Our Injured Daddy

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/06/occupy-protesters-try-to-halt-eviction-76669.html Got a call today about 11:45am from Dave. He was at Washington Hospital Center. He had been injured while serving an eviction notice in DC. The incident was caught on camera so that's what the above link is too. Dave was home by 3:30pm with a concussion and 13 stitches in his forehead. He is fine. Jenna gave him extra love when she woke from her nap. I told Amelia & Ava when they got off the bus. They were both very worried, but I assured them Dave was fine. Amelia ran ahead to check out his injury in person. Ava was very, very worried, almost in tears, but then just like that she saw her favorite pugs next door and ran off to pet them. Dave is home resting tonight and will stay home tomorrow.

Jenna

Jenna always wants to pose for me, but to get her to smile pretty is a different story. This smile is because I was pretending to put mulch up my nose.

Just Hangin'

Jenna is quite the buddy to Andrew.

FIELD DAY!

Here are the girls with their Field Day backpacks. Amelia & Ava have been up since 6am anxiously waiting for Field Day at school today. Ava has been very worried about whether she should wear her bathing suit, her sunblock, her shoes, bring a water bottle, what to pack in her bag... I told her to trust me. This is the girls first Field Day at their new school. Can't wait to hear how it went. BTW.. (Jenna of course also had her Field Day backpack. She needs to get to school! Can we just enroll her in Kindergarten now???)

POOL!

It's pool time!! Who will get in first?

Ava!!!

Too cold for Drew. Hot tub time!

Ava's Daisy year end cookout. Here are the girls and their leader reciting the Girl Scout Promise.

Jenna's first time eating smores.

Andrew and I wearing our purple shirts supporting our friends Anna & Colette and their CURE Epilepsy Walk today!

My tired kids tonight...

A Weekend to CELEBRATE!

We had a busy weekend celebrating! The kids were off school on Friday for the G8 Summit in Thurmont, so Dave came home early and we went strawberry picking. That night, we celebrated Amelia's adoption day with a special brownie treat. Amelia & Dave went to a fly fishing clinic on Saturday while Ava and I attempted to make strawberry jam. We opened our pool last weekend and are still working on the water.... It's too cold to swim yet, right??? We had our first Jimmie Cone of the season, and SURPRISE our first old timey car show of the season! We celebrated Dave's 44th birthday today with a special breakfast..strawberry smoothies, and a special seafood feast dinner with Grandpa and Grandma. We also celebrated our niece Eileen and her Graduation from high school today! My first date with Dave was the night of Eileen's Baptism.... time flies...

Adoption Day - #8

And.....EIGHT years ago today, late afternoon is when Amelia arrived home from Guatemala. Dave's recollection of this special day for our family would include this interesting tidbit as well... Read on.... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0329_040329_cicadas.html -