Last Sunday I took a few pictures of the girls and then the older boys wanted some of them doing dance moves.  Here are some of the shots...

The One and Only

Our nephew Nathan came to visit us over Memorial Day weekend.  He endured the humidity and gnats (and maybe even our kids) while here and we thoroughly enjoyed his visit. Thanks Nathan!

We didn't do a whole lot while he was here, but did manage a couple of outings.  There are a couple caves on base, one being Miller Cave which we visited.








A great pastoral view out of Miller Cave...


Yes, Nathan was here!




Lovely, I know. You definitely have to keep tabs on your kids here...though I am not sure that we did that so well.










Here is another cave, supposedly a "sister" cave to Miller cave.  Couldn't go in it--hence the metal fence.


After the cave Lee showed us Stone Mill Spring, a natural spring here on base. 


One night we had a fire.








Elden really liked Nathan.  It was funny because they would often be wearing the same colors.


We loved having Nathan here and plan on seeing him again in Virginia.  There will still be some humidity, but hopefully not gnats.

End of School Time

School has been done for TWO weeks now!  Crazy!  My boys had a great school year and I think the boys enjoyed it.  We took them out of school early to go to Virginia.  We needed to get some "business" taken care of and thought it would be better to go sooner than later. 

A week before the trip the Elder's Quorum had an activity night.  We met at a park for dinner and then we all went bowling. It was really fun and Lee got the highest overall score!


The latest of Clark's Lego creations...some sort of robot.


Of course with the end of the school year came the end of preschool.  Four other moms and I took turns teaching our youngsters twice a week.  There were six kids total.  I thought about not joining in, but the girls really enjoyed being in preschool with their friends.  For the last day we met at a park and had some treats. It was chilly outside!










SO, on to the trip to Virginia.  I went to bed really early that night, around 7:30pm.  I woke up at 11:30 and we were on the road at 12:06 am.  We arrived at Lois' in Maryland around 4pm.  We only stopped TWICE the whole trip!  After getting situated Lee and I went to the temple.  Right when we got back we swapped and Jeff and Lois went to the temple.  We had a fun time visiting them.  It was short, but it's always fun to go to Lois'! The next morning we got up early and went to our new ward in Virginia. The kids did well in Sacrament meeting (thankfully!) and did REALLY well going to their classes.  We met a lot of great people and it should be a great ward.  After church we drove back up to Lois' and spend the rest of the evening with them.  Thanks for all the yummy meals Lois!






Darling Blake.  A cutie and a sweetie.  Just a great baby!


Playing with Reed is always fun!




The next couple of days we basically spent time talking to people and looking at stuff.  There are more details, but I won't bore you.

Outside of Lee's possible new workplace!  Reminds me of Mayberry and Andy Griffith...


In the town where we were at there was a cute caboose by a McDonald's.  It would be a great place to take pictures at.  It was unlocked (not sure if it was supposed to be) and the kids had fun going in.  It was INCREDIBLY filthy on the inside.






Yep. Filthy.








Can you see a tiny bit of the view?  Gorgeous!


A family in the ward invited us over for dinner Monday evening. They have a fun place out in the country.  We enjoyed being with them.  They are very kind, fun people. 

After our "business" was done, we decided to just head on home.  We stopped at a rest area and ate dinner.  I bought our little emergency stove to prepare dinner.












We'll see you soon Virginia and Lois (hopefully you too Daniel and Amy!).  I can't believe we are moving in two months!  It makes me sad thinking about leaving here....