MAY!

In the midst of the isolated thunderstorms, the weather keeps getting better and better. We love it and we are enjoying as much sunshine as we can!

Here are some fun pictures from playgroup this past week:
Lizzie and Hannah in the car!

Lois and the very handsome Mr. Blake

Ariana with Rachel, a good friend of Cate (who was actually sleeping at this point)

Lizzie and Sophie :)

Lizzie and the horse

Sophie's mom, Bethel, got a great video of the girls climbing the rock wall. YES, you read that correctly--they climbed the rock wall! (Sorry, I had trouble uploading the video.) After the first couple of times with some help from us mothers, the girls were quite proficient all by themselves. Now we really have to keep an eye on them when we are at this particular park!

On Friday night we went to CAFE RIO in Olney!

And yes, it was incredibly fantastic. We went with the Clark's and we saw the Pistorius family there too! We just love our Cafe Rio :) I'm already thinking about when we will go next...

We went to DC on Saturday. After Chris sold some of his textbooks back to GWU, we decided to take in some sights since it was a beautiful day! We walked a TON!
First we stopped by the World War II Memorial. We walked in through the Atlantic side, how appropriate since we live by the Atlantic Ocean!

We had to get a Texas picture, of course.

And a Jersey picture.

And we should've walked over to Maryland for the family picture, but the Jersey post did just fine ;)

The girls LOVED the fountain, especially the ducks swimming there!

Onto the Washington Monument! Lizzie kept telling us how tall it is. We wanted to go up but tickets were sold out for the day.

I just love how the top of the Capitol Building "sits" right beside the base of the Monument!

From the Washington Monument, we headed toward the Jefferson Memorial--my personal favorite.

Lizzie ran around for some exercise, but thankfully Chris caught up to her before she really ran away!

We walked through the FDR Memorial after we left the Jefferson Memorial.

We also passed the Korean War Memorial.

Then we reached the Lincoln Memorial!

Here is the Gettysburg Address.

And Abraham himself!

The Lincoln Memorial from the front.

On the way home,
Lizzie read The Jungle Book.

Cate FINALLY dozed off.

Mom and Dad rested their legs!

It was a VERY fun day and we can't wait to do it again!