Memorial Day Weekend

We had a very busy weekend. Jon put up my new boston ferns (thanks to my mother-in-law!) on the front porch. We moved our patio furniture to the front and we are enjoying sitting out there.

Jon and I attended Kenny and Jeannine's Wedding in Leesburg on Saturday. The weather was perfect!

We walked up to the overpass near our house on Sunday morning to watch the Rolling Thunder. This event always makes me teary eyed--it's one of my favorite things about Memorial Day weekend. We tried to look for Larry's Grandma who was riding, but it was kind of difficult to recognize people with helmets and sunglasses! We forgot the camera so I found this one online to give you a sense of what we were watching.

We enjoyed a cookout on Sunday with Mark and Becky and their family. Becky made some fantastic food! We visited our neighborhood pool which we finally were able to join this summer! We really enjoyed it and the baby pool area is great! We planned to attend another cookout on Monday but Larry napped through it so we just spent Monday at home. Jon and I had our own backyard fun. We put out the baby pool and we were able to cool off and read magazines. We also played a game of ladder ball together. I usually never get to play when we have people over. By the way, I beat Jon REALLY bad! :) When Larry got up from his nap, all three of us spent some time in the baby pool.

Larry helping me clean up the patio...and then Copper came over to sniff the camera.

Everyone was pretty exhausted by Monday night!

Thank you to all who have served our country, past and present, especially Michael, Veronica, and Mark!

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Happy Mother's Day!

I had such a wonderful day today! Jon and Larry made it a very special day for me. I enjoyed breakfast in bed, church with my mother-in-law, lunch with my parents, and then a nice nap!

I love my little Larry and I love being his mom. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

My Clean-Up Crew

I think we need to start feeding Cody and Copper less dog food. They enjoy many of Larry's leftovers and make sure there is never a crumb on our kitchen floor.

Larry LOVES to open up the wine refrigerator. Here he is cooling off after our run today...


And these two...I didn't know our architect was sending over someone from his office to take pictures of the house today. Cody and Copper gave her a very friendly greeting! She said, "I'm not a dog person and I just kept thinking, 'I hope they don't bite me.'" Seriously? Do they look like Cujo?

On the Move

Just moments after Super Saver wins the Kentucky Derby, these cute little tootsies took their first steps!

Cafe Play

We visited the "At Play Cafe" in Reston today with friends, Megan and Abby. The cafe has a small, enclosed play area with staff to watch the kids and tables for moms to have a cup of coffee, surf the web, or chat with friends. Since I am a germaphobic, overprotective mother, I insisted on staying in the play area with Larry the whole time while I talked over the wall to Megan.

After play time, we stayed to have lunch. They serve "mommy and me" meals that include an entree and three sides. The side dish choices were fruit, applesauce, cheese, raisins, and cheerios. It was kind of cute. Larry and I had a chicken quesadilla with sides of applesauce, strawberries, and cheerios.

Here is a picture of Abby and Larry waiting for their food and holding hands...

Creepin'

Our creeping phlox is really blooming! It looks so pretty!

One of our neighbors walked by when I was taking pictures and called it "magnificent." Too bad the blooms don't last longer!

I will post more pictures when our snow damaged plantings are replaced next week!