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An impromptu photo session. What mom could resist snapping this?
A few simple snapshots from our yard.
What fun it is
to discover the beauty of God’s creation
in new ways.
We’ve lived in our lovely home on the river for seven long years, yet this is the first summer I’ve let the kids actually swim in the murky brown water.
Dont’ feel too badly for them–we have a swimming pool in our yard. Besides, not everyone wanted to get into the river anyway. Some were satisfied with just “fishing” and snapping photos.
But three of us were river rats, swimming in and out of piers and between boats, loving the feel of the warm water between their toes.
Umm…and doing the “belly bump” in lifevests. TeeHee!
They learned a few things…
like don’t open your mouth underwater, and don’t swim between boats and the pier (yes, that scream-heard-round-the-world was me).
They also learned…
how to kick back,
and how to enjoy adventures together. These are the moments I live for.
After their visit to the National Crime Museum, the boys drove over to the Smithsonian’s new National Air and Space Museum: Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
It looks like a fantastic place!
This tower is not working,
but relays all the information from the real tower nearby. You can go up in it to watch over the runway.
This is the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima during WWII. I don’t even have words.
After a long day, the boys made sure to get a photo with Dad.
After dinner and an Imax, the boys headed home to show us girls all their photos and tell us all about their exciting day.
Recently Hubby took the boys to the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington, D.C.
They learned about how criminals have been punished throughout the ages.
This is a scary picture.
They much preferred training to be the good guys.
I feel safer knowing these two are on the right side.
A blogging friend and I were relaxing by my pool, listening to the kiddies have all sorts of fun, wondering how it is other bloggers have time to do it “all.” By all, I mean crafting, field trips, cooking, entertaining, decorating, teaching, and the list goes on.
I have to admit I got a little covetous. So, I ran upstairs to make a quick snack. Simple lemon sticks from my childhood. They just took a quick second. While I was up there, I grabbed my camera and took a 3 second shot.
[Is your mouth watering yet?]
While we were slurping and taking in the sun, I snapped this shot of the kids having a blast.
That’s when it hit me. It’s not that the other bloggers are doing more than I am (though in all reality that shouldn’t even be a consideration); it’s that they are master documenters.
Be darned all the batteries I use to take shots of silly things. One day we will look back these fun,silly photos and feel again all the goodness of these times.
Breanna received her caterpillars in the mail earlier this week.
She ran right across the street to show Mr. Bill, our elderly motorcyle-riding neighbor. He loved them!
