Labor Day Weekend

This weekend we went to D.C for a museum day. We had lunch at the sculpture garden and enjoyed the fountains.

National Gallery of Art (my favorite).

We also went to the American History Museum. We loved seeing Julia Child's kitchen and all her pots and pans.

The Ruby Slippers from the Wizard of Oz- the girls were very excited.

We also ran the annual Potomac Street mile race. Alison and Lauren ran it together coming in under 10 minutes. Steve ran it in 6:47 (not bad for someone who is recovered from recent knee surgery) and Tracy 6:55. We all had a great time.

Alison and Lauren coming into the finish.

last of the MV pictures

Steve and Lilly on our sail boat ride.

Bailey and Lilly loved helping the cars get all clean again.

Our love for walking down the lane is two fold: 1. Find blueberries 2. Find huckleberries
Charlotte and the twins had fun hanging out this summer.

More MV

For my birthday we had dinner at the beach- it was great. My sister Trisha was there for a good week with us.

Uncle Stuart with the cabbage patch kids in sand.

My dad, me, Aubs, Stuart and Leon ran the Chilmark Road Race. Leon came in first in his age category!

Aubrey and cute Charlotte at the Edgartown lighthouse.

Me and the all our girls.

Summer on MV

Lilly all decked out for the beach.

Papa took all the big kids down to the South beach one night to catch some crabs.

We were so happy Amy and her boys were able to stay for awhile. All the cousins had a great time.

Flying Horses

The Plumbers- Steve and Stuart did many summer projects this year. One of which was installing a new hot water heater.

Beach Days

We're on Martha's Vineyard for our annual summer fun with family and beach days. Here are some of our pictures so far.

Our kids are all loving the tree house.

Cousin Charlotte and Lilly

Stormy day at the South beach. We had to book it back home before a huge storm came by. We made it back in the nick of time.

more later...

Alison's Lemonade Birthday Party

For Alison's 7th Birthday this year we went with a lemonade themed party. I got this idea from a great party blog here. I made homemade lemonade, and a pink lemonade cake- yum! The girls loved drinking out of mason jars with fabric swatches tied around them. I had a lot of fun putting this together.

The girls all painted a craft during the party.

A little game of horse-shoes.

Happy Birthday sweet girl! We love you.

One finished project and some fourth of July

This little bench has been on the to-do list for a long time. I've wanted to recover it and paint it white for awhile. I wish I had a before- shot, but since I don't you can just enjoy how it goes with the flow of our room now. Thanks to Grandma Muriel for giving us this beautiful antique bench.
Our friends the Burgraffs put on a great show for the fourth of July.

Lilly loved the sound of the fireworks. She kept covering up her mouth and squealing with delight.

All the girls loved the show too while trying to stay hydrated. Oh- the heat!

Art Camp

For two weeks my friend Elinn and I put on an Art Camp for our children and a group of their friends. They did all sorts of projects and at the end of class they could help make an artistic edible snack. Here, they all helped make dirt cups with worms (pudding, crushed-up oreos, gummy worms). Elinn and I had a great time putting this together and everyone had fun.
Collage Art

Icecream cones filled with a mix of snacks.

Pointillism day

Pop Art

more edible snacks.