Washington, D.C.

A couple of weeks ago, Scott traveled to DC/Maryland for work. While he was out there he was able to do some sightseeing and got some really neat pics. With it being Memorial Day Weekend, I thought it would be a fitting time to share them.


World War II Memorial


Jefferson Memorial


Washington Monument


Lincoln Memorial


United States Capitol




White House Garden






First Division Monument






Treasury Department




Pennsylvania/New York Avenue


Old Ebbitt Grill (Washington's Oldest Saloon)
Scott ate here that night, he highly recommends! :-)


Here are a couple night pics that turned out really neat, just had to share these as well.

Zoo Time With Friends

Kayla went to the zoo with her friends Zach and Shae. They had lots of fun looking at all of the animals. They have a new dinosaurs exibit at the zoo for the summer. We thought kayla would like it because she talks about dinosaurs a lot from a cartoon that she watches. Well she didn't like them. She would not get any where close to them without freaking out. And they made noise too so she kept covering her ears because they were scaring her.























The last time we fed the birds at the zoo one of them landed on her head. So this time she kept her hand over her head so that didn't happen again, lol.

Misc Pics

We haven't been able to get pics off our camera so here are some random ones from our phones...





Kayla got a bike helmet and she was so excited she wanted to wear it on the way home. Even after she fell asleep I tried taking it off and she woke up and said, "where did my helmet go?!" She even insisted on eating super with it on. (Check out Nelly in the background, every night we eat super Nelly goes and eats her cat food like she is eating with us. I think it's funny.)

Kayla Spring Pics

I took some pics of Kayla a few weeks ago. It was really hot and windy and we just kinda snapped some quick photos. They weren't really what I had in mind but she is still cute so it makes up for it. I am going to take them again when I have time, but if you want any of these printed just let me know. Here is the link you can copy and paste:

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After you click on View Album you can select "Detail View" to see the pics larger.

Tyson

Meet Kayla's new puppy...Tyson We went to Hy-Vee last week to get a few things and they had these balloons. They have a string on them and you pull it and it looks like they are walking. It's so funny. So me being the sucker that I am...I bought her one. She picked out this puppy and was walking him all through the store. People were stopping and staring at her and laughing. On the way home I asked her what his name was. She said "nothing". I told her she had to giver her new puppy a name. So she then said, Tyson (after Uncle Nathan and Aunt Mandy's dog). I guess they do really look alike :-)









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Daddy Blog Update

Normally Jenna updates the blog so this is new for me to post something, but I figured I would give it a shot. I am at home with Kayla today and tomorrow and with it being nice out, I am trying to think of things we can do outside. Today we made a quick trip to the Zoo. We ended up getting a season pass since we only live a few blocks away and we will likely go often this year. It's a pretty small Zoo but that is actually good because you can easily make it a 2 hour visit for something to do, rather than plan a whole day around it. With that said, we stopped for a couple hours today while Mommy is at work ( sorry Mommy :-P ) Here are a few pics.




Kayla loves "fishies"!


Having a snack and some "lemolade"








I had a Dad moment today and wasn't entirely prepared for the Zoo. Kayla loves to feed the goats and as soon as she saw them she immediately started saying how she wanted to feed them. Right away I knew I was in trouble because I forgot to bring cash, so I wasn't able to buy her any food. Since she didn't have any food to feed them, she proceeded to try and feed them rocks. They didn't exactly eat them but it at least somewhat satisfied her want to feed them.

Happy Mother's Day

I had a great Mother's Day today. But any day is great when I get to spend time with my sweet little girl. We played outside, did a little shopping, flew a kite, and went to the a park. Sorry for the lack of pictures but I didn't have the camera with me so Scott just took a few with his phone.









Somebody fell asleep on the way to dinner at Spaghetti Works, so we got her some McDonalds and ice cream on the way home :-)



It was nice to not really have any plans and just spend the day with Kayla. I have the best daughter ever and am the luckiest mommy in the whole world! I love you Kayla Jade!

Happy Mother's Day to our moms too! We love and miss you!