Here Comes Trouble

We may need to reconsider Larry's middle name...."Trouble" may be more fitting. I turned my back for a second, only to find Larry had climbed onto the bread drawer. He was so proud of himself!

Who knew loaves of bread and english muffins could be so dangerous?

Homecoming 2010--Walkersville, WV

We had a great time at the Sapp/Smarr Homecoming. Larry had a big time laughing it up with his great Aunt Peg and great Aunt Ann. I really wish I had a video camera to capture them all laughing so hard. He also had so much fun being around all his cousins!

Enjoying cornbread and beans at Grandma's on Friday night. Larry's great Aunt Peg prepared cornbread, beans, and skillet potatoes, just like his great Grandma.

Larry's great Uncle Chuck donated a photograph he took back in 1968 to the Stonewall Jackson Resort. The resort is located in Roanoke, WV and before the dam was built, there used to be a small village there. Now, the resort is surrounded by water. Those of us who stayed at the resort attended the presentation on Saturday morning.

This picture of Larry is a nice illustration of how hot it was! This is the number one reason daddy insists on staying at the resort every year--air conditioning!

And that's all the pictures I took from the entire weekend...can you believe it?!? It's tough to get out your camera when you are toting a 15 month old!

Do you want to play in the box fort?

If I had a dollar for every time I heard, "Larry, do you want to play in the box fort," I would be rich! We had a great visit to Boston and Larry had a blast with his cousins.

The infamous box fort. As you can see, my sister has taken recycling to a whole new level

Larry with cousin Grace. We think we'll have Grace stay with us during the summers from now on. She kept Larry entertained during our entire visit--and she is a fantastic baker! We enjoyed her scrumptious pumpkin muffins and snickerdoodles.

They added a tunnel to the box fort. Could this get any more fun?!?

Visit to Drumlin Farm--Lincoln, MA with Grace and Aunt Marjorie

Larry got to pet some of the animals

Doing some puzzles with Grace at the local library. Grace may have beat my record of kisses given to Larry in one day!

Hanging out with cousin Zachary

We had a great visit with you guys and look forward to seeing you at Christmas! And a special thanks to Grandma for flying up with us!

Race Day!

I completed my very first 5K this morning with my friend, Page. We've been training for the past six weeks to get ready for today. Page made us a great pasta dinner on Saturday night so we could "carb up" for today. We were so happy to have all our boys there to support us this morning--Jon, Larry, Matt, and Patrick!

Nervous smiles before the start of the race

Sprinting to the finish line!

Cheers, we did it!

My training partner

My wonderful support team!

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.