Inside the domb of the Capital.

U. S. Capital, July 3rd

My mom set up a tour of the capital with her senator from Indiana. It was really neat. We traveled from the Hart building to the capital underground on this train car. The building has great architecture.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 4th

We drove to Gettyburg for the 4th of July. I think it was very fitting since Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War. I am definitely proud to be an American. It was really neat to think that we were in Gettysburg where a lot of the battles took place. Taylor and I are standing on the top of the Soldiers National Monument. It was so beautiful in Pennyslvania. Our drive took about an hour and a half and the whole way I just kept thinking everything was so green and lush. I would love to live there.

View of the back of the White House

Callie wanted to take a picture of us. I think she did a pretty good job. As you can see Preston is snoozing. He did not get much sleep on our trip.

Sunday, July 6th at the White House

We found a great parking spot right near the White House. It is impossible to find parking in Washington D. C. We were excited. It was neat to see it. I had never been to Washington, D. C. before. When we were walking past the back of the White House we saw a Blue Bell ice cream truck leave the gates. I guess President Bush has to have his Blue Bell ice cream. I do love Blue Bell too.

Miss Priss!

We have our house up for sale now and that requires a very clean house. So lately I have been picking up after every mess the kids make. I was getting ready yesterday and Callie goes in my closet and pulls out all my shoes. I have a lot of shoes! She found my black boots and proceeds to put them on. I just had to take this picture of her. She is growing up to fast because she already loves shoes. Then I had to put all the shoes back. Today Callie was coloring while I was cleaning out the stove and oven. Well she figured it would be fun to color on the wall with a pink marker. At least I have those magic erasers. They can clean almost anything. Let me tell you, it is so stressful to move.

Cowboy and Cowgirl! So cute!

Evan and Callie played last week. Jenna took this cutest picture of them playing cowboys.

Preston eating his Birthday cake.

Preston cried when I took his cake away. I am glad I did because he was up all night, I think with a stomach ache.

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!

Preston is opening is presents. He got a little tractor, a book, ball, and some other fun stuff. Taylor's family came over and friends. We all went swimming. We had a great time.

Oh, Gross!

I wasn't watching out for Preston this morning while I was in the kitchen and I found him playing in the dirt from our plant. Then I looked closer at his hand and it was covered in dirt and then he decided it was food and ate some. He was more upset that I cleaned it out of his mouth than the taste of it. I thought it was pretty funny. For those of you who don't know, Preston is finally crawling at almost 12 months. He know is into everything.

Preston at Sea World!

Preston riding in the backpack with Papa Tom. He loves to carry the grandkids in the backpack. Preston enjoyed Sea World as well. He got to take quite a few naps.

Dolphins at Sea World

Callie loved the whales and the dolphins. Sea World has a large pool that dolphins swim around in and you can feed them and get really close. On the drive home from our trip Callie said she missed the dolphins and whales. Since we have been home she has not stopped talking about Sea World. In the bath tub she pretends she is a dolphin. I am so glad she enjoyed it that much.

Shamu Show!

While at Sea World we went to see the Shamu show like 4 times. We loved it. It was neat seeing the relationship between the killer whale and the trainers. The first time to see the show we were naive and sat in the splash zone. We had no idea how wet you can get. Preston did not like getting wet. But it was a fun experience.

Sea World San Antonio

We took a vacation down to Sea World San Antonio with Taylor's family May16-18th. We had a blast. The kids really enjoyed it. Here we are in front of the park with the pretend Shamu.

Our family

We were at a good friends wedding reception.

Uncle Andy

Bath Time with cousins

Preston, Baylee, and Callie having fun in the bath together. Baylee is so cute. We are glad they live fairly close to us.

Fort Worth Zoo

Callie looking at the Tigers. They are in the picture somewhere. Callie always has her sunglasses on outside because the sun hurts her eyes.

Callie and her cousins in Idaho

Visiting BYU-Idaho-4 years later.