February│In Review.

February is always a busy month around here. 

It kept us all busy.

I've been taking my camera everywhere I go lately, I don't want to regret not taking pictures with all of the wonderful friends we have made here.  

I don't want to forget them. 

We have been so blessed to meet amazing people.  

The Lacey's had us over for dinner one Sunday.  I love that family.  They are genuine and fun to be around.  Genevieve is a spunky little lady. 

We had such a fun time visiting and eating yummy food.  Those cupcakes were to die for. 

  

We met up with my friend Jenny and her two precious kids Lilly and Leo. Lilly loved holding Brooke...and I had to snuggle with the miracle baby, Leo.  He's so cute and every time I look at him I'm amazed by him and his mommy; who was on strict bed rest, pretty much the whole time she was pregnant.  Jenny is a trooper, in every sense of the word. 

These three have so much energy!:)

Then came 100 days of school for Brielle.  The same week as Valentine's! It was a little crazy! But we got it all done.  We found this cool design and Scott (who is amazing at these kinds of things) put the butterfly together.  Brielle was the assistant and helped glue all 100 buttons! 

It was a lot of work! But it turned out, just how we had envisioned it!  

Happy 100 Days of School! 

I didn't get a single picture of the valentine's we made.  They turned out super cute! 

The kids got their share of candy for the month! Now there's Easter...man! all of these holidays with candy! Thank goodness we'll get a break until Halloween...

One of our favorite young women from our ward, Liz, left on her mission to NYC last week.  We were so sad to say goodbye, especially because we won't be here when she gets back.  The Portugal's are  Peruvian, so I'm so fond of them.  They are such wonderful people.  Liz has babysat for us on occasion and our kids LOVE her! She's such a sweet girl.  We will miss her but know she will do well on her mission. 

We've been enjoying having Scott home a lot lately.  

He had a 2 week vacation and it has been so good for all of us.  

Scott is such a good dad and the kids absolutely LOVE spending time with him.  

They love it when he reads to them.  One evening, I had to run to the store and when I came home this is how I found them. 

They love the time he gives them. 

Since Scott's been on vacation we've been trying finish our D.C. bucket list.  

Time is FLYING! We only have 2 1/2 months left here!

Scott is not fond of going to D.C.,  the commute for the last 4 years has KILLED this man! 

Me, on the other hand, I LOVE going there.  I'm sure it's because I don't have to commute 2 hours a days every day.  It means a lot to me that Scott's been willing to accompany me to my D.C adventures.

What am I going to do without this AMAZING city? 

We headed to the Museum of the American Indian. 

It's beautiful inside...

We saw a lot of cool artifacts.  Some Incan stuff, which I thought was awesome, since I'm from Peru. (for some reason, before I went to this museum, I thought it was mostly native American from the U.S. but to my surprise there is a lot from all of the Americas.) 

It was a nice surprise, one I appreciated. 

There's a fun little area for kids.  

We colored until Braden was done and said, "this is boring, let's go!" 

Braden was mesmerized by the cool rainbow effect one the ceiling windows was making.  He said it was one of the 'coolest' things he's ever seen!

We had lunch at the Mitsitam Cafe in the museum, I had heard such good reviews about the food there,  we had to try it.  I must say that our Navajo taco, which Scott and I shared was very tasty...not bad, but it was definitely not worth the  $12.50 we paid.  

But then again , Scott and I are as cheap as they come!:) 

Since, we still had time to hang out in D.C. before we had to go pick up Brielle from the bus, we decided to go to the new Martin Luther King Memorial. 

We thought it was a beautiful memorial.  

Braden was being a little stinker and when I asked him to turn around for the picture, he instead buried his face into that wall.  

Then I saw this group of little African American children.  They were all so stinkin' ADORABLE, I wanted to go and give them all hugs...I didn't...but I wanted Braden to go stand by them, so I could capture the moment...he just about had a fit! He was not cooperating! Little stinker!:) 

The statue is majestic and beautifully done.  The sculptor is an amazing artist.  I'm amazed at how the artist was able to capture the expression...it's a beautiful piece of work. 

Brooke enjoyed our outing! That little baby is such a good sport!:)