Washington D.C.

Bryan is finally officially done with his first year of Dental School! Yay! Before the Summer quarter started up, Bry got a 1 week break, so we decided to take advantage of being so close to so many amazing places. We went to Washington D.C. We had a great trip! We left late Sunday night so the kids would sleep the whole way and we could have some peace for the 6 hour drive. We had peace but realized on the way home how much we missed out on the beautiful scenery. I couldn't believe how green and beautiful it was.
Monday, after sleeping half the day, we decided to go visit the Arlington National Cemetery. I thought "How interesting could a cemetery be" but it was more about how i felt when i was there. Seeing the thousands of graves of those who fought for our Country was surreal. We watched the changing of the guards at The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier and visited the grave sight of John F Kennedy. The girls slept just about the whole time. Thank goodness for the double stroller :)

Bryans Mom was able to come with us on our trip. She was such a big help with the girls, and we really enjoyed having her there with us.

On Tuesday we were able to visit a couple of the Smithsonian Museums; the Museum of Natural History and The Museum of National History.

Kaitlyn and Ashley were troopers. They are still too young to be able to enjoy anything that we saw, but they hung in there, and were happy most of the day :)

On Wednesday we went to see the Lincoln Memorial/Reflecting pool/WWII Memorial/Washington Monument. This little section is what i always thought of when i pictured D.C, so it was fun to actually be able to see it all. Unfortunately the weather wasn't as cooperative as the first 2 days we were here. It rained pretty hard for most of the day.

One place we were looking forward to seeing was the Holocaust Museum. After getting up early and standing in a huge line to get tickets, the building was evacuated in the pouring rain because of a fire. We found out later in the day that it was just a fire drill, so we were still able to go through the museum.

Zoo

Lately we have had wonderful weather and a desire to get out of the house and enjoy it. We bought a season pass to the Columbus Zoo. We only live about 15 minutes away, so it's been fun to get together with friends and go about once a week. The Zoo is sooo big, so there's no way to see everything in one day. We just go for a few hours at a time and enjoy the different areas and animals each time. I'm sure we we have many more Zoo pics to post in the future.

Happy Anniversary!

Today i have been married to my honey for 5 wonderful years! (May 21st)
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have found someone so amazing to spend the rest of my life and eternity with. I married my best friend, and i couldn't imagine my life without him.
As I was reminising, i found pictures from our honeymoon. Remember these Bry...the good ole days. :)

I can't wait to have many more moments like this. But next time i will be in a one peace and maybe a long T shirt. :)

The Polynesian Cultural Center was beautiful! I can't wait to go back! Maybe for our 10 year (hint hint)

Bry, We have been through a lot in 5 years.....5 moves (one across the country), 2 kids, and many good times and not so great times. I just can't wait to have many more TIMES with you. I love you so much and am so happy to be on this journey with you. It just gets better every year!

Videos of Ashley

These are a couple videos of Ashley we took last month. I thought they were pretty cute and funny.

New Pics

This was Ashleys first time eating rice cereal. She wasn't sure what to think about it.

Isn't she the Coolest!!!

Surgery!

For the last couple of months our little Ashley suffered from an ear infection that wouldn't go away. We tried three different antibiotics but none of them seemed to work. She absolutely hated the stuff. Half of it would end up on her bib because of her trying to spit it all out. The worst part of it was the diaria and diaper rash it gave her. The poor thing was fussing and crying all the time, always holding her ears. She couldn't sleep at night either. I was getting up 4-10 times a night with her. Finally i decided enough is enough and called a Ear, Nose and Throat doctor. The Dr. said she would need to have tubes put in her ears. The tubes will help the fluids drain out of her ear preventing further infections. She will probably need to have these in until she is about 3 yrs old.
On Monday we went in bright and early (5:45 am) for her surgery. We basically had to wait 2 hrs. for a 5 minute procedure. The saddest thing was right after surgery when they brought her in to me. The anesthesia does something weird to kids and my poor girl was crying the saddest cry I've ever heard. Nothing i could do would comfort her. Not even feeding her. :(
By the time we got home she was asleep and doing well.
We are so excited for this ear infection drama to be over.
She seems to be doing great now!

Happy Easter!

Easter Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day! We couldn't think of a better way to spend it then with our Ohio family. We barbequed outside, played some games and enjoyed visiting with each other.

The kids had so much fun searching for Easter eggs!

Kaitlyn was spoiled by the Easter Bunny! She not only recieved a basket full of candy but she also got a new bike!