Angels Pic

This is a great picture of the girls in their 24 Karat Gold dance costumes.  So much bling!

David's Camporee

During April, Chris spent almost 3 weeks in China.  Luckily, David's big camp out for Scouts only required me to follow a packing list and drop him off.  I got all these pictures from other parents who were kind enough to post pics to Face Book.  I really love that since I couldn't be there.  Many Boy Scout Troops attend Camporee and there are all sorts of competitions for the boys.

Apparently they did really well in the competitions and won Honor Troop!
Here are the highlights I got from the posted video:
--Tied a square knot with our feet - 10pts
--Finished 3rd in the obstacle course
--Got 2nd place for log cutting
(well that's all there was...I'm guessing there was a lot more to it!)

This is a great video put together by one of the Scouts serving as Historian.  The best part is the last 20 seconds or so when they announce the winners.  David makes a cameo but sounds really irritated about the knot tying bit... one of the dads is just laughing at him.

Once he got back home, he had to set up the tent and rinse it off.  I was super impressed to see how he could do it quickly all by himself.

Plus, it entertained these two.  :-)

Our Big Three Year Old Boy

Happy 3rd Birthday Isaac!!!

Isaac wanted a PJ Mask themed birthday and boy, oh boy, did he get the best PJ Mask party ever!

Lia took on the cake making business and since it was Isaac's birthday she let him help in the important task of licking the bowl.  Do you think he likes this?

Emily decorated the cake with Catboy, Owlette and Gecko... the main PJ Mask characters.

And here is our birthday boy!  We asked Isaac what he wanted for his birthday party and he had very definite ideas.  He requested that it be PJ Mask themed, that we have party hats and party blowers and he wanted balloons.  I think we knocked out his wishlist!  (Never mind the Finding Nemo party hats... that is the best I could find at Walmart)

And the cake was delicious!  You've come a long way since your first birthday when you didn't like cake.

And the rest of the party.... plus the balloons.  :-)  I call it a successful birthday!

And the video:

DC Trip, day three and four

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

7:15 A.M. Hotel Breakfast

8:15 A.M. Board Bus

9:00 A.M. Newseum

11:30 A.M. Smithsonian – Natural and American History

1:30 P.M. Lunch

3:00 P.M. National  Shrine Tour and Mass

5:00 P.M. Dinner – Ben’s Chili Bowl

8:00 P.M. Washington Wizards game

10:30 P.M. Arrive at Hotel

11:00 P.M. Lights Out

Thursday, March 23, 2017

7:30 A.M. Board Bus

7:45 A.M. Breakfast

9:00 A.M. Mount Vernon

12:30 P.M. Lunch

3:30 P.M. Arrive at Airport

. Dinner  at airport

6:05 P.M. Depart for Houston (United #1411)

8:39 P.M. Arrive Bush Intercontinental Airport

PLEASE MEET AT BAGGAGE CLAIM in Terminal C

DC Trip, day two

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

7:45 A.M. Hotel Breakfast

8:30 A.M. Board Bus

9:00 A.M. World War II Memorial, Korean Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial

10:30 A.M. Arlington National Cemetery

12:15 P.M. Wreath Laying, Kennedy Gravesites, Challenger Memorial

1:30 P.M. Lunch

3:00 P.M. Ford’s Theatre

4:30 P.M. Smithsonian Air & Space

6:00 P.M. Dinner

7:15 PM Night Tour, Jefferson Memorial, FDR Memorial, MLK Memorial, Kennedy Center, Iwo Jima Memorial

10:00 P.M. Arrive at Hotel

11:00 P.M. Lights Out

Emily took about 300 pictures on her DC trip... These are *my* favorites but if you would like to see them all, I'm sure she'd love to give you a full report. ;-)

A little fun with the Washington Monument...

And the Linclon Memorial...

Vietnam Memorial... all the names!

My Longhorn girl at the WW2 Memorial!

Arlington Cemetery....

And the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  Emily was fascinated with the way the guards always take the same exact number of steps in the exact same stride.  She said you can see their footsteps worn into the marble.

DC Trip, day one

Monday, March 20, 2017

6:30 A.M. Arrive at Bush Intercontinental Airport

PLEASE MEET in Terminal C

8:56 A.M. Depart for D.C. (United #6027)

1:00 P.M. Arrive in D.C.  

Board Bus

1:45 P.M. Lunch – Capitol Visitor Center

3:20 P.M. Capitol Tour, Supreme Court, Library of Congress

6:45 P.M. Dinner

8:15 P.M. Alexandria Colonial Tours Ghosts & Graveyard

10:00 P.M. Arrive at Hotel

11:00 P.M. Lights Out

Cherry blossoms!

Glad to see she's getting a dose of her own medicine here!