Father's Day Fun

                              

Happy Father's Day, Daddy/Erich!  You are the best daddy and you don't hear it enough.  Thank you for all you do for us.  We love you!!

We took a scenic drive for Father's Day to a couple of historic sites (Erich's choice of course, but I didn't mind!)  We went out to Washington Monument State Park and the Antietam Civil War Battefield.  It was a really hot day and Sydney and Parker were real troopers through it all.  Of course, air conditioning helps ;)

Here is Parker at the first Washington Monument.  

We stopped for a picnic about 5 miles from Antietam, which was really nice.  The kids got to play at a playground and we enjoyed it a lot!

Here are some photos from Antietam...

A live firing demonstration

Smelling the cannons...

What does she see?  Here we are on the site of many killed and wounded soldiers during the Battle of Antietam right before heading back to the car.  We were able to drive and tour the battlefield in the comfort of the car and AC, so that was really nice.

Family Visits

I can't believe this is the baby we picked up 9 months ago.  Happy 18 month birthday, Sydney!!

We went to the Live Butterfly Exhibit at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum two weeks ago.  

Sydney was actually very interested in the butterflies.  

Sydney and my nephew Parker.  He is great with her and she loves him!

My step-mom and Parker were out to visit this week.  We had the opportunity to go to Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday.  It was quite awe inspiring.  Even seeing all the grave markers, it is hard to grasp the number of people who are buried there.  It really angered me to think about the general mucky-muck that took place with the management there these last few years.  What happened there?  Craziness!  Anyway, here are some photos.

It was really hot and humid!!

MMMMM...smoothie