Easter Morning!

Matt requested an Easter Basket this year.
Wynn just couldn't resist to deliver it himself.

Here is our Emily in her beautiful Easter dress.
She is 16 months old.

Vote Matt for Senior Class Historian

Oh, my poor neighbors! Thanks for all your donations!

Time with Emily!

I got to babysit Emily today while Brooke went to a meeting. We had so much fun. We went for a walk and just played together. It seems like it has been a long time since we have had any Emily time. It was fun having her here for a while.

Emily was just so happy and fun to play with. She is a special little girl.
We love you Emily!!!

A full house, almost!

Last Saturday, we got to go to Grandma Hayes for a get together. Mike & Charissa brought their two oldest girls and their kids with them. It has been a long time since we have all been together. It was so fun getting all these cousins together to play. Jana brought the little girls all matching t-shirts. Oh, they loved them and they were so cute! The only great-grandchild of Grandma Hayes' missing was our little Emily. Steve and Brooke were with Brooke's parents for the week-end. They were here from Washington. Oh, aren't families just the best?

Spring Break in D.C.

For Spring Break this year, I WON!!! We usually always go to Moab so the guys can ride their dirt bikes but this year they decided to wait until Sam was out of college so he could go so. . .
We got a real Spring Break this year.
Above is a picture of Matt and I in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Here is the Washington Memorial. Notice the birds all standing in a line. We took the kids to D.C. when Matt was 9 months old. The only thing I remember is carrying a baby in a back pack and trying to keep track of my three other kids. Matt also went there a couple of years ago when he went on the Scout Jamboree. They just hit the tip of all the things to do there and he really wanted to go back. Wynn has then there several times. Just a few years ago, he and his brothers took their Dad there to see the WWII memorial.
So, it just seemed the place to go this year.

Even though the cherry trees were all in blossom, it was so cold. We just took sweatshirts and I wore two everyday!

How much money are you tall? Here Matt is at the Bureau of Engraving.
We got to see money getting made.
Very interesting!!!

On Friday, we rented a car and went to Harper's Ferry. This is a picture of an old church there. It was so fun to walk around this old city and explore. This is an old Civil War town where the Platomic and the Shenandoah Rivers come together.

On Friday we also got to go to the Washington D.C. temple and do baptisms for the dead. What a neat experience that was. I'm so glad we made the effort to do this.

Here we are waiting for the T18. It seems like we did a lot of bus and Metro waiting. I was ready to come home and go into my garage and get in my car and go wherever I want to go.

The week after we left was the Cherry Blossom Festival.
I hope it was warmer then than when we were there.

Oh, here I am with Pres. Obama.