Tressa is the Personification of Cuteness

Little Twinsies

My sister Katie and I get a big kick out of dressing our kids alike!

Charlotte, Tressa, Hayden, Noah

The Way Brothers Are, Part II

"In your face, Hayden!"  (evil laugh)

Who would you have left...

this crazy dude...

...or this sweet girl?

Don't answer that.

Tomorrow we get our sweet girl back from 2 weeks of camp!!

six pilgrims' last time at the church's old building

Gittin'er done

Define "fuel efficient"

I admit, when we pulled in to this Maryland rest area and saw the special "fuel efficient" parking lunacy, we added it to our list of reasons why we will NEVER live in Maryland.  Seriously, the hybrids get better parking than the handicappeds!

But then - GASP! - the unthinkable happened!  A conversion van pulled in to one of the special "fuel efficient" parking spots!  This scofflaw gave us a good chuckle.  Such bold flouting of greenie-nonsense should be applauded!

Tressa Never Saw It Coming

...but Meghan did.

"OH NO!  Here we go!"

And the front of the tube sank, causing the girls to plummet headlong into the lake!

Swimming back to the boat... Tressa sporting the "drenched-puppy" look.

Big Evan and Little Evan

When It's 100 Degrees (and every other summer day)

This is the best summer toy EVER for the preschool crowd:

We have this water table on the deck and inside a screened canopy.  The little ones stay cool, shaded, and entertained for an hour or so.  I go about my business inside where it's a comfy 78 degrees.  Ahhhhh.  Yesterday I brought out the shampoo and showered the little monkeys on the deck with the hose.  It was THAT hot that the cool hose water felt good on their stinky little heads.

The Way Brothers Are

victory plunge

SCREECH!!

"Screech" is the Nats' mascot

Evan and Craig had 3rd row seats behind home plate.  I got to see them on TV every time the camera was on the batter.  Craig called me:  "can you see us waving?"  And about 10 seconds later I did!  (There was a delay on TV.)  I also got to see them pigging out on all the free food that was included in the ticket price.  I saw Evan eating ice cream TWICE.