Busy week for Sean!!

Sean is really starting to grow up too fast now!! He had a lot of things happen this week... he discovered how much he loves to stand up along our furniture, he got his 8th tooth, he started to crawl(kind of), and even survived a tickle torture from his big sister!!

Happy Pioneer Day!!!

Today Alyssa went to a primary activity at the church where she had so much fun learning about the Pioneers! She loved to play the games, sing, dance and learn how butter was made. At the end the kids all went outside and rode their bikes in a parade!!

Another trip to the beach!!

We took a day trip to the beach with some friends and we had so much fun!! It was a perfect beach day! Alyssa didn't slow down for a minute the entire time we were there, she loves everything about the beach especially looking for sand crabs, having her dad get her "stuck in the sand", making sand castles, looking for sea shells, and playing in the waves. Sean loved splashing and playing in the ocean water (after he got use to the temp.) and tried to eat the sand the rest of the time. They were both a lot of fun to play with and we all had a great time!!

1st Loaf of Bread!!

This post is for my Mom!! I finally made my first loaf of bread and I am very proud to say it turned out great and it was fantastic!!!

What's happening lately...

Alyssa loves to be the first one to Sean when he gets up in the morning. By the time we go in the room to get him he will be surrounded by toys and every stuffed animal she can find!!



Alyssa decided she needs a bath every time Sean has one. She insists on squeezing in his little bath tub with him!


Sean is loving food!! We have recently started giving him cheerioes and puffs and now he wants to eat everything in sight.

Alexandria Fireworks!

Alexandria was celebrating it's birthday so we went into Old Town for another fun night of Firworks!!

Wheaton Regional Park

We went to a park in Maryland and it was probably the funnest and biggest park I have ever been to!! There was a carousel and a train and a great play ground for the kids to play on. Alyssa enjoyed everything she did and Sean was a good sport like always! We ended the day with some pizza at Generous George's, one of our favorite restaurants out here!

4th of July

We had a lot of fun this year!! We started our day off by heading downtown for the parade. Alyssa was really excited about the idea of the parade, but after standing in the heat for just over an hour she decided it wasn't so great, and was ready to move on to the next thing. We came home to a great BBQ with some friends, and then headed downtown (in the rain) to the Iwo Jima memorial for a fantastic view of the fireworks!!

The next day we continued our activities with Nate and Catharine and we went to the pool, had a fantastic BBQ, and did some of our own fireworks!!

The "Sweatsedo"

Nate bought a new Navigator in Chicago, so Ryan and Nate decided to take a road trip to pick up the new car. Being a large luxury SUV they thought it would be appropriate to sport some "super fly" track suits. There's nothing like two grown men trying to "thug it up"!!

Nats Game!

We went to a game at the nationals new stadium with some of our friends. We had a lot of fun, and we couldn't have asked for better weather. It was Sean's first ball game and he did great!!


He takes after his Dad!!

summer time!!

Sean started the summer off with a temperature of 106, from an ear infection which landed him in urgent care. Thankfully after going through a couple of different antibiotics he was able to recover and we were able to get out and enjoy our summer!!



We have spent a lot of time playing in water, going to parks, and riding bikes!!