Sisters!

Don't they look a lot alike?

It's Cold

It's cold outside. I wouldn't mind being here...

or here,

this would work,

this is a nice place too,

that place looks warm,

that one looks a little too wet,

I would be able to handle this location,

but since it's cold I know this is coming!Yay!

82 days, 8 hours, 10 minutes, and 20 seconds until Christmas!
(our friends living on Central Standard Time have to wait 82 days, 9 hours, 10 minutes and 20 seconds)

Summer

Quick Post

We have been unpacking like crazy...Figuring out where to put everything...

So a day at the beach to celebrate Mom's birthday was a welcome break!Boo loves the sand!

Josh and Leah are learning how to boogie board.

Our New Home!!

"Packing is a lot easier to do with a bag of chocolate chips in hand!"

-Jennifer

We have been packing insanely, because we move to our new home in just ten days!!!!!! I will try to post more pictures soon!

Blessings,

Jenny

Randomness

Jamestown with Nana

Climbing the fence

Boom!

VA Beach...COLD WATER

Jamestown!

We went to the new Joanne's Fabric store and
then to Jamestown with some new friends of ours!The kids had fun climbing in the bamboo forest.

Even Boo got in on the action!

Playing by the river was also exciting for them.

We went to the "Glass House" where they make glass products
using early 17th century techniques.

Mom bought this little creamer pitcher, she is thinking of putting fresh flowers in it.

Here are all the kids on the river front at Jamestown.

And here are the Moms, it was a little windy!

Bliss

There is NOTHING sweeter than having a three year old climb up on you lap with her blankie and promptly fall asleep!

Ah bliss!

Catch Up

We celebrated Dad's birthday with bowling and a homemade Blanc Noir cake.

We went on a homeschool tour of Williamsburg. Dad, Josh and I went on the "Simple Machines" tour. Both found it fascinating, as you can tell from their facial expressions.
(It actually was cool, they just didn't like that part)

This man was making nails. They are used in restoration projects in CW. An average nail-smith in colonial days could make 1,000 nails a day. (Or something like that)

To appease Josh, I let him use my camera.
He had a learning curve when he realized that it wasn't a point -and-shoot, so he couldn't just look at the LCD screen.

I just found the pictures and there were some strange shots, like the one above,

and some really cool ones, like this

and this.

When the tour was over, we had some time to kill before Mom and the girls were done with their tour, so Dad and I did this...

VA Air and Space Museum

Hello Down There!

Last Saturday we ended up going to the Air and Space Museum in Hampton!
It had a bunch of really cool exhibits and something for everyone to enjoy!

My favorite, the old planes. This bomber was used during WW2!
Above is where the pilot and copilot sit.

...and down here is where the gunner is stationed, right over the wheel and ammunition!

Dad and Jenny outside the full size model bomber where you sit and watch a quick film about WW2 bombing raids.

Jenny and Joshua using one of the flight simulators!

You can't really see it in this picture, but it really looks like you are flying on the screen!

Brian and I competed to see who had quicker reflexes. He beat me by .0025 seconds.
The good news is both of us could possibly be fighter pilots because of our lighting fast reflexes!

Here Leah is practicing landing planes on an aircraft carrier!

Joshua on the moon.

Brian and I played the biggest game of operation I have ever seen!
I won!

Dad read almost every sign in the place.

This is the Apollo 12 Command Module "Yankee Clipper".
It spent 10 days in space in 1969 (some would say that was the safest place to be in the 60's!)
This was the living space for the three man crew during their expedition.
Talk about close quarters!

Here's a helicopter similar to what flies over our house everyday!

Some of us climbed up to the observation deck to get an aerial view of all the planes!

The brave crew who made it up 4 flights of stairs!

Then we went to Mars and drove land rovers!

While at the museum Josh discover he wants to be a pilot...

and Dad discovered he really likes being an accountant
(they stay on the ground and don't have to worry about faulty landing gear!)

These flight attendant outfits were designed by Emilo Pucci in the 1960's. Groovy!

There was also an amazing exhibit on aircraft carriers, including models of the
USS Yorktown and the USS Ronald Reagan.
The Yorktown was put out of commission during WW2 and the Ronald Reagan was put into commission recently (2003?). The difference 60 years technology makes is astounding!
But the food still looked the same.