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Grandpa's Visit - Manasas Battlefield (Bull Run) 2 Jul 2013 | 07:57 am
One day while dad was visiting and Steve was recuperating from surgery, the boys, grandpa, and I drove about an hour west to the Manassas National Battlefield Park. This was where the armies of the no...
Grandpa's Visit - Memorials & Monuments 29 Jun 2013 | 04:29 am
While dad was here, we took him to a lot of the DC area monuments. During our trip to see the cherry blossoms, we walked all around the west end of The Mall. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Linc.....
Grandpa's Visit - DC Cherry Blossom Festival (lots of pictures!) 29 Jun 2013 | 01:52 am
We were excited that dad's visit was going to overlap the expected bloom dates of the cherry blossoms in DC this year. We waited and waited ... and, finally, after a couple revised bloom dates for col...
Grandpa's visit - DC 21 Jun 2013 | 07:28 am
My dad was able to come out and spend some time with us this spring. It was a great visit! The boys loved having Grandpa Charlie here. We took him into DC for the obligatory tourist stuff. (Have I me...
Grandma and cousins visit 29 May 2013 | 03:28 am
My brother and his family were with us off and on during February and March. It was great! Our boys had so much fun with their cousins. We took them into DC a couple times to see the sights. We went...
February 2013 29 May 2013 | 01:48 am
Mikey was honored at a school Town Hall meeting in February for "good math skills" (or something like that). He was so proud and especially excited that I got to be there to see it. His principal, Mr....
January Wrap-Up: Library, Shooting, Snow, Handy Helper 2 Mar 2013 | 10:56 pm
I love the library! It was one of my favorite places as a child and it's a favorite with my own kids. One of the local public libraries is just down the street from the boys' school. This is a little ...
Daniel's Birthday 2 Mar 2013 | 10:14 pm
Daniel turned 9 in December. Happy birthday, Daniel! You are such a special boy! We celebrated with a Star Wars cake. Daniel is very artistic and loves crafts and drawing. He got an art case that he ...
Christmas 2012 2 Mar 2013 | 10:01 pm
I love the look of Christmas tree lights in an otherwise dark house! Especially on Christmas Eve! Our family Christmas traditions include a "special" Christmas eve present from Grandpa Dan and Grandm...
O Tannenbaum 2 Mar 2013 | 09:57 pm
Growing up in Oregon, it was normal for my family to go to a tree farm or even into the forest to cut our own Christmas tree. Our boys have never experienced that, being born in Alaska, where Christma...