Fun, Fun, Fun

Since Spring has sprung in the Northwestern part of Virginia, we have been enjoying the beautiful weather.  It has been filled with fun, fun, fun!  We hosted the family get-together for Easter, visited friends in Leesburg, the National Zoo, fishing trips, meet-ups and just being kids outside!

Easter was a great time of food, fun, and family.  We saw some family that we haven't seen in a couple of years, others that it had only been a couple of weeks. What I love about family is

that no matter what, you can just pick up like you left off... having a good time.  We played some Rock Band, ate a wonderful meal brought together by everyone, and visited

 (while watching the Masters golf tournament.)  During this time, I also thought about the wonderful gift we were celebrating, the gift of eternal life.  I thought about how on this day, the people whom loved Jesus so much was able to celebrate life again because He conquered death!  In this time of remembrance, I thought about my daughter and the chance I will have to be with her again. Praise the Lord, for He has risen! 

After Easter Sunday, we were invited by my cousins and Aunt Helen to go to the National Zoo with them.  This would be Stephen's 3rd trip

 there and Scott's first.Scott did well for being 6 months old and off normal routine.  Stephen had a blast like most 3 year olds would.. He loved the animals but more than that loved the time with his cousin Amy. We saw elephants, snakes, iguanas, apes, and creepy crawlies, but Stephen's favorite was the Silverback Gorillas.  One mother was even like me... Packing a baby!

Peter had to go on a business trip to San Francisco for a couple of days so we went to Leesburg and stayed the night at our friend

 Lisa's house.  Stephen and Julia were inseparable.  We visited the farm museum and the kids had a great time riding tractors, playing store, milking cows, jockeying horses, and looking at old farm equipment.

Another fun thing we did on a rainy day last week was go to a bounce house.  In this place, they had many of the inflatable bouncers and Stephen had a blast!

One weekend, Daddy decided that it would be fun to go fishing and expose Stephen to the world of camping.  They set the tent up in the back yard, and we headed to Issiac Walton Range and dropped in a line.  Although the boys were unsuccessful, Stephen got to reel in his first fish of the year, the one Mom snagged on a spinner! I think it was a brown trout...

We are loving the Spring! And the BEAUTIFUL flowers!

Can't wait to see what the next weeks bring! We have a busy May so keep looking for new updates!