West Coast Meets East Coast

My brother and his family from California came to visit for two weeks. Here are some highlights. This is Theo (10) and Bryce (8).

This is Audrey (6) and Grace (5). They are 2 months apart to the day!

This is Ellen (4mo) hanging out on the blanket in front of the American History museum in DC. We had many picnics in DC and this was one beautiful day.

This is in the basement of one of the Smithsonian museums. It is a center called the "Spark Lab." The kids loved it from the young ones up to the older ones. It reminds me of a children's museum. From left to right, Grace (5), Sam (2), and Martha (3).

This was at the National Zoo. There was a sign teaching children how to approach the gorillas. Apparently they are very shy animals and like you to approach them with your back to them and slowly turn around. So Grace and Joy were doing this and a gorilla actually sat at Grace's back!

This is at my new favorite hot spot in DC called The Cereal Bowl. They only serve cereal and it is near the zoo so perfect for a quick bite in the morning. The kids LOVED it.

This is Julius (14) and Theo. They are brothers. Julius has only been in our family for 6 months but as you can see, he fits right in.

This is Sandy and Don ("Donnie"). They have four children. Don likes coffee.

A group shot, we really had fun here.

This is my brother Brian with Ellen on the left and his daughter Anna on the right. They are one week apart to the day. Ellen is older. Aren't they both hilarious sitting there??

This is the playground behind our house. The kids love to jump the fence and play there. You can see that this particular evening, they decided to destroy the house in the background. They did fix it but it was quite the event watching them put it back together. We were doing an egg hunt and they were running back to our house.

The kids by the fence.

Happy Birthday to Donnie with some Washington Nationals peanuts.

We had a wonderful week and can't wait to see everyone this summer!