Andrew's view of the Nation's Capital

Our recent trip to DC and Richmond was very fun. Doug's sister's wedding was beautiful and so joyful. I don't remember ever seeing such a happy and relaxed bride! And it was wonderful to be reunited with distant family.

One of my favorite parts of the trip was Andrew's photos. He received a new (to him) digital camera and almost wore it out! He took 246 pictures in 5 days! I think we have a photo of every plane in the National Air and Space Museum, plus the spacecraft. Here is a sampling...

The first photo with the new camera (Zach got a camera too...)


"Rocks in the Crocs"

"On Capitol Hill..."


Portrait of Zachary at the Washington Monument


Mr. Lincoln


"The Amazing Space Shuttle"

C-1 Little Stinker (is that the plane or one of the kids?)


Self portrait

Pup on the plane

Apples to apples ...

Andrew's friend Blake had a neat birthday party a few weeks ago. It was an apple picking party! We drove out to the country near our house and spent the morning picking apples, playing games and eating birthday cupcakes.


Andrew, Zach and I ended up with 19 pounds of apples. Yes, I said 19 pounds...that is a lot of apples! But everyone in the family likes them and we were able to give some to some neighbors. They were very good! It was a very fun fall activity.

Small Group

One of my favorite things to do is to hang out with my small group! These high school girls are some of the coolest on the planet. I always learn something from them and really enjoy our time together, whether it is admiring Hugh Grant and his roommate Spike in Notting Hill, playing Apples to Apples, or talking about God and our lives. Here are some photos of recent times together: (though not everyone is pictured - fall has lots of homework and after school sports...)
And here is Lizz's ghost picture:

(Girls, if you want to see the rest of the zillions of pictures you took that night email me and I will put them on Flickr or send them to you :-)