Memorial Weekend

Saturday was such a nice, warm, sunny day, it was the perfect day to take the kids to the splash park. It was so much fun to watch the kids be hesitant at first and little by little start getting more brave to get in to the biggest splash! There is something rewarding about watching your children try something new, be hesitant at first and then watch them get into it without fear. Both Scott and I had these BIG ridiculous smiles watching our kids have fun. It was one of those moments when everything starts going in slow motion and you realize that all of the sacrifices of parenthood are completely worth it!

I'll let you decide why I think this picture is HILARIOUS!

Braden has been wearing his glasses pretty much ALL the time and sometimes he doesn't quite get them straight...

I always tell Brielle that she is my favorite girl in the whole wide world! The other day, she said to me: "mom, you know what? I'm your favorite girl in the whole wide world!" and I answered, "yes, you are right!"

These 3 people rock my world!

On Sunday, we thought it'd be appropriate to visit the Arlington Cemetery. We had tried to go last summer but when we got there it was a little after 7pm and it was closed! Since it was Memorial Weekend though, we figured that may be they would be closing later. We were wrong! We got there again, a little after 7pm. and it was closed!!! What a bummer! We drove all the way there (25 minutes, not bad) to find that the gates were closed. But, we had a great time anyway walking around and letting Brielle and Braden run around.

Two of my favorite guys! My brother and my Scottie!

These two always find something to entertain themselves with. They were crawling on the benches.

Scott bribed Braden with chocolate if he looked at the camera! Oh! The things we have to do get these kiddos to look at the camera!!!:)

Braden's favorite thing to say is "To infinity and Beyond!!!" from Toy Story. Here they are saying it very loudly at the metro station!!!

Our community pool opens every year on Memorial Day. There is this cute, little kiddie pool. It's the perfect depth for the kids. We also went to the deep pool and Brielle and Braden had a blast jumping into the pool while Scott and I would catch them! I wish I had a video of it! We all had a fun time!

One of my favorite things in this life is watching Scott interact with our children. He is such a fun dad. He is their hero! They LOVE him so much. Braden was always kind of a mommy's boy but I'm afraid he's been having way too much fun with his daddy lately!!!:) Scott was going around the little pool chasing Braden, saying "I'm a monster!!!" so Braden had to do the same thing:

Summers are so much fun and I'm so happy it is here already! (although today was kind of chilly) but hopefully it will get better. I have so many amazing memories of summertime in Perú and Miami, when I was a child. In Perú, we would go to the beach almost everyday with my surfer cousins. We thought they were so cool because they surfed. I remember the smell of the beach, the feeling of the sand, walking around barefoot, making homemade popsicles, riding my bike by the lighthouse close to my house, going to my grandparents' house for Christmas (in Perú, Christmas is in the summer), going to my other grandparents' house in the mountains and hiking, riding horses, picking figs, avocados, and other fruits native to Perú from the tree, so many wonderful memories! Scott has his share or fun summertime memories too. I hope we can create some fun memories for our kids too!!!:)

And...after hearing sooooooooo much about Three Cups of Tea, I started reading it today! So far, so inspiring!!! This is definitely my kind of book!