Summer pics

A few pictures from the summer.

Enjoying $1 night at the baseball stadium (which turned out to be much more than $1 when you add lots of food and treats):

 

A fun day in Washington DC. No matter how many times we visit, there's always something fun to do.

How have we missed the Hirshhorn Museum and sculpture garden all this time?

Thinking of Grandpa and Grandma and their all-time favorite tv show:

Fun with girls

Girls are so much fun (even when they're all crying at the same time over who-knows-what)!

Beach week

We just got back from such a fun week at the Outer Banks with extended family. I don't have pictures on the beach, but here are some other fun things from the week.

Eating ice cream is our family's favorite:

The NC Aquarium was fun (but very small):

It was so nice to have a pool at the beach house:

We did the Nature Conservancy:

Bumper cars and Go-Karts on the last day:

Swim lessons

The girls finished their swim lessons for the summer. Everyone has made great progress this summer!

Even Danielle took lessons this time. She loves to feel included. As she says, "Mommy, I'm big now, right?" Here she is with her class playing, "Weatherman, Weatherman, what's the weather like?" Danielle always answers, "Sunny!"

Birthday girl

It's hard to believe, but Samantha turned 7 this month. She wanted to celebrate her birthday by getting her ears pierced!

Then we took a friend to Build-a-Bear Workshop, and they each got an animal. They loved it! It was a fun Teddy Bear Birthday!

More summer fun

4th of July Pancake breakfast and mini-parade at church:

Samantha learned how to ride without training wheels! Notice how big she is on her cute little bike:

Camping

We had such a fun week camping at Jellystone Park.

Some people were very excited to sleep on the top bunk:

Danielle finally overcame her fears of large costumed characters!

And Luray Caverns was a fun way to end the week: