love these long days of summer.

Dinner is done, but the beauty is still there.

We jump in the car and head to the lake.

Birthday Adventure

Happy 8th Birthday to my baby girls!

The request for their birthday activity this year was the zoo.  But we've done the local zoo, so I got to thinking what could be birthday worthy and recalled a not-so-far animal safari.  I knew it would be fun because of the hands-on and knew that my little fact-soakers would enjoy learning some new animal information.

 First, a little walk to the animal park as we waited our ride to begin.

 Then we boarded up and got ourselves seats right near the guide so we could ask questions.

 Randy the camel was a lot of fun.  He had no qualms about getting in everyone's business!  He even attempted to steal Ezra's shirt.

Before spitting at Ezra:

 After: