Brianna's Senior Prom

Yes, it's true. My little girl is all grown up. She went to prom with a young man she met through a friend. He lives in Illinois and his name is Jansen. They had a really great time dancing and just having fun.

Brianna wanted a red dress and asked me to make it so it would be modest. I think she looks great in it and I had a blast making it for her. The other girl is Brianna's friend, Liz.

Eureka Flood

We hurried home to see if we could help people with the flood. We drove the twelve hours for West Virginia to Eureka. It was a long trip, but not impossible. Paula and Dante aren't that far away, hopefully we can see them more. We got in at midnight and the next day Jeremy took a few photos by our house. We were never in danger because we live on a hill, but the High School was close to being flooded and some people in our ward had to sand bag their homes but didn't actually get flooded.

West Virginia

On to Paula and Dante's in West Virginia. It was a beautiful drive there if a bit twisty. We arrived on Jeremy's birthday and Aunt Paula had made him cake and ice cream. He was happy. Paula and Dante have four wheelers and Michael and Spencer had ablast riding them. That night we got cheese pizza for the kids and seafood pizza for mom and dad. What a treat! They make the best pizza!!!

Williamsburg

We were a bit tired so we slept in before driving to Williamsburg, when we got there, they were a bit bummed at us for coming so late in the afternoon. But we were able to see what we wanted to see and it was fun.

Spring Break 2008 Washington DC day two

The next day we had reservations for the US Capitol tour. Our tour guide was a girl that Brianna knew from Troy. We was very crowded and we had to wait over an hour in the tunnel. The kids played charades adn time did pass. We really enjoyed the tour. Congress wasn't in session but it is a very interesting building full of beautiful art works. After our tour, we hurried over to the Archives. We had a reservation so we were able to avoid an hour wait in line. We got to go where the "National Treasures" are. The kids thought it was pretty cool. We then WALKED to the Intl. Spy Museum for lunch. WALKED past the FBI building and WALKED to the White House. We couldn't get a tour there but did get to take pictures outside. We WALKED to the Old Post Office and took the glass elevator up to the "bird's eye" view of the city. We found a magnet that said, We walked our feet off in Washington D.C." and of course we bought it. We then WALKED back to the Metro and Went to the hotel. We had to take a long escalator to our hotel. It was a bit scary for those of us afraid of heights

Spring Break 2008 Washington DC day one

We arrived in Washington DC on Sunday evening and were ready to go the next day. We stayed in Bethesda and rode the Metro into D.C. It was a bit of a trick to figure out the tickets for all of us, but it was a good learning experience. We went to the Smithsonian and saw the Air and Space and the Natural History Museums. We then walked the mall to the War Memorials and Lincoln Memorial. We really thought we had walked far until we realized that we were going to miss the changing of the guard at Arlington if we didn't hurry. There wasn't time to walk back to the metro station. So we walked across the Potomac river Bridge and hussled up the hill to see the changing of the guard. We were SO tired that night and felt like we had walked our feet off.

Spring Break 2008 Gettysburg

We had a wonderful trip to Washington DC during Spring Break. We visited Gettysburg, Washington DC, Williamsburg and Aunt Paula and Uncle Dante in West Virginia.

Here's a few photos of Gettysburg. We arrived a little late in the day so we only got a few hours there but it was cool. On the way, the kids had watched, "Gettysburg". So they knew what they were looking at and what happened here.