Daddy's New Toy

We had been looking for some time for a gently used Rowing machine for some of the workouts Bill and I do and I finally found one! Yeah, I was super excited. As you can see so were the kids who also think it is for them. Lillian is really good at rowing and William, well he is learning!! Haha.

Our Garden

We were not able to do a large scale garden like we did at Camp Lejeune (boo) but we found a way to still have a small garden. We are growing tomatoes, cucumbers and a red and orange pepper. Along with basil and cilantro. We have a handful tomatoes growing that we are patiently waiting to turn red so we can enjoy them! We also have some cucumbers starting to grow, it is very exciting and the kids are a great help watering and taking care of them.

Marine Corps Museum

We went to the Marine Corps Museum on July 4th and had a wonderful time. It is truly a fabulous museum. So well done and with so much great information and to see! The kids had a blast, as you can see and I know we will visit it many more times!

Rock Climbing and William's Big Boy Bed

Bill and I were recently able to get our re-certification for indoor rock climbing so we are now able to belay the kids! They loved it. Lillian excelled and got almost half way up the wall. William did great but really loved just being there! We have also finally got William a realy "Big Boy Bed". I had been searching for quite a while and had not found one I liked. He loves it and is having no problem sleeping in it. He is also loving his new Spiderman sheets.

Father's Day Patio Make Over Suprise!

Bill was away this weekend enjoying the US Open with my dad which provided me with the perfect opportunity revamp our patio and suprise him!! I used pea pebbles and a rubber edging on the sides for a much cleaner and neater look. The kids and I also got him a charcoal grill and accessories!! Now he just needs to get home and see it!! :0)

June 2011

June has been a busy month so far for us as well. I was lucky enough to be offered a long-term substitute position teaching Extended School Year (ESY; summer school) for special needs children here on base. That started last week and runs until the middle of July Monday-Thursday for half days. I am loving being back in a classroom and the students I have are wonderful! We also got very lucky that a dear friends' daughter is home from college and needed a job for the summer and accepted our offer to sit our kiddos!

Quinlan had his 6 month "birthday" on the 15th and at his check up he weighed 15.11lbs and was about 28.5inches(the nurse was having some issues shall we say) but this puts him in the 5-10% for weight and 95% for height. He is eating baby food now, rolling over front and back and babbling all the time. I have no doubt soon enough he will be mobile!

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May 2011

May was a busy, fun-filled month for us! We visited the natural history museum and thoroughly enjoyed the dinosaurs and many other enhibits they have! I have no doubt we will be back! We also went to Mount Vernon with our good friends the Rupperts over Memorial Day weekend and were all very impressed with George Washington's home. The kids enjoyed taking a mule ride and exploring his house and running up and down the very large hill. Quinlan enjoyed all our excursions and moving from his baby bath tub to a new bath seat! He loves splashing his legs around and playing with the toys on top!! For more pictures check out the link below:

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