Memorial Day - Annapolis, MD

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What a fun Memorial Day we had. We had an amazing barbecue on Sunday, steak with carmelized shallots; tomatoe, basil, and buffalo mozzarella cheese; garlic mashed potatoes, and for desseret the best homemade peach pie ever, of course, Kimberly baked it.

Memorial Day - Annapolis, MD

I've been hearing about how much I would like Annapolis for years and I finally got to go there. I absolutely loved it!!! The Naval Academy is located here and we went on a boat ride. The city has so much character.

You know how you tell your kids not the play with their food... well, here not only do you get to play with your food, you get to take a hammer to your food and pound on it. It was so much fun. First time I've ever had crab. It tasted so delicious. Alexis even got the hang of it, too. Science disections will never be the same again.

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Memorial Day continued

We saw Night at the Museum 2 at the Nat'l Air and Space Museum, IMAX. It was so much fun watching the movie where it was filmed.

Skyline Drive, Shenandoah Nat'l Forest

The Shenandoah's are so beautiful. On our drive up we even saw a bear cub. I've never seen a bear not in a zoo. It was so exciting, but I'm glad we were safe in our car.

The day ended with a very cool swim. Alexis has been waiting since the beginning of April to go swimming in our pool.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

We had a visitor this weekend, BEN!!! We went to UVA. It is a beautiful campus. It's designed very similar to Monticello, his home. We had a picnic and toured UVA.

Six Flags

We spent Saturday at Six Flags. Alexis' friends and their mother, Jodi, came along. It was their first time at an amusement park, first time on roller coasters. It was tons of fun watching them on the rides. They liked the rides they got wet on the best. Imagine your first time on a roller coaster going up 20 stories, traveling 75 mph...they were, shocked, stunned, excited, scared. They went on so many rides that spun in circles, that honestly, I don't even know how they were able to walk by the end of the day.

Mother's Day

Virgina is absolutely beautiful!!! This is right in our backyard, well, a 30-minute drive from our house. We had a picnic in the Shenandoah's. The weather even cooperated, no rain. Such a wonderful day. I have an amazing daughter. The day ended with Alexis giving the family home evening lesson, a very creative power point presentation and yummy strawberry shortcake.