Happy 6th Anniversary!

 

 

 

 

7/22/08 The kids made dinner for us on our anniversary! It was beautiful and tasty! More on our anniversary trip to Lake Monticello to come...

Happy 17th Birthday Emilie!

 

 

7/24/08 We celebrated Emilie's 17th birthday a day early! We were just thrilled that she was able to fit us in to her very busy schedule! Looking forward to having her over again next week - yeah!!

Happy 17th Birthday Brianna!

 

 

 

 

7/20/08 We celebrated Brianna's 17th birthday with 3 of her best friends - Naziha, Pooja & Steve. She was absolutely delighted with her cookies and creme cake and root beer floats! Lots of presents - lots of "smelly stuff" to keep Brianna smelling fabulous!

Paging Dr. Fish

 

 

 

7/28/08 So Britt and I read about this new pedicure that uses fish to eat the dead skin from your feet. It's supposed to be quite effective. Britt was determined to give it a shot. Here she is with her coworker Jen, whom she conned into joining her. I must admit, though, that Britt's feet are as soft and smooth as a baby's butt now!

Blast from the Past!

 

 

 

 

6/28/08 Dirk and I attended a surprise 60th birthday party for one of his friends. The theme was "The 60's!" It was a fun crowd. It was funnier when the birthday boy had no idea who Dirk was with his big hair!

Father Mark's Last Week @ SEAS

 

 

Sunday was Fr. Mark's last Sunday Mass at SEAS. He's leaving to be pastor of a church in Reston. The girls and I caught up with him after daily mass yesterday for a quick photo! We'll miss you Fr. Mark!

Happy Birthday Barkley!

 

 

 

6/24/08 Barkley celebrated his 4th birthday today! Here he is enjoying his "Frosty Paws."

 

 

 

 

Barkley opening his birthday present!

Happy Birthday Kate!

 

 

 

 

6/22/08 We surprised my boss, The Rev. Kate Chipps, with flowers and birthday cake after the Sunday service. It was great fun, especially since she was truly surprised! Everyone enjoyed cake from the new Wegmans - yummy!

Grandma's Playpen

 

 

 

 

These are some flowers my mom is growing in her "playpen." That's our nickname for the lower part of our yard that Dirk converted into planting areas for her to grow things. Besides flower she is growing snowpeas, asparagus, tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage, basil, mint, chives, onions and other stuff I do not recognize. It's great having someone with a green thumb in the family!

Flower arrangement by ME!

 

 

 

I made a flower arrangement for my boss's birthday. Her favorite color is blue. Anyway, I'm very proud of this, and my mom even let me cut some of the hydrangeas from the yard to add to the arrangement. Too pretty!

Happy Father's Day 2008!

 

 

 

 

6/15/08 We celebrated Father's Day by spending the afternoon at the pool followed by cooking dinner on the grill and presents for our fearless Father figure! Dirk enjoyed his relaxing day, the yummy food and his presents. Alexander is trying to enjoy his dessert without Barkley getting it...

Washington Nationals v. SF Giants

 

 

 

 

6/8/08 Here we are riding on the bus to Nationals Park.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoying the game despite the intense heat! Too bad the Nationals lost.

 

Alexander's Proud Family!

 

 

 

 

Alexander's High School Graduation

6/6/08 Alexander graduated from Gar-Field High School! The ceremony was held at the Patriot Center at George Mason University. There were more than 500 graduates! Congrats Alexander!

Memorial Day 2008

 

 

 

 

5/26/08 1st day at the pool. Water was way too cold for anyone to get in except Zoe!

Reese & Me (& a bunch of other people)

 

Reese Witherspoon is the honorary chair of the Avon Foundation, and the top fundraisers ($10,000+) had a photo taken with Reese after the Closing Ceremony. I was very excited!

Oh Alex....

Just change "Jeremy" to "Alex." I love you Alex!!