A Trip to Turkey

Daddy and Drew departed on a great adventure this summer. Nearly 2 weeks, just the boys, on a trip to Turkey. They were joined in Turkey by other members of our church to travel through towns in the eastern part of the country sharing The Good News.
Drew was excited to ride on the fairies of Istanbul again. They seem to be his most vivid memories of our 2 month stay when he was almost 2.

The horse drawn carriages on the Prince's Islands were a fun treat on their last day in country.

Drew has now grown accustomed to flying in style. Here he is in the VIP lounge in Istanbul. It may be hard to go back to family road trips - nevermind real life at home - after this trip!

Summer cuteness!

Cheverly Truck Touch

Two years ago I took pictures of Drew singing the Backhoe song at the truck touch. Now Evelyn is the two year old singing while Drew is still driving. They both loved the morning full of trucks. Don't get carried away kiddos!

The train! The train!

Watch out, here comes Evelyn!

And there were presents!

Thank you for the wonderful gifts dear family! Evelyn loves playing tea party with her dollies - and the rest of us too.

Evelyn's Birthday Party!

Evelyn turned two - she is truly a big girl now, as she tells us multiple times daily. We celebrated with a "Charlie and Lola" party. We had pink fairy cakes and pink milk just like Lola loves.

Evelyn ate every bit of her frosting, it was a big pink hit. I'm so glad we could share the evening with the Russel family. Evelyn recieved a birthday hug from Helen here. Evelyn has been looking forward to her birhtday since Helen turned two and moved to a new Sunday school class. I'm so glad they will be reunited again!

Happy Easter!

Evelyn loves peek-a-boo! I just loved her Easter outfit. Drew was adorable too, but he left early for church with daddy. She was so proud of her hat!

Beautiful Spring, Beautiful Kids

Visiting Indiana

I loved taking Evelyn for her first visit to Indiana. Walking into the Indianapolis airport, I was concerned that I had taken the wrong plane - what happened here? A brand new airport greeted us, but familiar sights, tasstes and most importantly people were still in store. Evelyn had a first piano lesson with Lois Carol at the same piano where mommy used to play every week.

A new face for me was my dear friend Jenni's daughter Delaney. We were thrilled at the fun the girls had together. Maybe they can room together at Taylor someday!

Aunt Chris seems to be destined for flight delays when coming to Indiana! We were so glad when she arrived... though Evelyn had gotten used to having her bed as a playground by day. Who knew that flopping on pillows and tucking yourself in could be so much fun? I was glad to see that Evelyn is just as content and easy to entertain out on the road as at home. And what a treat to be back home with my sister! I even ate at Pizza King because I love her!

Happy Birthday Drew!

We had so much fun creating Drew's Fire Fighter party! Drew and all his favorite buddies had a good time doing training exercises, a bucket brigade, and oh the siren noises! The fire hydrant of cupcakes seemed to satisfy our hungry crew. But while red frosting on red velvet was thematically appropriate, we may still have red crumbs in the dining room.

We love Mimi visits!

We're so glad that Mimi comes to help us when Daddy goes on trips! It was a beautiful spring day to share on the National Mall.

Spring Pictures at the Smithsonian Castle Garden

The Snow

No, there is no snow in DC here in June! I'm in the midst of catching up. So here we are back in January. The snow was disappointing to the boy who remembers the three feet of it last year and received a sled for Christmas, but it was a wonderfully heavy sticky snow. The snowballs and snowmen were great! And Drew was big enough this year to help Mr. Brian with the real snow blower! I think our snow family was the best gift we have ever shared with the neighborhood. Drew got lots of compliments on them, but their accessories had to come in at night on his insistence that they might be stolen. It was his Lightening McQueen hat after all.

Silly stuff

Time to catch you up on my super cuties! We had a good winter of having fun inside. I never get any pictures of all the hours we spend cuddled up together reading books. But here are some other favorites. Play Dough snakes may need a bigger table next year.Building with blocks has been growing on Evelyn... especially since she can knock down her own towers - but not brother's buildings!

And of course a box you can fit inside of - now that is fun!

Funny glasses are very important when you are going to the store to fill your cart with Matchbox cars.

Happy Valentine's Day

Thank you Caroline B for this sweet dress!

Someday I will get these two to look at me at the same time, but aren't they so cute anyway!

We took special Valentine treats to friends at church yesterday! Yummy!

Just Pictures

Febuary already!?!?!

So my sister-in-law has reminded me that we actually have a blog! Thank you Teresa! So I'll post a few recent pics now and for the sake of the family I love - I will work on catching up a little since - gulp! - August when I last posted something.

Drew has become a trucker. He hauls the entire cast of Pixar's CARS around in Mac the 18-wheeler. We often talk about how we don't want to be like Chick Hicks (the cheater) and how we want to use our strength to help people - like Lightening McQueen.

Here's Evelyn with a few of her favorite things: Bow, Baby & Bear