Sunday Bike Ride

It was such a beautiful day today...there was no way we could stay inside. We had only one problem, none of us could decide what we wanted to do. Samuel had the great idea of putting all of our suggestions in a basket and randomly choosing one. Samuel pulled bike ride and Abigail pulled ice cream. Perfect! We loaded up the car and headed to the bike path. We road our bike's to Partlows grabbed lunch & ice cream. On the way back we stopped by Trailside park for a little fun. Daddy and Abigail picked pretty wildflowers for me. I couldn't wait to get them home so I could put them in the special vase that Samuel made me for Mother's Day.
We came home and Tom cooked my favorite, Beer Can Chicken! Yummy. It was the perfect ending to a perfect day!

Slowly Catching Up

I cannot believe it's been so long since I've written here! I hope to slowly catch up on our summer happenings.

We have had an absolutely amazing summer and it's not even over yet!! Our summer started a week before school was out with a trip to Providence, RI & New York City, then we headed to the beach, Las Vegas and will end our summer with our first camping trip. We have... gone to the pool, fishing, bike rides, parks, ice cream, baseball games, playdates, cookouts, hanging out in the cul-de-sac, the list goes on and on... lazy days, busy days.... It's been great! I love the laidback feeling and the later nights w/ kids. The no rush to bed and hanging out in your PJ's until after lunch. I plan to be better about writing here, b/c I really want to record all the stuff Samuel and Abigail are up to so that I remember it! :)

Block Party Fun!

Saturday we had a block party on our street. We arranged for The Ashburn Volunteer Fire-Rescue Department to make an appearance around 4:30pm. The kids were able to sit and explore the Fire Truck, Ambulance and Brush Truck. The highlight was when the firefighters connected the fire truck hose to our hydrant and sprayed water. The kids had fun running around, riding bikes, scooters, playing a game of wiffleball with the adults and breaking in our new waterslide.